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Bare Knuckle Blackguard Tele Series - Flat '50 vs Bare Knuckle Boss

Bare Knuckle Blackguard Tele Series - Flat '50 pickup
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high confidence
Bare Knuckle Boss pickup
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Bare Knuckle Boss
neck Tele pickup

We found no spec differences between them worth calling out.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecBare Knuckle Blackguard Tele Series - Flat '50Bare Knuckle Boss
DC resistancediffers6.8k7.3k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetAlnico 5Alnico 5
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Bass (tone chart)6 / 106 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differs6 / 105 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differs7 / 106 / 10
Slotneck Tele pickupneck Tele pickup
Traitsvintage outputmoderate 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
90
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Alnico 5
Coil
100
same coil type
Brightness
83
tone charts on the same scale
Mids
83
tone charts on the same scale
Bass
100
tone charts on the same scale

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