Bare Knuckle At NAMM 2025
10th February 2025
Reaching For the Stars
This year Bare Knuckle headed back to California for The NAMM Show, the show brought to us by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM). We've attended for the past couple of years, and this year felt like the biggest and best yet. The crowds that our latest signature artist, Mike Stringer, pulled in may have broken some BKP NAMM records!
Of course, this year's show came in the aftermath of the devastating fires in that area, and our thoughts remain with the people affected by the terrible devastation. The NAMM foundation has set up a Relief Fund dedicated to helping with the rebuilding and recovery efforts. The donation page can be found here.
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We had a blast meeting some familiar faces again. It was great to see long-time signature artist Misha Mansoor, who we worked with on the Juggernaut and Ragnarok humbuckers. We also enjoyed seeing Rabea Massaad, who we collaborated on with the Silo, Nomads and Triptych sets.
It was also great to spend some time with some artists who are joining the BKP family. Some of the biggest crowds we saw over the weekend were attracted by Mike Stringer from Spiritbox, an artist who will be releasing something with us very soon. It was great to have him at the stand and watch him play for us. We also caught up with Connor Kaminski, who popped into the Bare Knuckle workshops recently, along with Keyan Houshman.
Check out our Facebook and Instagram to see how Connor and Keyan got on when they visited the workshops in Cornwall. It was so great to show them around, and demonstrate to them how we make our pickups. They were a bit blown away by our workshops, and were amazed we really do make all of our parts, and make all of our pickups ourselves! More on this visit soon, when we can show a little more from their visit.
It was great to meet Vixen, one of our artists, at the show, along with our old friend Danny Dela Cruz. She was thrilled to be there and we really enjoyed having her on our stand. Likewise the legendary Claudio Sanchez from Coheed and Cambria. Keep your eyes on our socials for more news of Claudio as well! We also had the chance to catch up with musician and Youtuber Nick Jennison.
It was such a fantastic chance to get together with loads of our artists, and also meet loads of the public who attended the event. Thanks so much to all of you who made the effort to come and see our stand and chat to us. We loved meeting all of you, and chatting all things pickups and guitars. We had a blast, and can't wait for next year!
