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Re: New Bareknuckle coming?
« Reply #15 on: January 11, 2016, 07:30:39 AM »
Hi Josh. Good to get feedback from the man himself :)

I would love to see it compared to a Black Dog in the future, since that one also does good in baritones.

The black dog is one of the few bkp's I haven't spent a lot of time with. Easiest way i can describe the impulse bridge is c-hawk meets rebel yell for everything high mids up and emerald from everything below that. Retains the compression and "glue" you get in the blackhawks but is voiced to be a bit more versatile and work well in a baritone.
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Re: New Bareknuckle coming?
« Reply #16 on: January 11, 2016, 07:32:08 AM »
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Re: New Bareknuckle coming?
« Reply #17 on: January 11, 2016, 09:10:01 AM »
Sounds good to me! I play 7-strings exclusively and prefer lower output voicings to high so they should be great - I still haven't got round to trying Blackhawks so I'll probably try the Impulse first instead!
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Re: New Bareknuckle coming
« Reply #18 on: January 11, 2016, 10:43:23 AM »
Sounds great to me,  I've always thought lower output pickups work well tuning down since I've had DiMarzio PAF-7s in my Ibanez guitars.

When's this out - Josh are you allowed to record some clips, by the way never heard much Northlane but checked out your recent stuff, it's bloody great - atmospheric metal

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Re: New Bareknuckle coming
« Reply #19 on: January 11, 2016, 12:19:57 PM »
Sounds great to me,  I've always thought lower output pickups work well tuning down since I've had DiMarzio PAF-7s in my Ibanez guitars.

When's this out - Josh are you allowed to record some clips, by the way never heard much Northlane but checked out your recent stuff, it's bloody great - atmospheric metal

Hey mate will do some clips when released.

I've been using the final protos for over a year. if you go suss out our BBC maida vale session you can hear it on the right with c/hawks on the left http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0356msj

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Re: New Bareknuckle coming
« Reply #20 on: January 12, 2016, 02:28:04 PM »
Sounds great to me,  I've always thought lower output pickups work well tuning down since I've had DiMarzio PAF-7s in my Ibanez guitars.

When's this out - Josh are you allowed to record some clips, by the way never heard much Northlane but checked out your recent stuff, it's bloody great - atmospheric metal

Hey mate will do some clips when released.

I've been using the final protos for over a year. if you go suss out our BBC maida vale session you can hear it on the right with c/hawks on the left http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0356msj

Look forward to it! 

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Re: New Bareknuckle coming?
« Reply #21 on: January 12, 2016, 03:34:15 PM »
The black dog is one of the few bkp's I haven't spent a lot of time with. Easiest way i can describe the impulse bridge is c-hawk meets rebel yell for everything high mids up and emerald from everything below that. Retains the compression and "glue" you get in the blackhawks but is voiced to be a bit more versatile and work well in a baritone.
C-Hawk meets RY has me interested again, since the RY is my favorite BKP. Picturing that in a more modern way could be cool.

I am guessing then it is a ceramic magnet. Makes me wonder though what the wire is. Is it just a lighter wind or actually using more vintage wire to dial things down?

Also, any info on the neck?
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Re: New Bareknuckle coming?
« Reply #22 on: January 13, 2016, 04:36:58 AM »
The black dog is one of the few bkp's I haven't spent a lot of time with. Easiest way i can describe the impulse bridge is c-hawk meets rebel yell for everything high mids up and emerald from everything below that. Retains the compression and "glue" you get in the blackhawks but is voiced to be a bit more versatile and work well in a baritone.
C-Hawk meets RY has me interested again, since the RY is my favorite BKP. Picturing that in a more modern way could be cool.

I am guessing then it is a ceramic magnet. Makes me wonder though what the wire is. Is it just a lighter wind or actually using more vintage wire to dial things down?

Also, any info on the neck?

It's an A5 magnet actually. And there will be both single coil neck options which I prefer, and a humbucker for those inclined that will still capture my favorite characteristics of the single.

