Bare Knuckle Pickups

Bare Knuckle Pickups (Bare Knuckle, or BKP) is a privately-owned business based in the South West of England, UK, specialising in hand-wound electric guitar pickups.

[1] The company was founded in 2003 by Tim Mills, who had previously worked with Elkie Brooks and Iced Earth.

[2] Bare Knuckle produce a complete range of humbuckers, single coils, P-90, and other pickup varieties for both Guitar and Bass.

Artists who have used the company's products include Propagandhi,[6] Johnny Marr,[7] Claudio Sanchez,[8] Jon Schaffer,[9] and Gabe Mangold.

[10] Additionally, several artists have signature pickups customized by BKP, including Misha Mansoor of Periphery (band), Juggernaut & Ragnarok model; Steve Stevens of Billy Idol's band, Rebel Yell model; Josh Smith of Northlane, Impulse model; and Rabea Massaad of Toska and Dorje (band), the Silo model.