Closest match
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Fender
Fender Custom Shop Custom '54 Strat
Low output, clear and balanced.
Hotter than 16% of the 148 middle Strat single-coils we have
- Alnico 5 magnet: the common all-rounder: firm lows and clear highs
Like the Fender Custom Shop Custom '54 Strat, but…
- WarmerBootstrap Golden AleAlnico 2 magnet · similar output80 match
- HotterPRS 635JM "S"+14% output · Alnico 5 magnet82 match
- Less hotBootstrap '54 Vintage Pro−13% output · Alnico 5 magnet82 match
- No humDiMarzio Area 67hum-cancelling · +12% output60 match
The closest pickup in each direction that still fits the same slot. See every match
Specs
- DC resistance
- 5.9k
- Inductance
- 2.38 Hmeasured, 1 reading
- Magnet
- Alnico 5
- Coil
- Single coil
vintage output
From Guitar Pickup Database ↗ (opens in a new tab), a compiled database — we haven't read these from the maker's own site. Traits come from these specs by stated rules.
Fits the middle of a Stratocaster or HSS Strat.
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