Yeah..... Generally the younger the more influenced on the gear their heros use.... If that were the case with me when I was younger ...... I'd have all the endorsed bullshitee Dimebag used or all the shite Zakk Wylde uses..... I tend to stray from the norm and delve into my own sound.... Granted that I'll have the influences of the heros with me.... but the sound won't be mimicking their's down to the exact gear..... I have all my stuff custom made usually..... I don't like using the same cr@p everyone else uses.... Mesa Boogie, Gibson, Fender.... etc etc..... Although I do have guitars that aren't custom.... Mainly my 3 main axes being a Jackson Kevin Bond model RR, Carvin CT-6 california carved top, and a Dean Time capsule ML which I just ordered a ceramic warpig for in the bridge... ( First time bareknuckle user )..... I figured I'd give these guys a shot.... Since I mainly went on looks alone because not everybody has quality sound clips on here..... these guys also have great feedback and a ton of support and obviously people love bareknuckle pickups..... So I might have gone a little bit on hype on these pickups.... but sometimes you have to when you have no other way of knowing whether you'll like it or not...... You just gotta go for it and hopefully it's what you want..... You just gotta take your time and really narrow down your decision making...... Think of all the things you want out of a guitar, amp, pickups, speakers, etc....... It goes all the way down to what type of wood your guitar body and neck is..... Tone is in everything.... or a lack there of...... That's why I say to research the hell out of gear before you make a rock solid decision...... That way you avoid risk of making a bad one...