Hand Wound Guitar and Bass Pickups | Bare Knuckle Pickups

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Everything that you need for a perfect installation

We keep a full range of installation components in stock, including custom spec pots and capacitors, tailored to work perfectly with our handwound coils. Get the very best out of your shiny new pickup set!

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Boot Camp - Our most accessible range yet

Boot Camp is a focused range of handwound pickups, covering humbuckers, Strats, Teles and P90s that strips away the custom options to cut straight to the tone. All wound and built in our UK workshop

Our Story So Far

Bare Knuckle Pickups is a privately owned business based in the South West of England, UK, specialising in hand-wound electric guitar pickups. Traditional skills and uncompromising values form the basis of a hard-working and forward-thinking company...

LATEST NEWS & UPDATES From Bare Knuckle Pickups

Posted by Tim Mills

1st October 2021

Introducing Polymath!

Our newest signature humbucker, in collaboration with Adam "Nolly" Getgood

Posted by Timmy B

24th February 2021

Multiscale pickups

Need angled pickups for a multiscale? Here's our guide to the different options that we offer

Posted by TimmyB

7th January 2021

Pickup Tattoos

Give your new humbucker set a completely individual look with our custom etching service

Posted by Timmy B

8th October 2020

Using Bare Knuckles with a Gibson Circuit Board

Many modern Gibson guitars come fitted with a quick-connect system and controls mounted to a circuit board. Here's some tips on how to install Bare Knuckles into this type of setup.