Foro Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum

I'm playing through high headroom bright amps, so from what you said, the Yardbird set probably isn't what I want. I think the Fat 50 neck could work, I'm not sure about the bridge though, so perhaps a different BK pickup there or even a completely dif...

I guess it's also partly what amp etc. you use. The 50's not bad. The neck is great, but I was kinda disappointed by the bridge, not entirely what I anticipated/was looking for. Maybe my amp is too clean (some 5W switchable vibro champ/champ clone I bu...

Interesting. I was leaning towards the Yardbird set but now completely thrown. I did think the Flat 50s would sound too fat, but perhaps not.

Almost a year passed. Ben advised met the 52's for a versatile combo. So I bought a set of 52's but they sent me a set of flat 50's (not BKP themselves to be clear). Since I doubted between both sets anyway, I decided to keep them. I was impressed by t...

Hi, I have a Squier Classic Vibe 50 with pine body and maple neck. I was doubting between the Flat 50's and 52's. For a very versatile set, Ben advised me the flat 52's. The Yardbirds would be too trebly. I ordered some from an online shop but they sen...

Hi all pickups that still sound I'm looking at some pickups for a pine-body partscaster I'm building. I have `a few' telecaster-style guitars already, some with SC, some with HBs; so I'm looking at some SC tele pickups that resemble a tele, but a litt...

The Polymath will get to to quite a similar overall voicing, but the attack and overall pick response will feel a little softer, with less edge and a more natural bloom to the note. This is down to the less powerful version of Alnico v that we use for ...

Thank you Tim! What a Polymath set can do in my setup?

I’ve been a BKP person for about 20 years or maybe more. This area was quiet when I joined, and it seems the pickup area is getting there too. Damn shame, as there’s some good knowledge here.

Right on! * years later*

With that kind of setup, you can get some great results from a fairly classic Alnico pickup, especially if you pick pretty hard - I would definitely recommend checking out the Holydiver bridge humbucker, one of our all-time favourites for this style of...

The Riff Raff is certainly on the brighter end of humbucker voicings, so it'll definitely work just fine in the neck position. Dynamically, the bridge will perform much like the proper neck version, as they share identical architecture and magnet setup...