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Bare Knuckle Blue Note vs Bare Knuckle Mississippi Queen

Bare Knuckle Blue Note pickup
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Bare Knuckle Mississippi Queen pickup
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Compared with the Bare Knuckle Blue Note, the Bare Knuckle Mississippi Queen has an Alnico IV magnet (punchier, more aggressive).

Specs side by side

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SpecBare Knuckle Blue NoteBare Knuckle Mississippi Queen
DC resistancediffers6.8k6.9k
Inductancediffers4.79 H (measured, 1 reading)4.78 H (measured, 1 reading)
MagnetdiffersAlnico 2Alnico 4
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Bass (tone chart)differs5 / 104 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differs4 / 105 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differs6 / 107 / 10
Slotneck humbuckerneck humbucker
Traitsvintage output, dark, scooped mids, soft & warmvintage output, tight lows

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
100
measured inductance
Magnet
70
Alnico 2 vs Alnico 4
Coil
100
same coil type
Brightness
83
tone charts on the same scale
Mids
83
tone charts on the same scale
Bass
83
tone charts on the same scale

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Bare Knuckle Blue Note

Bare Knuckle Mississippi Queen

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