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Fender Original Vintage Tele vs Tone Hatch Grinnin Chickens

Fender Original Vintage Tele pickup
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Tone Hatch Grinnin Chickens pickup
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Tone Hatch Grinnin Chickens
bridge Tele pickup

Compared with the Fender Original Vintage Tele, the Tone Hatch Grinnin Chickens has an Alnico II magnet (warmer, smoother).

Specs side by side

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SpecFender Original Vintage TeleTone Hatch Grinnin Chickens
DC resistancediffers6.6k6.5k
Inductancediffers3.57 H (measured, 1 reading)not measured
MagnetdiffersAlnico 3Alnico 2
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Slotbridge Tele pickupbridge Tele pickup
Traitsmoderate output, soft & warmvintage 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
98
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
90
Alnico 3 vs Alnico 2
Coil
100
same coil type

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

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