Bare Knuckle Mississippi Queen pickup
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Bare Knuckle

Bare Knuckle Mississippi Queen

A bridge humbucker with an Alnico 5 magnet and moderate output.

moderate outputtight lows

Specs

DC resistance
7.7k
Inductance
6.12 Hmeasured, 1 reading
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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    no spec differences found

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    Output compared on measured inductance; tone charts compared directly.

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    Alnico III magnet: warmer, smoother · darker

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

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  4. Mr. Glyn's Black Sand
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    no spec differences found

    No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.

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  5. Radioshop PAF
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