Do you think there is nothing better than a BKP?

[Ced777]

They're very very good. Best means nothing for me. There is other great PU makers, as interesting as BKP. Nothing wrong with that!

[JamesHealey]

Do i think BKP are the highest quality of construction and use the best parts they can get?.. yes!

do I think they are the best pickups in the world, well no! I think the Cold Sweat neck can get a bit bassy, the Nailbomb Bridge doesnt do cleans tones too well imo, the Miracle Man Bridge can be a bit overpowering with the bass frequencies on some amps..

The VHII is absolutly perfect!!! imho, nothing better i've ever heard.. I think the VHII is the best pickup in the world..

if that makes any sense, it's all down to opinion.. they're the best pickups i've tried as of yet and I think the VHII is absolutely perfect in every way, so yea i'll always be BKP user and will happily try other pickups by tim, im going for a Mule and Mothers Milk HSS combo for a strat next year which I think will be amazing I hope ;)

[Fubar]

I think BKP pickups are, at the least, some of the best I've heard and I think that the level of customer support (particularly the personal recommendations from Tim) is superior.  I'm sure other people also make very good pickups, but one feels confident from the start that BKP is doing their best to get you pickups that will do all that pickups can do to get you closer to the tone in your head.  They're a tough act to beat! :)

Agreed, although sex with octopusses is kinda appealing. Just thinking about all those tentacles lovingly carressing your...ahem...Yeah, BKP's are nice.  :oops:

[B3]

My old bicycle is better than nothing and nothing is better than a BKP(except maybe 2 or 3), therefore my old bike is better than a BKP????

[hunter]

My old bicycle is better than nothing and nothing is better than a BKP(except maybe 2 or 3), therefore my old bike is better than a BKP????

Interesting point. Logically you're right but I think that's just related to a flawed English expression.

I mean this is becoming quite philosophical now, which is the right level to discuss pickup issues, but let's just say your rusty bike is NOT better than a BKP. So maybe we should say:

BKPs are better than anything.

Does this work?

[Peter Antal]

I think we should distinguish between different types of pickups. Actives and passives, hi and low impedance designs, etc. I wouldn't compare a BK humbucker to a Q-tuner for instance. Both are 'perfect' in certain ways - you need to know what you want to achieve with a pickup, right? - yet very very different.

[5F6-A]

these days there a few of very good P/u manufacturers. BKPs are truly special but I can count at least another 3 or 4 really special P/u winders out there.
 
Tim has always been good to me and I've had 3 sets already. Loved them all. Many other pickups out there are sweet as well.

[TwilightOdyssey]

Threadnocmancy is a crime!

[MartinS]

At the end of the day, it's the playing that counts, not the pickups.

[il˙ti]

I think BKP pickups are, at the least, some of the best I've heard and I think that the level of customer support (particularly the personal recommendations from Tim) is superior.  I'm sure other people also make very good pickups, but one feels confident from the start that BKP is doing their best to get you pickups that will do all that pickups can do to get you closer to the tone in your head.  They're a tough act to beat! :)

Agreed. When my friend had reported how Tim personally suggested models and allowed anyone to email him, that's when I seriously considered getting some for myself. I was pretty sure I wanted diMarzios, seen as that's what most of my heroes play and they are easy and cheap to get. But several clips and testimonies turned me around.

I do have a guitar where I'll keep the pickups stock. But that's mostly because it doesn't have a backplate so getting a soldering iron in there would be close to impossible. Plus the no-brander pickups are good enough.

[MDV]

Yeah, thats another thing: tone asside for a moment, the service you get from BKP is so far beyond any other pickup company I've used/dealt with they're dots on the horizon, including other hand-winding operations.

Thats a huge reason I keep buying them: Tim is absurdly knowledgable, very open with that information (unlike some others I've dealt with: I dont like cageyness; makes me wonder what they're hiding!) and sticks by his customers after the sale and is generally a great guy to deal with.

[Philly Q]

Threadnocmancy is a crime!

Or is it threadnophilia?  :?  

[CJ]

My old bicycle is better than nothing and nothing is better than a BKP(except maybe 2 or 3), therefore my old bike is better than a BKP????

Interesting point. Logically you're right but I think that's just related to a flawed English expression.

I mean this is becoming quite philosophical now, which is the right level to discuss pickup issues, but let's just say your rusty bike is NOT better than a BKP. So maybe we should say:

BKPs are better than anything.

Does this work?

actually, the flaw in his logic was the saying nothing is better than a BKP. although a commonly used phrase (nothing is better than a ...) it actually is used wrong. this implies that since nothing is better than a BKP, literally "nothing" > BKP, or technically speaking it means it would be better to have nothing than a BKP. (why do we use this phrase, it should be opposite!)

[Afghan Dave]

it actually is used wrong. this implies that since nothing is better than a BKP, literally "nothing" > BKP, or technically speaking it means it would be better to have nothing than a BKP. (why do we use this phrase, it should be opposite!)

I think you meant to say "wrongly used" or "used wrongly", sort it out or nobody will listen to a word you say ever again.    :roll:

[Henk]

I personally think any piece of gear is as good as the one using it. Therefore BKP's are just a tool to create, nothing more and nothing less. There is nothing better about the brushes used by a master painter, they are just brushes. Still a master painter will adapt to certain flaws a brush has, he will use different techniques while painting with certain brushes and along comes true craftmanship. A good guitar player with bad gear will outplay any starting player with top notch stuff.

This discussion makes me think about the tools i have now, and how my preferences have evolved. One thing im sure of though, when i buy BKP pickups i will be hopeing for something unique that will make me want to master its characteristics, hopefully make me work them so hard ill end up with bare nuckles.