Bare Knuckle Pickups (Bare Knuckle), founded in 2003 by former Elkie Brooks and Iced Earth guitarist Tim Mills, is a privately owned business based in the South West of England, UK, specialising in hand-wound electric guitar pickups. The pickups are wound and made entirely by hand from high quality parts which are made in-house, and come with a lifetime warranty. The quality and tone of their pickups come highly regarded in the industry.
Bare Knuckle produce a complete range of humbuckers, single coils and bass pickups ranging from original vintage models through to contemporary pickups such as the award winning 'The Mule' humbucker, 'Nailbomb' humbucker, 'Mississippi Queen' humbucker-size P90 and 'Apache' single coils.
Gold award to 'The Mule' and 'Apache'
Guitarist Choice award to 'PG Blues Set'
Golden M award to the 'Nailbomb'
Best Buy to the 'Warpig'
Artists such as Johnny Marr, Matt Bellamy, Gary Moore, Claudio Sanchez, Jon Schaffer, Misha Mansoor, and Steve Stevens all use or used BKPs in their guitars, the latter two having their own signature models, the "Juggernaut" and the "Rebel Yell." Bare Knuckle Pickups are also fitted by guitar manufacturers, such as Fender Custom Shop, Ibanez Guitars, Manson Guitars, Blackmachine, and Peerless guitars.