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Bare Knuckle Piledriver vs Bare Knuckle Yardbird

Bare Knuckle Piledriver pickup
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Bare Knuckle Piledriver
neck Tele pickup
high confidence
Bare Knuckle Yardbird pickup
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Bare Knuckle Yardbird
neck Tele pickup

Compared with the Bare Knuckle Piledriver, the Bare Knuckle Yardbird has an Alnico IV magnet (warmer, smoother).

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecBare Knuckle PiledriverBare Knuckle Yardbird
DC resistancediffers7.4k6.9k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetdiffersAlnico 5Alnico 4
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Bass (tone chart)differs5 / 104 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differs6 / 105 / 10
Treble (tone chart)7 / 107 / 10
Slotneck Tele pickupneck Tele pickup
Traitsmoderate outputmoderate 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
90
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
85
Alnico 5 vs Alnico 4
Coil
100
same coil type
Brightness
100
tone charts on the same scale
Mids
83
tone charts on the same scale
Bass
83
tone charts on the same scale

Videos

Bare Knuckle Piledriver

Bare Knuckle Yardbird

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What players and reviewers say

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