Bare Knuckle Apache Pickups Demo

Wonderful sounding Strat pickups from Tim at Bare Knuckle Pickups, all hand wound in the UK.
Honestly these are the best Strat pickups I have heard, they are even better than the Abigail Yabbara wound 1960's Custom Shop pickups in my red Strat.
See for yourself, hopefully I cover most of the sounds on offer here, just playing off the top of my head so excuse me please if there are any 'jazz' notes... LOL

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• Fender
• Strat
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• Hank Marvin
• Mark Knopfler
• Blues
• guitar
• fender parts
• shadows
• jam
• clapton
• mayer
• hendrix
• Trower

[mattsavedbygracengai]

Is it worth it installing some bare knuckles into a squier strat if you dont want to buy a better one because i have a prs already and my squier plays extremely well just the pickups are lacking

[chooseyourblues]

@mattsavedbygracengai

YES, absolutely! I have a ton of guitars and the one I play the most at the moment is a battered 1989 Squire Strat. It just feels right and in my hands feels netter than some of the Custom Shop guitars I've owned. I haven't even changed the pickups in it it sounds amazing. I will upload some videos of it. It's just one of those guitars that come along 1 in a hundred.

If your pickups are a little weak i say go for it, change the pots while your at it. V important !!

[mattsavedbygracengai]

@chooseyourblues i want to play blues such as mayer and ray vaughn but also some hendrix

[chooseyourblues]

@mattsavedbygracengai

Well if you have an HSS layout you could mix and match, in other words you don't have to buy a set.

A Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge is always a great choice and if you like SRV you could go for a Texas Special in the neck and middle. Another pickup company that is really good is Tone RIder. As good IMO as Bare Knuckles but a lot cheaper. You should check out their website. They do a pickup for Strats called 'City Limits' IOW, their version of SRV's Texas Specials.

[LewisKiernan]

Are they versatile as pickups? Do you think you could play anything with them?

[chooseyourblues]

@LewisKiernan

Hi, no sadly these pickups work best with a clean Fender type amp or a similar amp slightly overdriven.

I would say the Irish Tours would work better for Gallagher type tones. As for Rock/ Metal try the Trilogy set, based on Malmsteen sounds.

[chooseyourblues]

@cmacguinness87

Palms and all...

[johnthelad]

Nice demo, I have the same in my Strat too. I agree that they sound the best through a Fender or Marshall valve amp...as do many pickups.

These are my 3rd pickup change, and I'll stay with these. I tend to use the bridge pickup on over 50% of my songs as it sounds so good, even when playing rythmn parts sometimes.

[godkizzzz]

love your playing man!

[lerlo]

@chooseyourblues Hi, I took your advice here and got myself a set of tone rider pure vintage. They sound awesome!! I previously had texas specials for the past 15 years and wanted something with the vintage sparkle. I was amazed at the sound quality of these budget pickups!! It sounds better than the fender 57/62 pickups i have on my other guitar. I havent had the chance to try bare knuckles, but I heard they are the holy grail. Maybe one day Ill fork out the dough for them.

[Highvoltageism]

Is that a Mark Knopf Signature behind you??!!

[GerPeper]

@mattsavedbygracengai

It's true. I've got 'Irisch Tour Pickups' in my Fender Blackie.

[mattsavedbygracengai]

@chooseyourblues How bout Lindy Fralin Vintage Hot?

[mattsavedbygracengai]

@chooseyourblues are there any bare knuckle sets you would recommend? or any other brand for that matter. I have a HSS Strat.