Bare Knuckle Pickups Nailbomb Custom 7-String

Submitted at: 8:20, 4/3/2005

Product Info

Pickup features: Calibrated Humbucking set, passive pickups.
Impedence or other specs: Bridge : Hot,great crunch (20K?) Neck: Smooth,even Jazzy (7K?)
Price Paid: Sterling Ł190.00
Purchased from: Bareknuckle Direct.

Instrument

Model of guitar or bass: Schecter C-7 Seven String
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: Dimarzio Blazes...
Other pickups on guitar: Bareknuckle full set now.
Artists using this pickup: Not Sure.
You musical style(s): Stoner - Down, Black Sabbath.
Reason for pickup change: Blazes were killing my tone with an Orange Rockerverb 100 Head. Just getting a `squashed sound` too much highs and not enough clarity...needed an organic smooth sound.

Sound

Perceived output level: Bridge is nice and hot for clairity, cleans up well and sounds good on the clean channel. Both pickups toghether have a clear, almost bell like quality to them. Neck position allows a warm, jazzy sound with bags of middle,bass and clarity even under heavy distortion.
Tone: Very well balanced, works amazingly well with amp EQ to shape the sound YOU want.
Sonic evaluation: Running the Bareknuckles with a Schecter & String, through a 2004 Orange Rockerverb 100 Head and 4x12 Vintage 30`s cab. The pickups allow the character of the guitar to come through loud and clear. I lowered the pickup height as I attack my strings with a 3mm pick to give more clarity, and force me to work harder on my attack and pinch harmonics.

The Bridge is wonderfully clear and articulate, high gain heaven! Pefect for great rhythm work and solo`s. Palm Mutes are clear and percussive, pinch harmonics ring out and each string retains its clarity, the perfect balance of distortion and tone to my ears.

Both pickups yeild a fat, warm sound (which when coil-tapped) give a strat a run for it`s money! Just warm and sweet with enough high end without becoming too brittle.

The neck was wound by MD Tim @ Bareknuckle to have `The Mules` characterists after tone and artists discussions...the man listens to your comments and comes up with the goods! A fat,warm pickup with clarity and a throaty bite under distortion. All in all, a perfect package to my ears.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: I play stoner rock/Metal in the vein of BLS, Corrosion Of Conformity, Black Sabbath, Bongzilla, Place of Skulls etc. I`m also into SRV and Miles Davis, this PU combo gives me comeplete control of all styles I need. Bareknuckle listen to their customers and deliver then tone, good service and friendly. Happy to put up with my random wafflings. The Nailbomb pickup can handle most styles, and is a pretty hot PU. The next one up would be their `Warpig` model.

Overall Rating

Comments: These pickups give me everything I need for my sound, I have NO excuse now but to go out and share my music with those willing to listen!!! I have been playing for almost 10 years and had both Dimarzio and Seymour Duncan pickups before. The ceramic magnets were just too harsh for my ears so the Alnico`s in the Nailbombs give me a perfect warm sound.

If my guitar was stolen, I`d make sure to kit another one out the the same whilst also making sure I got my orginal axe back, I would not allow anyone to get away with stealing something I have poured `myself` into. A great, great product....just go listen and enjoy!!

On a scale of 1 to 10, I give this pickup a: 10 Fantastic value

Submitted by: Nic