Bare Knuckle Mississippi Queen pickup
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Bare Knuckle

Bare Knuckle Mississippi Queen

A neck humbucker with an Alnico 4 magnet and vintage output.

vintage outputtight lows

Specs

DC resistance
6.9k
Inductance
4.78 Hmeasured, 1 reading
Magnet
Alnico 4
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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