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Bare Knuckle Manhattan vs Mr. Glyn's Black Sand

Bare Knuckle Manhattan pickup
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low confidence
Mr. Glyn's Black Sand pickup
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Mr. Glyn's Black Sand
neck humbucker

Compared with the Bare Knuckle Manhattan, the Mr. Glyn's Black Sand has an Alnico V magnet (punchier, more aggressive).

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecBare Knuckle ManhattanMr. Glyn's Black Sand
DC resistancediffers6.6k6.96k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetdiffersAlnico 3Alnico 5
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Bass (tone chart)differs4 / 10no chart
Mids (tone chart)differs6 / 10no chart
Treble (tone chart)differs5 / 10no chart
Slotneck humbuckerneck humbucker
Traitsvintage output, dark, tight lows, soft & warmvintage 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
92
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
65
Alnico 3 vs Alnico 5
Coil
100
same coil type

Not compared: brightness, mids, bass (a spec is missing for at least one of them).

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