Bare Knuckle Pickups (Bare Knuckle, or BKP) is a privately-owned business based in the South West of
England,
UK, specialising in hand-wound electric
guitar pickups. The pickups are wound and made entirely by hand from high quality parts which are made in-house, and come with a lifetime warranty.
[Guitarist Magazine, May 2005] The company was founded in 2003 by Tim Mills, who had previously worked with
Elkie Brooks and
Iced Earth.
Pickups
Bare Knuckle produce a complete range of
humbuckers
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,
single coils
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and
bass pickups
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pickups ranging from original vintage models through to contemporary pickups such as the award winning 'The Mule' humbucker, 'Nailbomb' humbucker, 'Mississippi Queen' humbucker-size P90 and 'Apache' single coils.
Awards
* Gold award to 'The Mule' and 'Apache'
[
* Guitarist Choice award to 'PG Blues Set'
* Golden M award to the 'Nailbomb'
* Best Buy to the 'Warpig'
]
Artists
Artists who have used the company's products include Propagandhi, Johnny Marr
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, Matt Bellamy, Gary Moore
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, Claudio Sanchez, Jon Schaffer, Gabe Mangold
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, Rabea Massaad
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, Misha Mansoor, and Steve Stevens. Additionally, several artists have signature pickups customized by BNK, including Misha Mansoor of Periphery (band)
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Juggernaut
Ragnarok model
Steve Stevens of Billy Idol's band
Rebel Yell model
Josh Smith of Northlane
Impulse model
and Rabea Massaad of Toska and Dorje (band)
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Silo model
Bare Knuckle Pickups are also fitted by guitar manufacturers, such as Fender Custom Shop, Ibanez Guitars, Manson Guitars, Blackmachine, and Peerless guitars.
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