Bare Knuckle Yardbird pickup
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Bare Knuckle

Bare Knuckle Yardbird

A bridge Tele pickup with an Alnico 4 magnet and moderate output.

moderate outputtight lows

Specs

DC resistance
7.3k
Inductance
not measured
Magnet
Alnico 4
Coil
Single coil
Bare Knuckle's tone chart, 0–10

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