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Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: Steve-Mr Pig 2U on July 22, 2005, 11:39:30 PM: So guys, how did you hear about us and what appealed to you the most about our product?
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: maliciousteve on July 22, 2005, 11:41:53 PM: Last year a Music Live i saw the stall full of marshalls and a really nice Les Paul. I'd heard good things about your pickups so i decided to take the plunge and buy one. very happy
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: Peterku on July 23, 2005, 12:15:24 AM: Huh, I can't remember... Maybe I clicked on a banner somewhere? I don't know. When I first visited the site, there were only a very few humbucker models -- only Stormy Monday, Mule, Miracle Man, and Warpig, but I'm not sure -- and I thought they were too expensive. Maybe a year later or more I came back because I found the link among My Favourites. I joined the forum, and ended up with a camo Mule set. :D
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: 38thBeatle on July 23, 2005, 12:24:47 AM: I saw an ad and as I had been looking at various options, I checked out the web site and just looked around ( Harmony Central)- heard the buzz and bought a set of Apaches. I have a mate who is a session player and asked him and he had heard BKPs and said they were the better choice than the Fralins I was originally looking at.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: bucketshred on July 23, 2005, 12:33:49 AM: LGS for me, and then hub bub through other forums and magazines...

Still haven't ordered my set though...

...but by the end of next week, I should have the cash for my set of UBER single coils :D

Andy!
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: lulusg on July 23, 2005, 03:06:12 AM: Chritsmas eve. After picking up a magazine where they had all P90's reviews. I felt this was something away from the mainstream, kind of a rebel thing. Well at least that was the impression I got from the article. Of course the "Moonshine" helped too :)
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: Skybone on July 23, 2005, 03:07:12 AM: My local music shop started stocking them sometime late last year and had them displayed in the window. When asked about them, the sales guy was raving about them, saying how good they were.

At the time I was looking to replace the SD's I had in my Tokai Love Rock cause they sounded too clinical, and without any mid detail, which I found annoying. Anyway, did some research into BKP's, found the website and a couple of reviews for different pickups.

I saw the detail of the Black Dog set, and thought that they would meet all the requirements I had. Luckily enough, the music shop had a Black Dog loaded Love Rock in to try out, so I plugged it into a Cornford Harlequin (the 6w combo) and tried it clean, with gain and a couple of pedals and was impressed. I ordered a set of Black Dog's through the shop, and they installed them for free.

I was that impressed, I bought a set of Emerald's to go into my set neck Iceman.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: Rainmaker on July 23, 2005, 05:32:46 AM: When Brow bought his first pair and Ben got an endorsement, I found it on the SD forums.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: Afghan Dave on July 23, 2005, 06:38:49 AM: I just related to the vibe of the adverts and product names - shallow I know but somebody on the team got the marketing bang on.

Very British and very Rock n roll!

Then I kept reading stellar reviews of the pickups and thought I really should take more notice.

Found the site and had my first dealings with the BKP team of pros and experienced the best customer service ever.

I've abandoned Dimarzio and will never look back...

I'll won't own a guitar without BKPs again, I'm hooked (ya lovely buggers)

Thanks.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: Davey on July 23, 2005, 07:05:54 AM: ah bloody hell .. can you change my vote to the recomended by a friend...

ben told me about em, then said i should join the forums
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: dpmasunder on July 23, 2005, 08:14:31 AM: Google, and more google, so I guess the HC reviews played a part, but I always take those with a hefty bag of salt.
Then I saw people bagging them on a Fender forum so I knew they must be good :lol:
Actually, what brought me to BKP was that all the other small pickup makers seem to specialise in purely vintage replicas, whereas BKP already make pickups that sound like I want them to sound, and 8 string versions of those wouldn't be too much of an issue.
I also wanted to stick to a company whose first language was English, in case of communication difficulties.
So there.

