Dan Stevens' Tone Test of the Bare Knuckle Brown Sugar Tele Set
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Bare Knuckle Brown Sugar vs Seymour Duncan Vintage '54 Lead (STL-1)
Bare Knuckle Brown Sugar
bridge Tele pickup
84 match
medium confidence
Seymour Duncan Vintage '54 Lead (STL-1)
bridge Tele pickup
Compared with the Bare Knuckle Brown Sugar, the Seymour Duncan Vintage '54 Lead (STL-1) has tighter low end.
Specs side by side
differs marks specs where they part ways| Spec | Bare Knuckle Brown Sugar | Seymour Duncan Vintage '54 Lead (STL-1) |
|---|---|---|
| DC resistancediffers | 7.6k | 7.2k |
| Inductance | not measured | not measured |
| Magnet | Alnico 5 | Alnico 5 |
| Coil | Single coil | Single coil |
| Resonant peakdiffers | — | 9 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load) |
| Bass (tone chart)differsEach maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand | 4 / 10 | 3 / 10 |
| Mids (tone chart)Each maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand | 6 / 10 | 6 / 10 |
| Treble (tone chart)differsEach maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand | 8 / 10 | 9 / 10 |
| Slot | bridge Tele pickup | bridge Tele pickup |
| Traits | moderate output, bright, tight lows | moderate output, bright, 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
92
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Alnico 5
Coil
100
same coil type
Brightness
83
each against its maker's average
Mids
84
each against its maker's average
Bass
55
each against its maker's average
Videos
Bare Knuckle Brown Sugar
Seymour Duncan Vintage '54 Lead (STL-1)
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What players and reviewers say
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