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Bare Knuckle Blackguard Tele Series - Flat '50 vs Seymour Duncan Hot Lead (STL-2)
Bare Knuckle Blackguard Tele Series - Flat '50
bridge Tele pickup
73 match
medium confidence
Seymour Duncan Hot Lead (STL-2)
bridge Tele pickup
Compared with the Bare Knuckle Blackguard Tele Series - Flat '50, the Seymour Duncan Hot Lead (STL-2) has hotter output and a darker top end.
Specs side by side
differs marks specs where they part ways| Spec | Bare Knuckle Blackguard Tele Series - Flat '50 | Seymour Duncan Hot Lead (STL-2) |
|---|---|---|
| DC resistancediffers | 10.6k | 15.6k |
| Inductance | not measured | not measured |
| Magnet | Alnico 5 | Alnico 5 |
| Coil | Single coil | Single coil |
| Resonant peakdiffers | — | 5 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load) |
| Bass (tone chart)differsEach maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand | 6 / 10 | 5 / 10 |
| Mids (tone chart)Each maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand | 6 / 10 | 6 / 10 |
| Treble (tone chart)differsEach maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand | 7 / 10 | 5 / 10 |
| Slot | bridge Tele pickup | bridge Tele pickup |
| Traits | high output | high output, dark |
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
44
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Alnico 5
Coil
100
same coil type
Brightness
50
each against its maker's average
Mids
84
each against its maker's average
Bass
61
each against its maker's average
Videos
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What players and reviewers say
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