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Bare Knuckle Halcyon pickups - Mike Stringer
Spiritbox’s Mike Stringer has been honored with signature Bare Knuckles – the same pickups from his new Aristides offset

By Phil Weller Published

The high-output Halcyon humbuckers promise the power of active pickups with the benefits of passive designs

Guitar Pickups
Furch Green Dc-SR SPE Master’s Choice: Outwardly, it looks like a classic contemporary cutaway electro, but Furch acoustically tunes the tops of all its guitars using an undisclosed tech-led process and makes extensive use of robotics for the most precise cutting tasks
Why today’s guitars are performing better than ever – not that you’d notice from looking at them

By Jamie Dickson Published

From Furch’s innovative bolt-on neck joints to Bare Knuckle’s revelatory pickups, we could be living through a new golden age for guitar innovation

Guitar Gear
Adam "Nolly" Getgood Poses with his custom T-styles: his new collaboration with Bare Knuckle brings us a PAF-alike with more output, designed for the player of today's tone preferences.
How Adam “Nolly” Getgood and Bare Knuckle reinvented the P.A.F. for a new era

By Jamie Dickson Published

Gibson’s P.A.F. has to be the most-cloned pickup of all time, but what if it was used as a launching pad for a humbucker with more oomph? Getgood and Tim Mills of Bare Knuckle might just have the answer with the PolyPaf

Guitar Pickups
Sleep Token guitarist IV playing live on stage
Sleep Token’s guitar tech finally lifts the lid on IV’s entire live guitar rig – right down to his pick of choice

By Phil Weller Published

Replicating this hugely elusive guitar rig won’t come cheap, but the comprehensive grand reveal is a fascinating insight into the high-end gear behind the hottest band in metal right now

Guitar Gear
Bare Knuckle Polypaf Pickups
Bare Knuckle and Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood look to give PAF-style pickups a modern twist with new signature set

By Phil Weller Published

The vintage-voiced humbuckers have been tweaked to work with low-tuned modern metal music, and promise a dynamic and versatile tonality

Guitar Pickups
Misha Mansoor Custom Shop Jackson Surfcaster
Misha Mansoor receives an elusive Jackson offset – could a production run be in the works?

By Phil Weller Published

Following Mike Stringer’s retro-modern custom builds, Jackson’s custom shop has crafted the Periphery guitarist a similarly styled baritone – which merges Fender, Jackson, and Charvel elements into one ultra-desirable axe

Electric Guitars
Bre Knuckle Nomads
“The best Tele tones I've ever had”: Rabea Massaad seeks to make the Telecaster more versatile than ever with new Bare Knuckle Nomad pickups

By Phil Weller Published

Rabea Massaad's third signature set with Bare Knuckle aims to do for the Fender Telecaster what his radical Triptych single coils did for the Stratocaster

Electric Guitars
Bare Knuckle Pickups Triptych Set
Bare Knuckle Triptych review: the most versatile Stratocaster pickup set on the market?

By Dave Burrluck Published

One of the most talked-about pickups of 2023, Rabea Massaad’s new signature set could be just what you need to cover all bases without losing those quintessential Strat sounds

Guitar Pickups
Bare Knuckle Peacemaker
Bare Knuckle Pickups Peacemaker humbucker review

By Paul Riario Published

Chris Robertson's signature humbucker could be the aftermarket PAF-alike you've been waiting for

Guitar Pickups
Bare Knuckle Rabea Massaad Triptych single coil Strat set
NAMM 2023: Bare Knuckle unveils the Triptych single coil set, achieving Rabea Massaad’s vision of “the perfect Strat tone”

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

The new signature pickups aim to satisfy fans of John Mayer and Stevie Ray Vaughan as well as players of heavier styles

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