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Bare Knuckle Manhattan vs Bare Knuckle Nantucket

Bare Knuckle Manhattan pickup
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Bare Knuckle Manhattan
bridge humbucker
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Bare Knuckle Nantucket pickup
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Bare Knuckle Nantucket
bridge humbucker

Compared with the Bare Knuckle Manhattan, the Bare Knuckle Nantucket has an Alnico V magnet (punchier, more aggressive) and a brighter top end.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecBare Knuckle ManhattanBare Knuckle Nantucket
DC resistancediffers7.5k7.9k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetdiffersAlnico 3Alnico 5
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Bass (tone chart)4 / 104 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differs6 / 105 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differs5 / 107 / 10
Slotbridge humbuckerbridge humbucker
Traitsvintage output, dark, tight lows, soft & warmvintage 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
93
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
65
Alnico 3 vs Alnico 5
Coil
100
same coil type
Brightness
67
tone charts on the same scale
Mids
83
tone charts on the same scale
Bass
100
tone charts on the same scale

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