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Bare Knuckle Rebel Yell vs Seymour Duncan Whole Lotta Humbucker (SH-18)

We found no spec differences between them worth calling out.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecBare Knuckle Rebel YellSeymour Duncan Whole Lotta Humbucker (SH-18)
DC resistancediffers8.1k8.2k
Inductancediffers4.06 H (measured, 1 reading)not measured
MagnetAlnico 5Alnico 5
CoilHum-cancellingHum-cancelling
Resonant peakdiffers—6.4 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)differs5 / 10no chart
Mids (tone chart)differs7 / 10no chart
Treble (tone chart)differs7 / 10no chart
Slotneck humbuckerneck humbucker
Traitsvintage output, mid-forwardvintage 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
98
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both 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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Bare Knuckle Rebel Yell

Seymour Duncan Whole Lotta Humbucker (SH-18)

What players and reviewers say

On the Bare Knuckle Rebel Yell

“Rebel Yell - super tight, all high mids and highs, nonexistent lows (in my LP).”
EyesOfTheSouth · 2014-03-29Rig-Talk ↗ (opens in a new tab)
“The marshallhead has a lot of mids and upper mids (I hear the rebel yell is also like that) with nice, musical highs.”
braintheory · 2018-01-02Rig-Talk ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Everything on the Bare Knuckle Rebel Yell →

On the Seymour Duncan Whole Lotta Humbucker (SH-18)

“Tried a Whole Lotta Humbucker and that went too far the other way as I suppose I like hotter than vintage and it was too harsh in the midrange, too spiky.”
JarickL · 2016-11-19Seymour Duncan forum ↗ (opens in a new tab)
“I have my Whole Lotta Neck set fairly close to the strings (2/32 ths for both the treble and bass side) I have not adjusted the polepieces.”
Mr. B · 2013-09-04Seymour Duncan forum ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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