Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: hunter on September 05, 2006, 04:33:09 PM
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I mean is it because they are strong, raw and earthy like a 1920s boxer, or is it because Tim is winding so many pickups, there is no more skin on the top of his hands or something else that I am missing as I'm a stupid German and not familiar with all the different meanings of subtle british namings?
Please enlighten me!
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because its a cool name i suppose.
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Tim is into martial arts so maybe the pugilistic name appealed to him
Also it has a vintage vibe , which Tim has instilled in his pickups - made the way they used to be sort of thing perhaps
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I did wonder. Do you know what martial arts he's into?
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I did wonder. Do you know what martial arts he's into?
kickin' yer arse?
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Maybe it's because they're the dog's bollocks?
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bare knuckles would imply fighting with the gloves off... so hitting hard with no compromises?
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OR it could mean that Tims designs are so entertaining they are illegal in the eyes of the law and people who like them should be feared down the pub ;)
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^haha, would probably only apply for Warpigs :twisted:
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'Cos it sounds meaner than 'Bare Nipple Pickups'. :wink:
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'Cos it sounds meaner than 'Bare Nipple Pickups'. :wink:
LOOOOOOOOOOOL !!!!
:o :D :o :D :o :D :o :D :o :D :o :D :o :D :o :D
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You're all pretty much on the money.I teach a martial art called Hap Ki Do and it involves alot of bare hand fighting as well as weapons too but my interest has always been in empty hand stuff.When it came to a company name I always thought covered pickups looked like knuckledusters and in a passing comment my father in law mentioned bare knuckle fighters-the idea was born.It harks back to the good old days of bare knuckle fighting and evokes a fearless and uncompromising approach also it's very much an era when Made in Britain used to mean something.I've also built the pickups around vintage design values too-in other words making sure that the humbuckers follow the original design of the Gibson humbucker, likewise single coils to Fender spec(I'm talking materials and construction here not necessarily wind/voicing)-they were the first so it seemed natural and right to acknowledge their roll and importance in pickup design and work up from there.
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Excellent !!
Choosing a band name or a band name is tricky if you are not just naming after yourself, which is almost the easy way out.
Once chosen you sort of have to live with it and all the connotations that it conjures up, both positive or negative depending upon who is reading the name.
Tim has also been very clever/playful with the model names.
I never fail to be amazed or amused by them.
The one that usually takes explaining is the Mule as Warren Haynes isn't so well known over here and many folks don't know his role in the Allman Brother's band
I went through the whole choosing a name thing way back - it was 1988 to be fair.
I kind of decided on a whim that it was what I wanted and then got to think about it for 9 years before going full time with the company.
I remember telling someone once when quizzed about the name(and they were taking the piss out of it to be fair) :
"I was always told that the guitar was in fact a penis extension, and thought that if I had to chose to have anything on the end of my knob I'd want it to be a little pussy."
On a more serious note it was the fact that I wanted to use cats eyes as a 12th fret inlay and also felt that cats have certain unique qualities like being graceful and stealth-like . Cats have the ability to be cosy and affectionate one minute and become an agile and fearless hunters the next, and I liked that concept.
I felt that the name evokes certain images and attributes that would be easily conjured up, and provided a lot of opportunity for play on words for marketing and advertising.
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^ Your logo needs to have a real woman in that outfit in that position, to have hanging around at music shows and the workshop, for 'promotional purposes'
;)
On a serious note, both names make alot of sense, i dont think i could settle on a name if i ever tried to create my own brand.
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:D The names "Feline" & "Bare Knuckle" look so cool on my guitars ! :D
:D 8)
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I teach a martial art called Hap Ki Do.
Like the author Joe R. Lansdale, I believe.
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ahh reminds of a Chinese family i knew, they had a baby with learning difficulties and called it Sum Ting Wong...
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on a serious note... i think as Chris said... both names suit the product well... cause they evoke very strong imagery... exactly as Johnathon said about the cats and their gracefulness/stealth...
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Holy cow this is cool shitee!
OK ok Tim, this is true. I know this sounds like bollocks but my great great grandad used to fight in the 'Old Mother Red Cap' in Camden town. The pub is now called 'The Worlds End' and is so big it lacks any atmosphere but its got its good points. My great grandad was still with us untill 1988. I was 23 then. So you could say I tapped his brains a lot! Oh man the stories were fantstic. It also gave me a lot of answers as to why my familiy are so silly!!
Jonathon ok ok, I think I'll have the bird on the headstock. Light tops skinny bottoms! I'll phone you to clarify this.
Thanks for the Ideas fellas.
I love this place and now after a shite night I'm smiling again!!
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Cool stuff. I remember my initial associations when I saw a BKP ad for the first time.
I think I thought:
-outstanding
-powerful
-raw
-quality
-dedication
-special/non-mainstream
Guess this is a good brand that works then ...
Another side note on Tim's sports ambitions:
I teach a martial art called Hap Ki Do and it involves alot of bare hand fighting
==> I'd say this is good as a well trained body just looks much better behind a guitar. I am working hard to hopefully fill that Stratocaster belly shape of my Tokai a little less in the future.
Re Feline. To be honest (and being German) I didn't get the whole cat thing unless you explained it. I thought Feline was the name of a woman or sth. I guess the thoughts behind the brand image are really good but maybe the execution is too subtle - that cat brand is not being penetrated enough. Maybe it's because I'm more of a dog guy :)
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because they beat the absolute living shitee out of anything else? and if ya argue with em they're going to punch ya in the face!?
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'Cos it sounds meaner than 'Bare Nipple Pickups'. Wink
When I sold a set of Miracle Mans to TommyFobia his dad text me saying "have you got the nipples" haha..
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You're all pretty much on the money.I teach a martial art called Hap Ki Do
Interesting. I do a style of Jiu Jitsu that I'm told has borrowed a fair bit from Hap Ki Do, especially in terms of joint locking...
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My ex-father in law did a lot of hapkido a while back, I've still got a training video of his by a guy called Master Hedges, that guy can do some seriously acrobatic kicks!
On a different note, i've been thinking about de-coupageing a picture of John L. Sullivan onto my telecaster...Would that count as advertising and qualify me for a discount? :wink: :lol: