Bare Knuckle Pickups Slow Hand Calibrated Set

Submitted at: 11:57, 4/28/2004

Product Info

Pickup features: Single Coil
Impedence or other specs: Fully Calibrated Set with pre wired Pickguard
Price Paid: Pounds(UK) 230
Purchased from: Bare Knuckle Pickups Web Site Direct

Instrument

Model of guitar or bass: Fender Mexican Super Deluxe Strat
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: Fender Mex
Other pickups on guitar: Seymour Duncan Hot Rails
Artists using this pickup:
You musical style(s): Blues
Reason for pickup change: Allways felt the guitar lacked something. Tried Dimarzio and Seymour duncan but the just didn't have that certain something that i was looking for. It's hard to describe but your ears hear the sounds on all those record's and you just expect it to come out of your guitar. But it just isn't there. No matter what effects pedal you run the signal through.

Sound

Perceived output level: Crisp ,Pristine just an over all feeling of pure proffesional tone.
Tone: From Blues to Rock. In fact now i actually use my tone control.
Sonic evaluation: Fender Mex strat with a Line6 Pod going into a Roctron multivalve.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Blues. Haven't found a bad position yet

Overall Rating

Comments: I have been playing for 28 years. Played a lot of guitars with a lot of pickups. These pickups are truely proffesional units. What i like most about them is they are wound by hand. So the pickups you buy will never be exactly the same as everyone else. I am going to change the pickups in my les paul next. No question about it. Finally i am able to hear from my guitar what was always in my head. There all there Stevie Ray, Hendrix Clapton. These pickups really deliver. 150% satisfied.

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

Submitted by: mark suckling <mark.suckling@ntlworld.com>