Bare Knuckle Pickups Brown Sugar Tele Set

A "vibe" signature rather than a period-correct copy

The Brown Sugar was designed to capture a tonal vibe rather than a specific vintage year: a Tele with a strong character, featuring extra bite in the upper spectrum and a midrange presence that naturally stands out in a mix. The result is a set that retains the Tele's grain and dynamics while embracing a more muscular rock'n'roll tone.

For which guitars and styles?

This set is particularly suitable if your Telecaster already sounds on the warmer side or if you're looking for more midrange grind and increased output. It pairs very well with instruments that have a round feel (especially with a rosewood fingerboard) and covers a wide range of styles from blues and indie to pop, britpop, punk, and hard rock.

A design focused on punch, clarity, and bass tightness

The bridge pickup features a copper-plated steel baseplate that helps keep the lows tight, delivering firm, deep, and punchy bass notes. The neck pickup complements the set with a warm and woody tone, perfect for thick arpeggios and leads that stay full without getting muddy. In clean sounds, you get a bright snap on attack, with a fuller and slightly darker note body compared to lower-output Tele windings.

Technical specifications

Electronics	Passive	Winding	simple
Category	electric microphone	Position	handle, bridge, set
Instrument	Tele	Color	Grey
Magnet	alnico V

Type	single-coil pickup set for Tele	Magnet (bridge)	Alnico 5
Voicing	warm vintage, rock-oriented	DC Resistance (neck)	7 kOhms
Potting	fully wax-potted (anti-microphonic)	Magnet (neck)	Alnico 5
Bridge pickup	copper-plated steel baseplate	Applications	Blues, Indie, Pop, Britpop, Punk, Hard Rock
DC Resistance (bridge)	7.6 kOhms