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Bare Knuckle Blue Note vs Monty's Humbucker-sized 54 P90

Bare Knuckle Blue Note pickup
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Monty's Humbucker-sized 54 P90 pickup
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Compared with the Bare Knuckle Blue Note, the Monty's Humbucker-sized 54 P90 has an Alnico V magnet (punchier, more aggressive).

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecBare Knuckle Blue NoteMonty's Humbucker-sized 54 P90
DC resistancediffers6.8k7.1k
Inductancediffers4.79 H (measured, 1 reading)not measured
MagnetdiffersAlnico 2Alnico 5
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Bass (tone chart)differs5 / 10no chart
Mids (tone chart)differs4 / 10no chart
Treble (tone chart)differs6 / 10no chart
Slotneck humbuckerneck humbucker
Traitsvintage 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
94
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
55
Alnico 2 vs Alnico 5
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

Monty's Humbucker-sized 54 P90

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What players and reviewers say

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