Bare Knuckle Brown Sugar pickup
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Bare Knuckle

Bare Knuckle Brown Sugar

A neck Tele pickup with an Alnico 5 magnet and moderate output.

moderate outputbrighttight lows

Specs

DC resistance
7k
Inductance
not measured
Magnet
Alnico 5
Coil
Single coil
Bare Knuckle's tone chart, 0–10

From Bare Knuckle's published specs (opens in a new tab). Traits come from these specs by stated rules.

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    neck Tele pickup

    no spec differences found

    No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; tone charts compared directly.

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  2. Bare Knuckle Nomads
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    neck Tele pickup

    more bass

    No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; tone charts compared directly.

    high confidence
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  3. Bare Knuckle Yardbird
    Bare Knuckle Yardbird
    neck Tele pickup

    Alnico IV magnet: warmer, smoother

    No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; tone charts compared directly.

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