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Alnico II magnet: warmer, smoother
Output compared on measured inductance; no tone chart to compare.
medium confidence
Bootstrap
Bootstrap '54 Vintage Sparkle
A Strat single-coil with an Alnico 3 magnet and vintage output.
vintage outputsoft & warm
Specs
- DC resistance
- 5.6k
- Inductance
- 2.31 Hmeasured, 3 readings
- Magnet
- Alnico 3
- Coil
- Single coil
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