« Vintage tone with monster output »

Bare Knuckle pickups is an up and coming pickup maker from England. They are known for their custom wides and made to order pickups. They also have a great line of production pickups that have a wide variety of tones. Bare Knuckle pickups are some of the hottest most brutal passive pickups out on the market. They have been taking over the metal scene by storm and I know people who have switched from active EMG pickups to these passive Bare Knuckle pickups because the passive pickups have a more aggressive sound. The Trilogy Suite Single Coil Set is a set of pickups that will give a huge tone to any Stratocaster. They are sold in a set of 3 because no stock pickups can keep up with one of these single coils. They have insane output for true single coils. The neck pickup has an output of 12.5k which is the same as the middle pickup. The bridge pickup has an output of 15.5k which is hot for even a humbucker. Even at these output ratings these are not the hottest single coils Bare Knuckle pickups makes. These pickups have the vintage tone with super high modern output. The low end on these pickups are huge. This is good because hot single coils that are eq'ed for high end can have a really harsh sound. The low end in these pickups help tame the harshness of having super high output. The neck pickup is super round and smooth like what you want when playing high gain leads in the neck position. The neck pickup can be paired with other humbuckers in the bridge if you are the kind of guy who likes the single in the neck and humbucker in the bridge configuration. The bridge pickup has a beastly sound. The low end of the pickup combined with the natural twang of a strat bridge position means you get a monster tone. Palm muting with one of these in the bridge and you may think you have a set of EMG's in your guitar. If you are looking for some insane output single coils that still retain lots of vintage tone these are some of the best on the market.