Tone Rider Pickups

Dustym2566

Hi has anybody had any experience of these pickups, specifically fro the Telecasters, the maker seems to have good reviews and thaey looked to be marketed through niche market guitar sites and boutique style accessory and pedal stores.

Dusty

spaceman_inorbit

I've got the city limits set in my Mexican strat, a big improvement over the stock ones. 

steamabacus

I have a set of the Hot Classics in a mongrel tele-style guitar and I couldn't be happier with them.

I initially took a punt on a Tonerider pickup for my Squier Precision bass and I was impressed enough with that to give a tele set a go.

I can't fault them for build quality or sound.

Adam_MD

I've had quite a few sets now and have prefered their humbuckers to the single coils I tried.  The Alnico II classic humbuckers were excellent, I had them in an epi dot which I ended up selling and miss terribly though in reality it's the pickups I miss more than the guitar.  The classic blues strat pickups I had were ok though I prefer the oil citys which replaced them.  Loved the bridge on the tele set I had and really didn't like the neck at all.  Quality wise they have all been excellent and ultimately very good value for money.

Cirrus

I also have city limits in a Mex Strat, and think they sound great.

Dustym2566

Im really torn , Oil City is the way I want to go but a Son in college a thirteen year old in school and £100 quids with of pickups not including installation and all the other bits i might need,Tonerider looks good and the sound clips from various sources  also sound good.

Thanks for the feedback

Dusty

usedtobe

I like my Tonerider neck p90

matone

Had a Vintage Plus set in two Teles and have a Hot Classic in the bridge of one,they`re all very good pickups !
I`ve had the opportunity to a/b them with both 50`s and 60`s vintage stuff and some boutique pu`s and they`re not found lacking.
Nicely put together and really competitively priced,give them a try !

daveyh

 I had a AlnII set in my Ravelle and they were bloody superb.

Need to sell them actually

dean2371

I've got a Vintage Plus in the bridge position of one of my Teles. I could be persuaded to sell it; if you're interested PM me and I'll think about a price

thomasw88

Had a set of the blues ones in my strat. Thought they were ok but nothing amazing. Put a set of hot classics in my tele and prefer them to the bare knuckle brown sugars I had in there.

Dustym2566

Thanks everybody fro your responses, really pleased with the feedback

Dusty

daveww

A bit late to this post.  I've got the tonerider hot classics in my home built tele and they're great pickups IMHO.

Dustym2566

I think that seals the fate of my first purchase in modding my Telecaster

Dusty

Jez6345789

Hi 

A bit late to the party, on my partscaster I tried a set of vintage Strat Toneriders mostly out of  and speed as it saved getting the winder out of storage ordering wire etc etc as I have not bothered diy winding since i moved 5 years ago. 

I tried with them and to be honest they are not the end of the world is a Tone rider factory cnc pickup that much better than a fender cnc factory pickup, but with a hand wound pickup like OCP yes it costs more (although OCP seem v.good price for a handjob)  but proper handwinding is worth saving for IMHO.

I dont yet own a set of OCP but think a set will be going on the next build as I hear such good things around here. 

usedtobe

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fuente

Maybe a bit late leaving a comment on this one, but I'd go with the oil city's there the real deal!! With out goin into to much detail toneriders are a wolf in sheeps clothing !

monquixote

OEM Toneriders are used in the Squier Classic Vibe series.

They are good for the money, but Oil City are a step up.

ThePrettyDamned

monquixote;192355" said:

OEM Toneriders are used in the Squier Classic Vibe series.

They are good for the money, but Oil City are a step up.

Those classic vibes are good sounding guitars, didn't realise it was toneriders.

GuitarMonkey

Jez6345789 said:

although OCP seem v.good price for a handjob

I heard that you can't beat @theguitarweasel for a "happy finish"

monquixote

ThePrettyDamned said:

monquixote;192355" said:

OEM Toneriders are used in the Squier Classic Vibe series.

They are good for the money, but Oil City are a step up.

Those classic vibes are good sounding guitars, didn't realise it was toneriders.

Yes, they are very good. I had one of their Teles at one point. 

It's not official, but it's been proved before with matching part numbers and factory identifiers etc and I think Tonerider will acknowledge it, but not on the record.