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Bare Knuckle Blue Note vs Radioshop PAF

Bare Knuckle Blue Note pickup
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Bare Knuckle Blue Note
bridge humbucker
low confidence
Radioshop PAF pickup
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Radioshop PAF
bridge humbucker

Compared with the Bare Knuckle Blue Note, the Radioshop PAF has an Alnico IV magnet (punchier, more aggressive).

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecBare Knuckle Blue NoteRadioshop PAF
DC resistancediffers7.5k7.9k
Inductancediffers5.85 H (measured, 1 reading)not measured
MagnetdiffersAlnico 2Alnico 4
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Bass (tone chart)differs5 / 10no chart
Mids (tone chart)differs4 / 10no chart
Treble (tone chart)differs6 / 10no chart
Slotbridge humbuckerbridge humbucker
Traitsmoderate output, dark, scooped mids, soft & warmvintage 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
93
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
70
Alnico 2 vs Alnico 4
Coil
100
same coil type

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

Videos

Bare Knuckle Blue Note

Radioshop PAF

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