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Bare Knuckle Blackguard Tele Series - Flat '52 vs Bootstrap Pretzel Pups

Bare Knuckle Blackguard Tele Series - Flat '52 pickup
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low confidence
Bootstrap Pretzel Pups pickup
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Bootstrap Pretzel Pups
neck Tele pickup

Compared with the Bare Knuckle Blackguard Tele Series - Flat '52, the Bootstrap Pretzel Pups has hotter output.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecBare Knuckle Blackguard Tele Series - Flat '52Bootstrap Pretzel Pups
DC resistancediffers5k5.6k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetAlnico 5Alnico 5
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Bass (tone chart)differs5 / 10no chart
Mids (tone chart)differs6 / 10no chart
Treble (tone chart)differs8 / 10no chart
Slotneck Tele pickupneck Tele pickup
Traitsvintage output, brightvintage output

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
84
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Alnico 5
Coil
100
same coil type

Not compared: brightness, mids, bass (a spec is missing for at least one of them).

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