I'm not sure on the bones under the hood but I believe a vintage spec gauge was used. I'll wait for Tim to chime in.
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Re: New Bareknuckle coming?
« Reply #23 on: January 13, 2016, 09:35:52 AM »
It's an A5 magnet actually. And there will be both single coil neck options which I prefer, and a humbucker for those inclined that will still capture my favorite characteristics of the single.

I'm not sure on the bones under the hood but I believe a vintage spec gauge was used. I'll wait for Tim to chime in.

An H-S set is very cool! I always thought BKP should offer something there.

Thanks for coming on to tell us about it Josh.
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Re: New Bareknuckle coming?
« Reply #24 on: January 13, 2016, 09:40:00 AM »
Hmmm ... this HS idea and the RY meets C-Hawk description has me thinking this might be a good set for some of those old Charvel superstrats from the '80s and '90s
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Re: New Bareknuckle coming?
« Reply #25 on: January 13, 2016, 12:58:26 PM »
Many thanks for the info Josh, much oblidged! The more you tell us the more I get interested and hyped I must say.

A H S set really is cool to add to the range. Wonder how the neck HB will turn out then to retain some single coil character. As an increasing fan of P90s, especially in the neck, those seem like the perfect chrossover between HB and SC.
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Re: New Bareknuckle coming?
« Reply #26 on: February 02, 2016, 04:58:13 AM »
Here's a few clips and a post I made at another forum to fill you guys in a little more:

https://soundcloud.com/josh-smith-965110242/sets/bareknuckle-impulse-demos
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"While they look just like the blackhawks and cobras, looks can be deceiving! These babies have been designed from the ground up to suit baritone guitars and for guys that use big strings by myself. The neutral midrange we went for has meant that they work well in just about any guitar I've tried as a result though because no frequencies really stick out. The thing I love about them the most is while they handle that low tuned high gain stuff well with ease, they also excel at just about anything else you throw at them, especially mid-gain tones which is something that not many pickups geared towards this purpose can do. They're not really voiced as a "Djent" pickup set at all.

Output wise, to my ears they're about 20% cooler than the blackhawks.

The impulse bridge is c-hawk meets the rebel yell for everything high mids up and c-hawk meets emerald from everything below that. Retains the compression and "glue" you get in the blackhawks. It will give you controlled highs and lows which can be hard to control in a baritone, a consistent attack across all strings and plenty of thickness and sustain while remaining clear enough. It is by far the tightest sounding alnico I've ever heard.

The neck single coil is like none I've really heard before. It's got an extremely present and thick midrange with rolled off presence almost like a P90. Just enough bite without being harsh, plenty of cut and works great with both 500k and 250k pots. Enough power to keep up with the bridge and heaps of grind. The low end is big enough to capture the way a detuned guitar sounds but isn't boomy and is very tight. Never gets lost behind effects and has a relatively low noise floor.

The neck humbucker is like a cross between the blackhawk and VHII. It uses an asymmetric coil design to give great articulation, I wanted to capture that aspect of the single coil. It screams on lead tones, sustains for days and cleans up very well. Like both the bridge humbucker and neck single it also covers breakup tones very nicely. Sounds to my ears about as hot as the single. Split tones are unreal on this one."

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Re: New Bareknuckle coming?
« Reply #27 on: February 02, 2016, 11:40:58 AM »
Sounds pretty cool
But asymmetric single coil doesn't make any sense
Perhaps he meant scatterwound
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Re: New Bareknuckle coming?
« Reply #28 on: February 02, 2016, 11:53:21 AM »
No no, he was refering to the neck humbucker. The set will be available on both configs (HH and HS).
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Re: New Bareknuckle coming?
« Reply #29 on: February 02, 2016, 02:14:31 PM »
No no, he was refering to the neck humbucker. The set will be available on both configs (HH and HS).

ouch
misread the ~humbucker~ part
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