Closest match
Alnico IV magnet: punchier, more aggressive
Output compared on measured inductance; tone charts compared directly.
high confidence
Bare Knuckle
Bare Knuckle Blue Note
A neck humbucker with an Alnico 2 magnet and vintage output.
vintage outputdarkscooped midssoft & warm
Specs
- DC resistance
- 6.8k
- Inductance
- 4.79 Hmeasured, 1 reading
- Magnet
- Alnico 2
- Coil
- Single coil
From Bare Knuckle's published specs ↗ (opens in a new tab). Traits come from these specs by stated rules.
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Alnico III magnet: punchier, more aggressive · more midrange
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; tone charts compared directly.
Compare →high confidencehotter output
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
Compare →low confidenceAlnico V magnet: punchier, more aggressive
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; tone charts compared directly.
Compare →high confidencehotter output
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
Compare →low confidenceAlnico V magnet: punchier, more aggressive
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
Compare →low confidence
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Bare Knuckle Pickups Blue Note P90 demonstration by Micky McCrystal
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