Bare Knuckle Cold Sweat pickup
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Bare Knuckle

Bare Knuckle Cold Sweat

A bridge humbucker with a ceramic magnet and high output.

high outputbrighttight & aggressive

Specs

DC resistance
13.7k
Inductance
7.37 Hmeasured, 1 reading
Magnet
Ceramic
Coil
Hum-cancelling
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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    no spec differences found

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What others say

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The low end hits with punch and intention.
Darth Phineas · Apr 15, 2026Darth Phineas (opens in a new tab)
On a clean channel, the neck opens up with a glassy chime that stays controlled and musical.
Darth Phineas · Apr 15, 2026Darth Phineas (opens in a new tab)

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