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hotter output
Output compared on measured inductance; no tone chart to compare.
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Lollar
Lollar Vintage Tweed
Very low output, warm and smooth.
Hotter than 2% of the 148 middle Strat single-coils we have
- Alnico 2 magnet: the softest pull: warm, round and forgiving
“The pg rules the vintage tweed amp twang (as far as gibson style buckers go) but that sweet and hazy top end comes at the expense of beef and heft.”
Like the Lollar Vintage Tweed, but…
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Specs
- DC resistance
- 5.3k
- Inductance
- 2.11 Hmeasured, 1 reading
- Magnet
- Alnico 2
- Coil
- Single coil
vintage outputsoft & warm
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Fits the middle of a Stratocaster or HSS Strat.
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No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
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No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
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hotter output
Output compared on measured inductance; no tone chart to compare.
Compare →medium confidence no spec differences found
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
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“The pg rules the vintage tweed amp twang (as far as gibson style buckers go) but that sweet and hazy top end comes at the expense of beef and heft.”
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