Manson Bare Knuckle Pickups... :/ what are they?

[itamar101]

Hey guys. I've recently given the chance to buy a 2nd hand Manson Modded Fender 72 Custom Deluxe Telecaster.
If anyone doesn't know what that is/who they are...
They are a Guitar Store and workshop in exeter. They make guitars (for example Matt bellamy's guitar is a signature Manson MB-1), sell big brand stuff, and mod guitars and then sell it on.
This tele has been modded with a killswitch, mirror pickguard, a Zvex Fuzz Factory installed inside it!!!... And a Manson MBK-2 pickup set.
This is a set of pickups made by BKP and they are VERY expensive (£125 a pickup). I assume that the price difference is a custom "Manson" pickup cover.
Anyway, there's a hum-sized AIV P90 wound at 7k in the neck and a high output Humbucker wound at 15.9k in the bridge. They don't really give much detail so I would just like to know whether you guys know anything about them...
The humbucker seems like a nailbomb copy to me (except its still made by BKP) and the P90 seems like a manhattan to me...
I guess what I'm wondering is: Are they just Bare Knuckles with another name stuck on them or are they actually different pickups that are made by BKP... Better/equal/worse?


Here's the link:
http://www.mansons.co.uk/shopping/categories/manson-custom-pickups/manson/mbk-2-guitar-pickup-set/

P.S. I highly recommend looking around there website. The mods that they do and their custom guitars are amazing!!

Anyway, back to the original question.

[ericsabbath]

it's a nailbomb/mississipi queen set

and there's the other matt bellamy MBK-3 set, which apparently is an aftermath set, or  aftermath prototypes

I remember there's also a manson josh homme set, which is a riff raff/mississippi queen equivalent set

[itamar101]

it's a nailbomb/mississipi queen set

and there's the other matt bellamy MBK-3 set, which apparently is an aftermath set, or  aftermath prototypes

I remember there's also a manson josh homme set, which is a riff raff/mississippi queen equivalent set

That's good to know... I coulda sworn that I wrote Mississippi Queen rather than manhattan though, the.manhattan isn't even AIV. Doesn't matter at all though :)

Anyway, if I do end up grabbing at this I'm happy to know that it comes with good pickups. I've never really been to fond of how people have described the nailbomb though so I'll how that works out.