Tonerider Alnico 4 Classic Humbucker Pickup Set, Nickel, 50mm Spacing - Alnico 4 Magnets, PAFs, Perfect For Classic Rock, 4-Conductor Wiring, 5-Year Warranty

I swapped out the Wilkinson pickups in my Vintage VS6 “SG” copy for the Classic Alnico 4 pickups and the difference is fantastic. I thought the Wilkinsons were ok but the neck pickup was a bit muddy. Now the tone is much brighter and cleaner. Very satisfied and the price of £70 for the pair was great.

Fitted these to my Ibanez archtop and I’m impressed with the sound. They are sweet sounding and respond well to the tone control. Slightly hot and good with it.

I swapped out the stock pickups from my Epiphone Sheraton II for a set of Tonerider Alnico IV's. My guitar has always looked great, felt great and played great. It's just that the sound has been dull and underpowered. I play mainly blues, some rock and a little jazz. I like my sound to be clean and bright with the option to go a little bit dirty when the mood takes. The gold-covered Toneriders are a perfect match for my guitar and it looks even better with the shiny new pickups. The sound is amazing! I opted for the Toneriders after reading the specs and reviews. I took a chance that I would get the improved sound that I wanted without paying twice the price for a better known name. To say that I wasn't disappointed is an understatement. The neck pickup is warm and bright, the bridge pickup is strong and sharp with depth. The clean sounds are classy, with options to add a hint of rough or go for the full, raw hit. The Tonerider pickups have changed a good guitar that I like to a great guitar that I absolutely adore. The practical value of my guitar is around £500. If you closed your eyes and played it, you would now be thinking double that and plus some. A sound investment!

Better than stock epiphone pickups that came as OEM on a les paul, but not as good as Gibson burstbuckers. Still good for the money paid and good for upgrading a cheaper guitar. They respond well to different volume settings and produce a good range of usable tones. Can be wired in for coil tapped sounds. Recommended.

These Alnico IV pickups are tremendous value. I put them into a Zemaitis metal front clone and they are as good as Gibson 57 PAFs I have in other guitars. Cannot recommend highly enough for your double humbucker guitar project .👍

I decided after reading reviews on many sites to purchase this set to replace the Seymour Duncan's on my Epiphone Les Paul which I have never been really happy about. I had wanted a set of Bare Knuckle pickups as these sounded great on their website and produced exactly the tone that I wanted, but sadly they are out of my price range. The old saying 'you get what you pay for' is so true and so I thought long and hard about buying this Tonerider set with the two costing less than one from Bare Knuckle. However I have been pleasantly suprised, they are great. They produced a lovely warm tone which is very clear and I am very happy with them. They are far better than my Seymour Duncan's. If I could afford them I would opt for Bare Knuckle pickups, but if like me you cannot then these Tonerider AC4 pickups are the one to go for. For the price, they are fantastic.

Bought a set of AC4s to put into a superstrat build after hearing some clips and have been really impressed with these pickups. I've fitted them into an experimental guitar that offers me 54(!!) pickup combinations as the four-core conductor allows all sorts of wiring possibilities. More usual installations will probably use the normal humbucker mode and either a split or out-of-phase alternative. For this purpose, these pickups more Han hold their own against the big names like Seymour Duncan and DiMarzio at twice the price. There's plenty of punch and girth in humbucker mode, and clarity and spank in single-coil mode. Tonerider are one of a number of British companies manufacturing great quality pickups here and abroad that match the big names on quality and beat them in price. More people should know and use these pickups.

Did not give me the tone I was looking for.

Li avevo sentiti e provati su una Epiphon Les Paul di un mio amico e mi hanno incantato. Li ho appena comprati anch'io e non vedo l'ora che arrivino. Qualcuno sa darmi notizie, consigli o link di riferimento per avere lo schema di montaggio in versione splittabile? Mi consigliate uno switch a 5 vie Di Marzio o altro? Il mio amico tecnico di riferimento non é uno specialista. Grazie!

Meine Epi Les Paul klang am Hals zu muffig, am Steg zu harsch, wenn man die Höhen rausdrehte wurds dumpf. Wollte sie durch bessere Tonabnehmer aufwerten. Allerdings auch nur dem "Wert" der Gitarre entsprechend investieren. Diese Pu's werden damit beworben genau für Instrumente entwickelt zu sein, denen es an "Tightness und Clarity" mangelt. Die Werbung verspricht nichts falsches. Die Bässe sind stramm, am Hals kann ich jetzt auch das Tonepoti nutzen, Volume zrückgedreht komprimiert schön und bringt die Mitten nach vorn - genau wie es sein soll. Der Stegabnehmer könnte noch mehr Wärme vertragen, kommt in meiner Gitarre verzerrt im Akkord ein wenig zu quäkend und undifferenziert daher, angecruncht mit den Finger gezupft klingt er aber gut, wahrscheinlich wäre hier der Alnico 2 Magnet für mich die bessere Wahl gewesen. Definitiv eine lohnenswerte und empfehlenswerte Investition. Schade nur, dass der Zebra-Look nicht angeboten wird, nur bei ebay und dann 30€ teurer.

Ich habe die Tonabnehmer in eine Jack&Danny Les Paul eingebaut. Im Vergleich zu den alten noname Pickups eine Offenbarung. Vor allem der Halspickup produziert einen warmen, sonnigen Sound, der richtig gut gefällt. Der Pickup an der Bridge ist ebenfalls sehr gut. Man sollte aber wissen, dass er relativ wenig Output hat. HiGain kann er zwar auch, aber da gibt es sicher Besseres. Für Blues und Rock ist das Set bestens geeignet. Die guten Besprechungen der Pickups in Zeitschriften und den einschlägigen Foren sind absolut gerechtfertigt. Tolle Pickups zu einem fairen Preis.

Bonjour à vous chers lecteurs avisés, je veux juste dire que ces micros ont changés la façon de voir ma première guitare achetée en kit, montée dans le garage et puis un peu laissée de coté. je viens seulement de les monter et la, wahoou, quel son, quel crunch; quel son riche en harmoniques, pleine t cristallin à la fois, bref, un vrai bonheur. pour redescendre un peu, ces micros sont faits pour le rock avec un grand R, le blues et la pop. Donc pour tous ceux qui veulent upgrader leur vieille gratte, ça peut valoir le coup à condition d'avoir au préalable une lutherie honorable. salut benoit

I was having bad luck with pickups. I was looking for a specific sound and these really delivered. I want a set in all my guitars!!!