YouTube Demo of the Week
30th March 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 have started with Connor Kaminski, which you can read here.
So delve in, and enjoy the wealth of information available on our channel. This week we have revisited Danny Dela Cruz playing the Peacemakers. We have chosen this video for two reasons, the first being that Danny is next on the list of interviewees for our YouTube artist series. The second is that we have just created the most amazing Limited Edition Peacemaker sets, which you can buy here. One of these is featured below.
Make your peace, embrace your tone. The Peacemaker
Chris Robertson signature humbucker set.
The voice of Black Stone Cherry on both lead guitar and vocals, Chris always delivers a searing performance, driving home the band’s modern twist on classic hard rock. From slamming riffs to quick-fire melodic lead playing, and with a touring schedule second to none, Chris demands a lot from his guitar tone.
"The thing I really love about these pickups, along with the clarity, is how round and full the upper register notes still stay. The higher strings, when you’re taking lead lines or even just chiming through chords, those notes stay right there and poke their chest out just as much as the lower strings. That’s one of the things I’ve always loved about Bare Knuckles, the attention to clarity on every note. I’m super excited to get these pickups out there."
The Peacemaker pickups are PAF voiced humbuckers spiced up to deliver vintage hot output from both bridge and neck powered by isotropic Alnico V magnets and our custom, handwound coils.
The ride is firm and controlled from the bridge with more than enough drive to really saturate under heavy gain, but never at the expense of mid-range definition or dynamic headroom. Neck tones sound fat and juicy in the highs with just the right amount of bite dialled in to punch through the mix for really solid lead tones.
Both bridge and neck are precisely calibrated to work as a matched pair, producing the perfect balance of output for scorching rock guitar tones.
As always, Chris has the final word:
"Yeah I like boomer bends…. blackmail me!"
