My gosh.

I've fitted a pair of MQs on my homemade guitar (alder+maple), and it's been love at first play-on-a-decent-amp. The neck pickup, as you should expect, is simply PERFECT. I now undestand the guy who said it was like an overwound strat: all the best from that wonderful wooden tone we know, but giving it the thickness it so often wants. The neck pickup will have you bluesing away to the best tone you'll have ever heard. The bridge pickup has more bite on it than a bengal tiger. It just snarls and is barely on its leash, thanks to those punchy upper-middy tones that will make anything you were already doing on a single coil bridge sound BETTER. I can't post any clips at the moment but of you want to get an idea, listen to Muse's "Darkshines" at 3:15 for the neck sound, and "Micro Cuts" at 3:05 for the deliciously jangly middle sound. What shines out the most instantly is their exceptional quality. The definition is incredibly clear, and you must know that Tim from Bare Knuckle Pickups will answer any of your queries (whick pickup would be best for this sound?), magically perform any of your customizing requests (number of strings, finish, whatever!), and guarantee your pickups for life.

Just know that they are still clearly single-coils, and from time to time I do long for a little bit of fatter humbucker action, but they are just fantastic at what they do, and it's giving me a reason to order a pair of their humbuckers someday!