Bare Knuckle Polypaf Review - Nolly's Signature PAF Set Tested

The Bare Knuckle Polypaf is Nolly's signature PAF-style pickup - and it's one of the most versatile humbuckers I've tested. Clean tones, crunch, high gain, lead work - it handles all of it without feeling like a compromise in any direction. In this video I put it through a full test and then compare it directly to the Bare Knuckle Polymath and Black Dog Mule to show exactly where it sits in the Bare Knuckle lineup. If you're trying to decide between these three, this should make the choice a lot clearer. Honestly one of my favourite pickups I've tested so far - but watch the video and decide for yourself. What pickup are you currently running and what are you looking to change about your tone? Let me know in the comments. Pickups featured: Bare Knuckle PolyPaf Bare Knuckle Polymath Bare Knuckle Black Dog Mule 🎸 Gear used: ESP Eclipse E-II Blue Natural Fade UAD Apollo Twin X Cordial Cables Neural DSP Archetype Nolly X Download the audio samples https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/bl5g2u... Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:50 Today's topic 3:00 Tone test setup 3:20 Clean 4:38 Crunch 5:11 Rhythm (D# Standard) 5:45 Rhythm (Drop C#) 6:15 Rhythm (Drop A#) 6:34 Lead / Solo 7:12 Comparing the pickups to Black Dog/Mule and Polymath 7:39 Comparison test setup 7:59 Clean Fingerpick - Black Dog (Bridge) 8:11 Clean Fingerpick - Polymath (Bridge) 8:23 Clean Fingerpick - Polypaf (Bridge) 8:35 Clean Chords - Mule (Neck) 8:51 Clean Chords - Polymath (Neck) 9:07 Clean Chords - Polypaf ( Neck) 9:23 Crunch Lead - Mule (Neck) 9:34 Crunch Lead - Polymath (Neck) 9:45 Crunch Lead - Polypaf (Neck) 9:56 Heavy Rhythm - Black Dog (Bridge) 10:09 Heavy Rhythm - Polymath (Bridge) 10:22 Heavy Rhythm - Polypaf (Bridge) 10:34 Summary Connect   / simon.j.gillman     / simon.j.gillman