Tonerider AC2 Alnico II Classic Humbucker Set - Nickel

Before buying these pickups, I originally intended to get a set of seymour duncans. I watched endless YouTube videos and read user reviews enough to take the plunge. Installed on Gibson Les Paul standard, I must say that they sound noticeably better than the standard pickups. At about a third of the price of the comparable SDs, the sound is easily equal in quality, if slightly different. Buy these in confidence that you'll love the sound. It's only a matter of time before Tonerider start increasing prices to better position themselves amongst the competition so get them while they are still cheap. The quality really is equal to the likes of Dimarzio and Seymour Duncan!!

Installed these on an SE Custom 24 and it now sounds great. However, a tip for anyone else replacing stock SE pickups is that PRS doesn't provide colour codes for wiring on their SE models on their website, and it is different to the more expensive PRS line: so take it one wire at a time and one pickup at a time, making sure you note the connections and you'll get there eventually. P.S. You don't get a lot of wire with these Tonerider pickups but they are value when compared to the bigger, and a lot more expensive names out there.

Wow. These pickups punch massively above their price range and sound absolutely incredible. I'm a strat/hard rock player and wanted something to give me classic tones with a bit of punch when needed and these really deliver whilst complementing the strat tone. I've never had alnico II magnets before and I don't think I'll have anything else again! The presentation and build quality of these exceed the well known American competitor and they arrived in 24 hours. Very happy customer.

I like the sound, arwsome. There are good for Blues, ACDC installed in a Harley Benton DC kit + push pull poti. Mod and Katana 50watt mk2 . Good price for set :). Thx Update ; in a Vintage VS6 installed is it even better 😁

Excellent quality with great tone and clear harmonics. Very good value. Packaging and wiring diagrams great too!

Just a warning, this looks like it would be white, but it is nickel as it says... I was stupid and thought it was something else... however, previous tonerider pick ups have been ace so these should be also.

You can't really good wrong for the price of these pickups. They have an open airy feel to them which compliments Les Pauls. The packaging is also good and these were relatively easy to fit. The wires could do with being a little more substantial, but this is only a minor gripe at what are great sounding pickups.

I swapped out the hotch and ch57 pickups on an Epiphone Les Paul. When reading previous reviews they seemed too good to be true. After an easy install the guitar feels like new with greater clarity and depth, more responsive to the tone controls and the picking dynamics and there seems to be more sustain with the notes ringing out for longer. Definitely a worthwhile purchase and one I should have done years ago. Very happy customer!