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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Pickups |
Founded | 2003 |
Founder | Tim Mills |
Headquarters | England, UK |
Products | Pickups |
Number of employees | 18 |
Website | www |
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. [1] The company was founded in 2003 by Tim Mills, who had previously worked with Elkie Brooks and Iced Earth. [2]
Bare Knuckle produce a complete range of humbuckers, single coils, P-90, and other pickup varieties for both Guitar and Bass. 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.
Artists who have used the company's products include Propagandhi, [6] Johnny Marr, [7] Claudio Sanchez, [8] Jon Schaffer, [9] and Gabe Mangold. [10] Additionally, several artists have signature pickups customized by BKP, including Misha Mansoor of Periphery (band), Juggernaut & Ragnarok model; Steve Stevens of Billy Idol's band, Rebel Yell model; Josh Smith of Northlane, Impulse model; Mike Stringer of Spiritbox, Halcyon model; and Rabea Massaad of Toska and Dorje (band), the Silo model.
Bare Knuckle Pickups are also fitted by guitar manufacturers, such as Aristides Instruments, Fender Custom Shop, Ibanez Guitars, Manson Guitars, Blackmachine, and Peerless guitars. [11]