Periphery's Misha Mansoor Talks Bareknuckle Pickups
In this video, Periphery's Misha Mansoor talks about the Bare Knuckles Aftermath pickups used in his guitars. There are two slightly different versions of each pickup for the neck and bridge positions. The bridge pickup is geared towards a quick response to your pick-attack on the lower strings while the neck version is more suited to clean sounds and providing sustain to driven leads.
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