YouTube Demo of the Week
17th July 2026
YouTube Demo of the Week
Hello and welcome back to our weekly blog, where we rummage in the archive of our YouTube channel for hidden gems you may have missed, or highlight new videos to our channel that are fresh off the press. Our YouTube channel is a brilliant place to listen to the many tones of Bare Knuckle, a "try before you buy", if you will. But it is also a fantastic tool for the budding gutarist, as well as the professional. Pick up (sorry, pun not intended!) loads of tricks and tips, as well as ideas for licks and new ways to tune your guitar. We are very proud of our roster of incredibly talented demo artists, who we are currently highlighting on our blog as well. We have interviewed them, and our interview with Connor Kaminski is now live. Keep an eye out for more being published in the coming weeks!
To celebrate Connor, this week we have chosen one of his latest demo videos to share. He has give us a great play-through of the Manhattan HSP90s, and you can watch it right here.
The Manhattan HSP90 is a 1950s inspired authentic P90 tone in a humbucker size, voiced specifically for jazz stylists.
Sharing its pedigree with the Half Note 90 soapbar, the Manhattan HSP90 offers the same pure and dynamic vintage P90 tone to players with humbucker size cavities in their guitars.
This humbucker-sized P90 is hand-wound with 42AWG Heavy Formvar wire and powered by sand-cast Alnico III magnets. Characteristic of the '50s, the relatively low pull of the magnets allows for a very organic sustain and reproduction of the guitar’s natural tone. High tones carry plenty of body and never sound thin, while low notes have incredible depth and clarity. The mids are broad but not over dominant, allowing complex chords to sound uncluttered and single note playing to remain lively and dynamic. The overall effect is of a full-bodied, pure and extremely dynamic jazz tone.
As with all Bare Knuckle HSP90s, the Manhattan is a direct replacement for a humbucker and will fit into any humbucker size cavity. The Manhattan also features a unique art deco styled solid nickel silver cover available in a variety of different plating.
