Compare

Monty's Retro Wind Stratocaster vs Xotic RV-50

Monty's Retro Wind Stratocaster pickup
Photo: Monty's (opens in a new tab)
Monty's Retro Wind Stratocaster
middle Strat single-coil
low confidence
Xotic RV-50
middle Strat single-coil

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 StratocasterXotic RV-50
DC resistancediffers5.5k5.4k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetAlnico 5Alnico 5
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Slotmiddle Strat single-coilmiddle 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
97
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).

Videos

Monty's Retro Wind Stratocaster

Xotic RV-50

No videos of its own collected yet.

What players and reviewers say

No forum posts or review excerpts for either pickup collected yet.