Closest match
no spec differences found
Output compared on measured inductance; tone charts compared directly.
high confidence
Bare Knuckle
Bare Knuckle Nailbomb
A neck humbucker with an Alnico 5 magnet and vintage output.
vintage outputmid-forward
Specs
- DC resistance
- 9.8k
- Inductance
- 4.46 Hmeasured, 1 reading
- Magnet
- Alnico 5
- Coil
- Hum-cancelling
From Bare Knuckle's published specs ↗ (opens in a new tab). Traits come from these specs by stated rules.
Similar pickups
230 fit the same slot · ranked on measured specs · top 40 shownUpgrading from the Bare Knuckle Nailbomb? Put it on the map and see what sits where you want your tone to go.
Each score is how close a pickup is on measured specs, out of 100. The meter shows how many of those specs we could compare; a grey score means few could be. Filters cover the top 40. How scoring works
- Compare →
no spec differences found
Output compared on measured inductance; tone charts compared directly.
Compare →high confidenceno spec differences found
Output compared on measured inductance; tone charts compared directly.
Compare →high confidencetighter low end
Output compared on measured inductance; tone charts compared directly.
Compare →high confidencelower output
Output compared on measured inductance; tone charts compared directly.
Compare →high confidencelower output
Output compared on measured inductance; tone charts compared directly.
Compare →high confidence
What others say
Demos, reviews and forum posts, quoted word for word and linked to where they were published. No player posts collected yet.
Bareknuckle Nailbomb | Metal Demo
Nailbomb Humbucker Set Tone Test with Dan Stevens
Ceramic Nailbomb Humbucker Demo by James Phillips
“It brings searing top-end bite, rich upper mids that growl, and a low end that’s big but still keeps its shoes clean.”
“There’s a woody strum quality, big-but-controlled low end, and sweet highs that chime without getting glassy.”
Played the Bare Knuckle Nailbomb?
Tell other players how it sounds in your guitar. These are visitors' own comments: checked for spam before they appear, but not fact-checked like the sourced quotes above.
Loading comments…