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Bare Knuckle Irish Tour Single Coil vs Seymour Duncan Lipstick Tube for Strat (SLS-1)

Bare Knuckle Irish Tour Single Coil
middle Strat single-coil
79 match
medium confidence

Seymour Duncan Lipstick Tube for Strat (SLS-1)
Strat single-coil
Compared with the Bare Knuckle Irish Tour Single Coil, the Seymour Duncan Lipstick Tube for Strat (SLS-1) has lower output.
Specs side by side
differs marks specs where they part ways| Spec | Bare Knuckle Irish Tour Single Coil | Seymour Duncan Lipstick Tube for Strat (SLS-1) |
|---|---|---|
| DC resistancediffers | 6.3k | 4.3k |
| Inductance | not measured | not measured |
| Magnet | Alnico 5 | Alnico 5 |
| Coil | Single coil | Single coil |
| Resonant peakdiffers | — | 9.4 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load) |
| Bass (tone chart)Each maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand | 6 / 10 | 6 / 10 |
| Mids (tone chart)differsEach maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand | 5 / 10 | 4 / 10 |
| Treble (tone chart)differsEach maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand | 7 / 10 | 8 / 10 |
| Slotdiffers | middle Strat single-coil | Strat single-coil |
| Traits | vintage output | vintage 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
45
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Alnico 5
Coil
100
same coil type
Brightness
71
each against its maker's average
Mids
100
each against its maker's average
Bass
97
each against its maker's average
Videos
Bare Knuckle Irish Tour Single Coil
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