EDIT : I also got a rave review from a very picky long term customer who is a recent BKP convert.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: Elliot on July 23, 2005, 09:03:18 AM: I read the reviews on Harmony Central - As well as the uniform 10 out of 10s I garnered the 'ring them up and ask' thing - Emailed a question, got a detailed reply in 45 minutes and realised with customer service like that the product must be good.

And I was not proved wrong.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: Johnny Mac on July 23, 2005, 09:20:56 AM: I saw an ad in Total Guitar and the reviews of the Miracle Man and the Warpig. So i had a look at the website and it all sounded interesting stuff, especially the names of each type. I could tell that a lot of research and love had gone into them. Checked out H.C and it was all positive reading. So I went to the London Guitar Show :P on a mission! I tried out the warpigs first in Felines ESP Viper. Blimey I thought! Then I had a go on Tim's Les Paul with a Miracle Man in the Bridge and a Scolloped neck above the 12th. I was sold there and then. I tried Nailbomb too. If anyone want's to try out all the bk pups Feline have loads with them all fitted for you to try and compare each type!
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: rinse_master on July 23, 2005, 09:42:36 AM: Magazine Ad & reviews for me (I print total guitar & guitar at work, so I get to read lots of them)

Although I dodn't find the forum until some time later...
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: WITH FULL DISTORTION on July 23, 2005, 12:32:21 PM: Yah, Twillight Odyssey just told about It to me, and i joined the forum... and i can´t wait until i get my first Bk or my first pair of it.
(Un)holy $%&#ing Hails
J.P
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: HJM on July 23, 2005, 01:13:50 PM: Met them just before Music Live 2003, when I was working for Matamp.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: Ratrod on July 23, 2005, 01:16:24 PM: It started when I bought my BC Rich Mockingbird 'Fire Breather' as a project. The truss rod pushed the fretboard right off the neck, tried to fix it but it didn't work. So I got a new Jackson replica neck for it. While I was at it, I might as well get a new pickup for it. I ordered a DiMarzio Super Distortion, wich was out of stock. I went to Harmony Central and scrolled through all the different pickup companies. When I hit BKP, I saw all these interesting names and checked them all out. I was getting interested in the Miracle Man and the Warpig. I went to the BKP site and saw a picture of the Warpig and I said: THIS IS IT!!! No pickup could ever be better for this guitar, screw my budget!
And I ordered one. Now I'm here, I'm addicted and you all know the rest.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: aisuru on July 23, 2005, 03:01:09 PM: as i recall, i google'd for 'guitar pickups uk' and BK was about the fourth result down. i'd been looking at Duncans, EMGs, diMarzios etc. but something about BK just suggested they were something special, so i kept coming back to the site.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: crispsandwich on July 23, 2005, 03:25:05 PM: I read a review of the Warpig in 'Total Guitar' and went to the webbo that was advertised. It must have been fate :wink:
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: PhilKing on July 23, 2005, 07:26:29 PM: I saw the ad for the Crawler, then went to the web site and saw all the pickups. Then I read the reviews on Harmony Central and once I thought I knew what I wanted, I emailled Tim. He came back with a few things I hadn't thought about, so I got on the phone and spoke to him for about an hour! I ended up buying a custom Emerald/Mule IV set and a Crawler/2 P-91 set. Since then I have become addicted and now have lots of them :good:

I have also made Tim make me several strange pickups. He is great for this, no requests ever seem to be a problem, I have a tapped Mississippi Queen, a Pig-90 jnr, a Black Dog P-90, EMG sized Strat, Nailbomb with 2 screw coils :wallbash:

All the pickups sound great, and everyone at BKP is great too. They all will take the time to explain something if you have questions. Try that with any other pickup maker.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: _tom_ on July 23, 2005, 08:03:56 PM: I read some reviews of the Warpig and Nailbomb in Total Guitar so I thought I'd check out the website..
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: jt on July 24, 2005, 02:07:04 AM: :D i had been a Dimarzio super distortion man for donkeys years. When i got a ibanez RG i thought i`d like something a bit more tone based, so i bought a Dimarzio Breed Neck & a Tone Zone Bridge what a mistake dreadfull F***ing racket !! :lol:

i was so disapointed that i started looking into Seymor Duncans !!! Whilst thinking about how cr@p duncans were i came across an add in Guitar Buyer for the Warpig i thought bugger that that`s the last thing i need !! :P

at some point there was an add for The Stormy Monday & i thought thats more like it so i checked out the web site & found to my surprise that they did a range of P/U`s the LGS was only a few weeks away so i waited untill then read the Harmony Central reviews & went to LGS 2004 were i met Tim & the Guys, HJM said try these out there new not yet on the site there called VHII`s & i was Hooked !!

:D 8)
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: R/2e on July 24, 2005, 12:32:05 PM: Sure I've said this before but a customer brought an Epi SG and a pair of Riff Raffs, could I fit them. I didn't say it but I was thinking (£200 for pickups for an Epi......? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha)

However, when I plugged it in for the first time, it was the best SG I'd ever heard! I got on the phone to Tim and the rest is history. I am now a Bareknucklepickupjunkie.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: Brow on July 24, 2005, 02:40:29 PM: I saw an ad in Guitar (now called Guitar and Bass) magazine for (if I remember correctly) the Stormy Monday and Miracle Man pickups.

I found the website and the rest is history :)

I now plan on a set of covered Mules for my LP Standard, a HSS set for an old Strat I have (undecided on the pickups) and also a pair of Tele pickups for a cheapie Tele I have, although I don't know which 1's I want in that guitar either! :D

Craig
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: Bird on July 24, 2005, 05:27:58 PM: I first heard about them on Robert Keeley's website.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: Johnny Mac on July 24, 2005, 05:56:06 PM: Quote from: R/2e
Sure I've said this before but a customer brought an Epi SG and a pair of Riff Raffs, could I fit them. I didn't say it but I was thinking (£200 for pickups for an Epi......? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha)

However, when I plugged it in for the first time, it was the best SG I'd ever heard! I got on the phone to Tim and the rest is history. I am now a Bareknucklepickupjunkie.

Man that's quite a statement! :D
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: maxingwell on July 25, 2005, 04:17:15 PM: I'm sure I saw the advert in Guitarist but not 100% sure - my memory is not as good as it used to be!
Am glad I found out about BKP though - I might have ended up with one of the worst pickups you can get (according to some of you guys)!!
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: Ratrod on July 25, 2005, 04:37:09 PM: Quote from: maxingwell
I'm sure I saw the advert in Guitarist but not 100% sure - my memory is not as good as it used to be!
Am glad I found out about BKP though - I might have ended up with one of the worst pickups you can get (according to some of you guys)!!

Would that be the pickup that refers to a certain year? That year in wich Cadillacs had the tallest fins?
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on July 25, 2005, 06:30:02 PM: Read the Miracle Man review in Total Guitar, rang Tim up and told him what I was looking for. He really took the time out to talk to me, even transcontinentally, which could've been viewed as a waste of time for him, since I would be ordering the pickups unseen, unheard, and based soley on his recommendations.

We spoke 3 times in total, I think, and then I ordered my 1st set.

There had been a buzz about them on the Duncan forum, but no one over there has any experience with the BKPs. When I got mine, I went on a full-time assault to raise awareness of BKPs.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: carlaz on July 25, 2005, 06:50:44 PM: A friend went to a UK guitar show a few months back -- he came back raving to me about the Brown Sugars he got for his Tele and told me he wanted Mules of Warpigs for his LP. I've been putting off replacing my LP's pickups since about 1994, but when I heard someone was making sh*t-hot pickups called "Mule" and "Warpig" ... well, how could I not check out what that was about! Clearly, they had the right idea :)

Now I just need to a) save up, and b) decide!
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: Death In Fire on July 25, 2005, 11:41:38 PM: A friend who wouldn't shut up about them, so I checked em out.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: Johnny Mac on July 26, 2005, 11:05:08 PM: I wasn't shutting up about them Friday night when I went to see Whole Lotta Led. I've got to know them quite well over the years. I took some photos at one of there big gigs at The Bath Pavillion. So I bent Nick their guitarists ear about BKP's! He had heard of them but not tried them yet. I hope he gets some as he uses stock Gibsons in he vast collection of LP's!
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: steve on July 26, 2005, 11:12:41 PM: I read the glowing reviews on harmony Central checked out the website,sent a real naff pickup to Tim for a rewind.It came back sounding awesome,and have been using them ever since.Steve.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: BleedMarshall on July 27, 2005, 02:27:32 PM: A good friend and Brother from the U.K. area told me about these pick-ups, and let me hear his work using them, and I was blown away by how good they were. (EMGs *weird pinch harmonics* went out the window :lol: ) As soon as I get my next project going (maybe a Warmoth LP *shrugs*) I am going for a BK set, and d@mn sure going to use a Mule for the neck. I'm still up in the air over the bridge, but hey...I'll figure it out right? Right. :wink:
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: dooogz on July 29, 2005, 07:32:05 PM: Who are bareknuckle pickups? ;)

WEll, 1) recomendations from TO and then this was backed up by brow

2) things i read in magazines

3) LGS made this more!
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: rock@powa on July 31, 2005, 10:24:31 AM: I was searching for a PAF on a french guitarist forum, Ced777 give me the bare knuckle site and tell me that they are the best pickups for him.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: chrisola on August 15, 2005, 03:57:17 PM: i read in a little section in a magazine that you had made a pickup to capture Zakk Wyldes sound... then i read some HC reviews + checked forum out.

Steves clips influenced me the most when choosing a BKP pickup, i knew i wanted a BKP but i didnt know WHICH one until hearng his clips :)
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: The amazing Phil on August 17, 2005, 09:52:59 AM: I really don't remember, though I'm pretty sure that I found out through an ad in a guitar magazine and checked them out on here.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: Jp. on August 17, 2005, 10:53:05 AM: An earlier response was that they really related to the advert.

Look I'll join that team. I then went on to check some reviews and the website. Now I just cant wait to get to London to get a set... or 4.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: lp_man on August 20, 2005, 12:32:46 AM: Total Guitar mag :)
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: MDV on August 23, 2005, 01:29:10 PM: Originally in a magazine, but it was harmony central reviews and Tims advice on the phone that made me buy a set.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: FiXXXeR on August 26, 2005, 06:14:11 PM: i heard about BKP when i went to the southampton guitar show and Chris George was playing, i spoke to the guys at marshall (he went home when i was looking for him :roll: ) they gave me his website and on the equipment part it said his les paul had BKP nailbombs in.

i went to brighton music show and he was there DUN DUN DUN, he was playing the les paul and after that there was no kidding i was gunna own some of those pickups and 1 month later i got them and i have been very happy with them since april. i met him after that show and he told me how much he loved the nailbombs.

so that is my tale of the nailbomb prince :P
Title: ooo....
Post by: schmendict on August 27, 2005, 12:37:18 AM: From my good ol' friend Patrick, who can shred like a pro, yet hes younger than me....Anyway, the number one thing appealed to me was the price, i mean, theyve got to be good if theyre expensive! Also the wide range of pickups, and ways to customise them...
Title: Robert Keeley
Post by: JolietJakeBlues64 on August 28, 2005, 12:17:33 PM: I read about BKP on the website of Robert Keeley.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: chrisola on August 30, 2005, 05:26:39 PM: 666 views of this before i looked.... interesting :lol:
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: tonberry_king on September 04, 2005, 12:55:22 PM: I almost gave this site a miss when I first heard about it. I've been determined to get some new pickups for my guitar and have been looking through the brands, had almost settled on Dimarzio, but, me being me, kept on trawling through message boards for people's advice. Ended up hearing about a couple of UK companies, but after taking a first glance at the sites I promptly left. I think the names of the pups here put me off, which is odd because now I think they're pretty cool =P

I carried on browsing forums and suddenly came across a chunk of people who were debating how good BKP's really were. There were big supporters and then the anti-cool brigade who were pissing on any suggestion that they might be any good. The name 'Warpig' kept coming up so I google'd that and found a Total Guitar review of it. Then after seeing the thing I was hooked.

Seeing how involved Tim and Steve are with everybody here is amazing, I mean, it's like nothing I've ever seen before! If it were any other company then I would've sent off for a pair of Warpig's without a second thought, but after talking with you guys here I realise that maybe I need something else.

I've only been here two days or so and it's been brilliant :D
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Post by: Toon on September 10, 2005, 03:25:48 PM: I read the group p-90 review in Guitar&Bass mag. after one last microphonous squeal out went the minihumbuckers and I put some bkp-91s in, now my les paul deluxe makes me forget which other guitars I'll buy, I've already got what I want.
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Post by: NPH on September 12, 2005, 01:58:51 PM: I new there were a few people making hand wound pickups in this country from looking through adds in the backs of guitar mags. I read the reviews of BKP's in various places and visited the site.
When the bridge mini HB died in my LP deluxe, I contacted Tim about a vintage rewind and took the plunge.
So I had a great sounding deluxe and I decided to get a set of mules for my 95 standard Plus.
They came this weekend and I have hardly put the damn guitar down since. :guitar4:
Title: BKP
Post by: Baxter on September 21, 2005, 01:33:53 PM: I heard about them from Jon at Noiseworks in Coventry.

He knows his stuff, and he was really inpressed with what he had seen and heard. So I bought a HSS set, including a Nailbomb and 2 x Irish Tours. I was really impressed, especially with the Nailbomb. Very high output pickup with good tone.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: Joeri on October 17, 2005, 07:04:57 PM: Heard about 'em on the Shamray Custom Shop forum. I'm hoping to get a custom built Soloist there soon :).
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: Searcher on October 17, 2005, 07:44:32 PM: I was hunting for a new bridge pickup and reading people's opinions over at the Fender forum. Someone had something good to say about BKPs and everyone else panned him with their oh-so-cynical "they can't be as good as he says, therefore they must be terrible" views. So I came here to check it out.

I now have a Sinner pickup in my Zion guitar and I'm tentatively planning a whole new guitar with more BKPs.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: I M Evil on December 21, 2005, 10:25:50 PM: I'm a George Lynch fan, so hanging out at his forum
I read that WithoutWarning was using them and was
giving them great reviews :)

So I decided to check'em out, at first because I've
grown tired of everybody using EMGs, SDs and DiMarzios.
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: Jag Panzer on December 22, 2005, 05:18:06 PM: I was getting disappointed with the tones I was getting from my normal pickups. I knew there had to be something better.

So I started doing some net searches. I found several companies such as Fralin, Wolftone and Bare Knuckle. I wrote Tim and asked for some sound clips. He sent me some and I was floored.

I purchased a Miracle Man and the difference between that and my DiMarzio was staggering.

My friends now call me a 'Bare Knuckle Evangelist' because I am always telling people about these incredible pickups.

Mark
Title: Where did you hear about Bareknuckle Pickups?
Post by: Floyd Pepper on December 22, 2005, 05:51:39 PM: I read a couple of reviews in "Guitar" magazine then read the HC reviews. I wanted to buy British if possible. I e-mailed Tim then spoke to him on the phone. Having spoken to Tim I was sold and ordered my 1st set.

I'm now saving up for another guitar just to try more BK pickups and telling everyone I know they should install them. :)

This forum also helped me get my credit card out - Seeing the dedicated bunch answering questions and how well they rate the pickups.
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Post by: dave_mc on December 22, 2005, 06:25:47 PM: i think i first saw a review in total guitar, but i voted "other internet forum" because the ultimate guitar forum is the one that really piqued my interest, mainly guys like MDV.

EDIT: i haven't actually got round to getting any yet, but i will... :twisted: