Bare Knuckle Pickups
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Bare Knuckle Pickups founded in 2003 by former Elkie Brooks
guitarist Tim Mills, 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. The quality and tone of their pickups come highly regarded in the industry.
Guitarist Choice award to 'PG Blues Set'
Golden M award to the 'Nailbomb'
Best Buy to the 'Warpig'
, Steve Stevens
and Johnny Marr
all use BKPs in their guitars. Bare Knuckle Pickups are also fitted by guitar manufacturers, such as Fender Custom Shop
, Manson Guitars and Peerless guitars.
Elkie Brooks
Elkie Brooks is an English singer, formerly a vocalist with Vinegar Joe, and later a solo artist. Elkie has been nominated twice for Brit Awards' top female singer. She is known for her powerful husky voice...
guitarist Tim Mills, 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. The quality and tone of their pickups come highly regarded in the industry.
Pickups
Bare Knuckle produce a complete range of humbuckers, single coils and bass 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 such as Matt Bellamy, Misha Mansoor, Gary MooreGary Moore
Robert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....
, Steve Stevens
Steve Stevens
Steve Stevens is an American guitarist and songwriter.He is best known for playing for other artists and less known for his critically acclaimed solo efforts , collaborations Steve Stevens (born as Steven Schneider on May 5, 1959, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American guitarist and songwriter.He...
and Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr is an English musician and songwriter. Marr rose to fame in the 1980s as the guitarist in The Smiths, with whom he formed a prolific songwriting partnership with Morrissey. Marr has been a member of Electronic, The The, and Modest Mouse...
all use BKPs in their guitars. Bare Knuckle Pickups are also fitted by guitar manufacturers, such as Fender Custom Shop
Fender Custom Shop
The Fender Custom Shop is a division of Fender Musical Instruments, housed within their headquarters complex in Corona, Riverside County, California. The Fender Custom Shop primarily exists to compete with smaller companies and independent luthiers that, in turn, build products reminiscent of those...
, Manson Guitars and Peerless guitars.