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Fender Custom Shop Custom '54 Strat vs Fender Custom Shop Fat '50s Strat

Fender Custom Shop Custom '54 Strat pickup
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medium confidence
Fender Custom Shop Fat '50s Strat pickup
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Fender Custom Shop Fat '50s Strat
neck Strat single-coil

We found no spec differences between them worth calling out.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecFender Custom Shop Custom '54 StratFender Custom Shop Fat '50s Strat
DC resistancediffers5.9k6.26k
Inductancediffers2.33 H (measured, 1 reading)2.42 H (measured, 1 reading)
MagnetAlnico 5Alnico 5
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Slotneck Strat single-coilneck Strat single-coil
Traitsvintage outputvintage output

How close on each spec

100 means identical on that spec. The score weighs these, and counts anything we couldn't compare as a typical difference. How scoring works

Output
95
measured inductance
Magnet
100
both Alnico 5
Coil
100
same coil type

Not compared: brightness, mids, bass (a spec is missing for at least one of them).

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