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Bare Knuckle Blue Note 90 vs Bare Knuckle Half Note 90

Bare Knuckle Blue Note 90 pickup
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Bare Knuckle Blue Note 90
neck P-90 soapbar
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Bare Knuckle Half Note 90 pickup
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Bare Knuckle Half Note 90
neck P-90 soapbar

Compared with the Bare Knuckle Blue Note 90, the Bare Knuckle Half Note 90 has an Alnico III magnet (punchier, more aggressive) and more midrange.

Specs side by side

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SpecBare Knuckle Blue Note 90Bare Knuckle Half Note 90
DC resistancediffers6.8k7.1k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetdiffersAlnico 2Alnico 3
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Bass (tone chart)differs5 / 104 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differs4 / 106 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differs6 / 105 / 10
Slotneck P-90 soapbarneck P-90 soapbar
Traitsvintage output, dark, scooped mids, soft & warmvintage output, dark, tight lows, soft & warm

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
94
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
90
Alnico 2 vs Alnico 3
Coil
100
same coil type
Brightness
83
tone charts on the same scale
Mids
67
tone charts on the same scale
Bass
83
tone charts on the same scale

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