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Bare Knuckle Cold Sweat vs Bare Knuckle Rebel Yell

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Compared with the Bare Knuckle Cold Sweat, the Bare Knuckle Rebel Yell has a darker top end and more midrange.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecBare Knuckle Cold SweatBare Knuckle Rebel Yell
DC resistancediffers8.3k8.1k
Inductancediffers4.11 H (measured, 1 reading)4.06 H (measured, 1 reading)
MagnetAlnico 5Alnico 5
CoilHum-cancellingHum-cancelling
Bass (tone chart)differs6 / 105 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differs5 / 107 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differs9 / 107 / 10
Slotneck humbuckerneck humbucker
Traitsvintage output, brightvintage output, mid-forward

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
98
measured inductance
Magnet
100
both Alnico 5
Coil
100
same coil type
Brightness
67
tone charts on the same scale
Mids
67
tone charts on the same scale
Bass
83
tone charts on the same scale

Videos

Bare Knuckle Cold Sweat

Bare Knuckle Rebel Yell

What players and reviewers say

On the Bare Knuckle Cold Sweat

“So I popped in a Cold Sweat bridge and presto Excellent clarity and my high end articulation is back.”
troublehead · 2011-08-06Rig-Talk ↗ (opens in a new tab)
“I tried the Cold Sweat bridge and found it scooped with shrill high end and a thumpy low end.”
darthphineas · 2016-10-26Seymour Duncan forum ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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On the Bare Knuckle Rebel Yell

“Rebel Yell - super tight, all high mids and highs, nonexistent lows (in my LP).”
EyesOfTheSouth · 2014-03-29Rig-Talk ↗ (opens in a new tab)
“The marshallhead has a lot of mids and upper mids (I hear the rebel yell is also like that) with nice, musical highs.”
braintheory · 2018-01-02Rig-Talk ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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