Tim,
I found this in a guitar amp forum and I did post this on the BKP site, but it was recommended that I add this to your Q & A site.
Here are two excerpts from another forum stating that Tim does not wind BKPs that much anymore due to high demand for his product. Not to cause a huge issue, but is this true?
"I have a couple older Nailbombs and they are great. They work best in very bright guitars. Lots of harmonics, very full sounding, nothing frequency-wise that is scooped or spiked. Because they are so dynamic under distortion, they feel like they are high output, which they are not. If you could picture a more musical sounding, clearer, lower output Tone Zone you would be close.
The older BK pups are very special. The newer ones, not so much. Tim no longer winds these himself, and he has changed some of the components and materials used. With the exchange rate, Bare Knuckles can be very expensive.""Hmmm... I've got an Air Zone, it's not that.
You have to find one that's at least 3 years old, that's when the demand forced Tim to change everything. If you could play one that Tim did himself, you could see why the hype started. For a while, you could beg him to make your order personally, but he doesn't do that anymore. I'm happy for his success, but the product is not the same.
Just like Seymour, I remember in 1981 the humbucker he made for my Tele, it was awesome! But now, I really haven't found anything in the catalog I like, and a lot that IMO is just plain bad".
