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Fender Custom Shop Fat '60s Strat vs Friedman Classic Single

Fender Custom Shop Fat '60s Strat
middle Strat single-coil
low confidence
Friedman Classic Single
middle Strat single-coil

Compared with the Fender Custom Shop Fat '60s Strat, the Friedman Classic Single has an Alnico III magnet (punchier, more aggressive).

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecFender Custom Shop Fat '60s StratFriedman Classic Single
DC resistancediffers6.7k7.3k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetdiffersAlnico 2Alnico 3
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Slotmiddle Strat single-coilmiddle Strat single-coil
Traitsvintage output, soft & warmmoderate output, soft & warm

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
88
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
90
Alnico 2 vs Alnico 3
Coil
100
same coil type

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

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