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Monty's Retro Wind Humbucker vs Sheptone Heartbreaker

Monty's Retro Wind Humbucker pickup
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low confidence
Sheptone Heartbreaker pickup
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Sheptone Heartbreaker
neck humbucker

We found no spec differences between them worth calling out.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecMonty's Retro Wind HumbuckerSheptone Heartbreaker
DC resistancediffers7.4k7.35k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetAlnico 5Alnico 5
CoilHum-cancellingHum-cancelling
Slotneck humbuckerneck humbucker
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
99
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
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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Monty's Retro Wind Humbucker

Sheptone Heartbreaker

What players and reviewers say

On the Sheptone Heartbreaker

“Beautifully organic sounding, they are full, clear and open.”
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