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Bare Knuckle Nailbomb Ceramic vs Seymour Duncan Distortion Parallel Axis (PATB-2)

bridge humbucker

79 match

medium confidence

bridge humbucker

Compared with the Bare Knuckle Nailbomb Ceramic, the Seymour Duncan Distortion Parallel Axis (PATB-2) has hotter output.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways

Spec	Bare Knuckle Nailbomb Ceramic	Seymour Duncan Distortion Parallel Axis (PATB-2)
DC resistancediffers	15.7k	21.3k
Inductance	not measured	not measured
Magnet	Ceramic	Ceramic
Coil	Hum-cancelling	Hum-cancelling
Resonant peakdiffers	—	3.9 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)differsEach maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand	6 / 10	5 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differsEach maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand	7 / 10	6 / 10
Treble (tone chart)Each maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand	7 / 10	7 / 10
Slot	bridge humbucker	bridge humbucker
Traits	high output, mid-forward, tight & aggressive	high output, tight & aggressive

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

DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)

Magnet

100

both Ceramic

Coil

100

same coil type

Brightness

each against its maker's average

Mids

each against its maker's average

Bass

each against its maker's average

Ceramic Nailbomb Humbucker Demo by James Phillips

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“It has a slightly constricted, compressed low-mid grunt that sets it apart from the Duncan catalog contemporaries.”

Darth Phineas · Feb 21, 2018Darth Phineas ↗

“In the middle position with both pickups split, you have a pretty darned versatile glassy clean option.”

Darth Phineas · Feb 21, 2018Darth Phineas ↗

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