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Bare Knuckle Country Boy vs Bare Knuckle Yardbird

Bare Knuckle Country Boy pickup
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Bare Knuckle Country Boy
neck Tele pickup
high confidence
Bare Knuckle Yardbird pickup
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Bare Knuckle Yardbird
neck Tele pickup

Compared with the Bare Knuckle Country Boy, the Bare Knuckle Yardbird has an Alnico IV magnet (punchier, more aggressive).

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecBare Knuckle Country BoyBare Knuckle Yardbird
DC resistance6.9k6.9k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetdiffersAlnico 3Alnico 4
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Bass (tone chart)differs3 / 104 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differs4 / 105 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differs8 / 107 / 10
Slotneck Tele pickupneck Tele pickup
Traitsmoderate output, bright, scooped mids, tight lows, soft & warmmoderate 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
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
80
Alnico 3 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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