Howdy folks, this is Thor. I am the guitarist in a prog/power metal band known as Archaic Reign. I found out about Bare Knuckles from Mark Briody who plays guitar in Jag Panzer - thank you Mark!
I just recently got a set of Miracle Man pickups straight from Bare Knuckles and I couldn't be happier. The following clip was just recorded this morning, it is a rough draft of a song that we are currently working on. There is no bass, vocals, or lead guitar yet as I just wanted to see what they sounded like recorded. My setup is as follows:
Dean custom Time Capsule V -> Morley Bad Horsie II -> Boss TU-2 Tuner -> ISP Decimator (foot pedal) -> Engl Powerball -> Marshall 1960A Cabinet (stock speakers)
I recorded the guitar (which I double tracked) with a Sure SM-57 microphone that is centered on the upper right cone. I run this into a Behringer Eurorack UB1002 mixer (with all EQ's set to 0) and then into a Fostex MR-8 multi-track recorder. I dumped the two guitar tracks into Acoustica's Mixcraft and mixed with the drums and keyboards. I did no equalization to the guitar tracks at all, what you are hearing is the raw guitar tracks.
Fantastic pickups! Thank you Bare Knuckles!