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Bare Knuckle Sultans Single Coil vs Radioshop Vintage 57 Specials

Bare Knuckle Sultans Single Coil pickup
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Bare Knuckle Sultans Single Coil
neck Strat single-coil
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Radioshop Vintage 57 Specials pickup
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Radioshop Vintage 57 Specials
neck Strat single-coil

Compared with the Bare Knuckle Sultans Single Coil, the Radioshop Vintage 57 Specials has an Alnico III magnet (punchier, more aggressive).

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecBare Knuckle Sultans Single CoilRadioshop Vintage 57 Specials
DC resistancediffers5.7k5.8k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetdiffersAlnico 2Alnico 3
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Bass (tone chart)differs6 / 10no chart
Mids (tone chart)differs7 / 10no chart
Treble (tone chart)differs7 / 10no chart
Slotneck Strat single-coilneck Strat single-coil
Traitsvintage output, mid-forward, soft & warmvintage output, soft & warm

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
97
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
90
Alnico 2 vs Alnico 3
Coil
100
same coil type

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

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