Howdy Folks. So I was lucky enough to get a set of Bare Knuckles for essentially free while on tour via a trade. Don't know the history of the pickups or even the guys name who brought them, so contacting him and asking is out of the question. He said they were nailbombs, but I'm not 100% sure about that. That's all he told me! I haven't installed them yet, just waiting for a guitar to come back from warranty work from Jackson (SL2 with a misaligned bridge & nut... but that's another story).
Some info about the pickups:
-6 string Black Battle worn covered pickup set with
HEX BOLTS. 4 conductor wiring.
-Bridge and Neck are both approximately 16mm thick/tall
-DC reading on the 200k ohm setting: 11.9 neck, 15.5 bridge
The real wild card here is the hex bolts. Normally those are only on aftermaths and warpigs but I realised you can special order nailbombs, or essentially anything else with hex bolts, but only if you are ordering pickups with covers. The DC reading eliminates warpigs, but if they were aftermaths they would be 0.8k over-wound. None of my other other knuckles deviate nearly that much from the advertised rating, they are all essentially bang on the money with maybe a + or - 0.1k on the card in the box. However if they were nailbombs, they would fall within a regular DC range, albeit a little hot.
Lastly, the one pickup has some wires sticking out of the cover. Does anyone think this would be an issue?
Check the attached pictures for a good look at them.
Cheers!
