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Radioshop Vintage 57 Specials vs Tone Hatch Spoonful A2

Radioshop Vintage 57 Specials pickup
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Radioshop Vintage 57 Specials
bridge Strat single-coil
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Tone Hatch Spoonful A2 pickup
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Tone Hatch Spoonful A2
bridge Strat single-coil

Compared with the Radioshop Vintage 57 Specials, the Tone Hatch Spoonful A2 has an Alnico II magnet (warmer, smoother).

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecRadioshop Vintage 57 SpecialsTone Hatch Spoonful A2
DC resistance5.9k5.9k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetdiffersAlnico 3Alnico 2
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Slotbridge Strat single-coilbridge Strat single-coil
Traitsvintage 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
100
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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