Bare Knuckle Crawler VS . . . Seymour Duncan ermmmm what ?

[SirJackdeFuzz]

Good people of this tone happy family.
Got a BK VS. SD question for all you trained ear folk !

What Duncan humbucker-set would you say is the closest in spec and tonal performance of the Bare Knuckle Crawler set ?

https://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/pickup/humbucker/crawler <--- BK Crawler

Is there any one here with BK Crawler experience ?

All into will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Jeff_H]

Re: Bare Knuckle Crawler VS . . . Seymour Duncan ermmmm what ?

Hmmm, the description of the Crawler sounds like a Duncan Custom Custom to me. And the DC spec is right. Rich, fat midrange and singing highs is the CC in spades, but the CC is an A2 pickup. The Crawler is an A5. The Duncan Custom 5 matches the specs on paper, but in my experience fat midrange and singing highs IS NOT what the C5 gives you. It has a scooped midrange, tighter lows and brighter highs.

The BK site says the Crawler is voiced like a PAF. In that output range, the Duncan Custom fits the bill. It's described as a PAF on steroids. But the ceramic magnet will give a different tone and feel vs. an Alnico magnet.

With Duncan, if you want that type of output and fat midrange, you buy the Custom Custom. However, if you want something slightly more aggressive but still PAF like tone, you buy the Custom.

 

[SirJackdeFuzz]

Re: Bare Knuckle Crawler VS . . . Seymour Duncan ermmmm what ?

GREAT info.

Thank you very much Jeff.
Looks like i will be looking into a Custom Custom then !