“Working on Jimmy Page’s guitar was bucket list stuff for me”: Bare Knuckle’s Tim Mills on how he built the biggest indie pickup brand in the world – and why Page’s ‘Number One’ Les Paul sounds like Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Strat
Amit Sharma
created: Aug. 11, 2025, 10:44 a.m. | updated: Aug. 16, 2025, 11:34 a.m.
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I reverse-engineered one with a winding machine I’d cobbled together and then started experimenting with different permutations of magnets and wire.”Bare Knuckle Pickups Warpig humbucker set demonstration by James Phillips.
That’s the great thing about them; you can put an active pickup on any guitar and it will sound consistently great.
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Honestly, working on Jimmy Page’s guitar was bucket list stuff for me.”
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