


🎶 Unlock your guitar’s vintage soul with the Alnico 4 Classic set — tone that commands the spotlight!
The Tonerider Alnico 4 Classic SET with nickel covers is a matched humbucker pickup set delivering vintage PAF-inspired tones. Featuring scatterwound coils, Alnico 4 bar magnets, and DCR values ranging from 7.3k to 8.5k, it offers pick-sensitive, harmonically rich sound with tight bass and a clear midrange. Perfect for players seeking classic, articulate overdrive saturation, the set includes all mounting hardware and an installation guide for easy upgrade.
| ASIN | B0056XUCPY |
| Best Sellers Rank | 19,907 in Musical Instruments & DJ ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments & DJ ) 1,398 in Electric Guitar Parts |
| Body material | Wood |
| Connector | 1/4" Mono Phone Plug |
| Country Produced In | china |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (78) |
| Date First Available | 12 Jun. 2011 |
| Finish type | Nickel-plated |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 05060274711014 |
| Included components | Tonerider Alnico 4 Classic pickups, latex tubing, screws, springs, installation guide and warranty card. |
| Item Weight | 420 g |
| Item model number | Nickel |
| Item weight | 420 Grams |
| Manufacturer | Tonerider |
| Material Type | Nickel + Silver |
| Product Dimensions | 15.24 x 5.08 x 20.32 cm; 420 g |
| Set Name | AC4 Set |
| Size | Set |
A**R
Great sounding pickups (Classic Alnico IV)
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.
R**D
Impressed
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.
N**N
Humbuckers of great quality and value
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 .👍
D**S
Awesome tone for the price!
After being impressed with a set of Toneriders fitted to a Telecaster, I ordered these to go in my Epiphone Les Paul, and have been delighted with the results. The build quality is good, and the tone is classic warm Les Paul humbucker, with excellent string separation. One slight weakness is that they don't sound quite as good when the coils are split (coil taps) as some others I've heard, but I can live with this TBH - it's not the reason you play a Les Paul! Overall, these have turned my 'meh' epiphone into a definite keeper that rivals my friend's top end Gibson for tone. I'd be amazed if you could get this quality elsewhere without splashing significantly more cash. Basically if you have an Epi or similar that needs a bit more zing, do give these a go - I think you'll be delighted!
B**S
tonerider ac4
Replaced my epiphone les Paul and explorer both with these unbelievable difference in sound and dynamics .with changing out the pickups and upgrading the caps and inputs the 2 guitars feel and sound shocking. I 1st got ac4 set with no covers in black had them in the lp then decided to swap them into the explorer because they had no covers they gave a great wide own sound.then I ordered the same set with nickel covers for the lp and wow. Really cheap but real high quality pickups.i believe fender are using this product in they're non American guitars and for good reason.
T**Y
Great
Best Pups ever and better price than anywhere else
H**Y
Top sound
Absolute fantastic product, i replaced the stock pick ups in a Epiphone Les Paul with these and they are great, the Alinco4 produces a nice clean, bright tone that works very well in the Les Paul and sounds so nice (obviously this is down to personal taste so your milage may vary) i would put the sound between my Gibson Les Paul and my Fender Strat. This is probably ,now, my most versatile sounding guitar.
M**W
Simply excellent for getting vintage tones
Just buy them and save £100 off a 'boutique' brand set!!! These are lovely, bright, clear 'mud free' Humbuckers that have proved perfect for getting cutting vintage tones in my '92 Les Paul which had an original overwound 490/496 set in. I was going to get some boutique PAF clones (Bareknuckle) but these sound very very good. I've been modding guitars for 30 years and used Seymour Duncan, DiMarzio, Kent Armstrong and Bare Knuckles. These are easily on par with any of those. Well packaged too.
C**S
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.
B**É
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
R**2
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!!!
R**Y
Worth every penny! Professional level pick-ups. You won't be sorry buying Tone rider pick ups Excellent tone, top quality built performance!
T**O
Sehr schöner, transparenter PAF-ähnlicher Sound. Etwas mildere, "smoothere" Höhen als AlNiCo V, aber immer noch sehr präsent. Durch das vieradrige Anschlußkabel sind alle möglichen Verschaltungen von SplitCoil über Parallel zu InSeries und OutOfPhase möglich. Der Tonabnehmer ist DER Bringer für Clean, Crunch und sogar im moderaten HiGain-Bereich, also Blues, Bluesrock, Hardrock. Er spricht sehr fein auf Spielnuancen und Anschlagsdynamik an und braucht sich hinter den großen Marken nicht zu verstecken. Ein wirklich "musikalischer" Tonabnehmer in einem gut abgestimmten Set. In meiner Harley Benton Explorer vom Thomann mit eingeleimtem Hals und Linde-Korpus geht mit den Teilen jeetzt so richtig die Sonne auf ! Ich habe ja zum Glück noch eine solche in der Originalbauweise bekommen, aber die Tonabnehmer darin waren nur für Heavy-Stilrichtungen ausgelegt. Vor allem am Hals sind 16kOhm DCR einfach zu viel, Matsch pur ... Bei den Toneriders dagegen sitzt nun jeder Ton und auch stark angezerrte Glissandos sind sehr differenziert zu hören. Leider werden die Tonabnehmer alle paar Monate teurer. Offensichtlich hat Tonerider gemerkt, daß sie jetzt durchaus zu den etablierten Herstellern gehören und den Geheimtipp-Status verloren haben. Aber selbst zu den derzeitigen Preisen sind sie der Hammer. Ich habe mir inzwischen auch noch das Pure Vintage Strat Set, das Alnico II Set für die Spear-Paula und das Tele Classic Plus Set geholt. Egal, welches Tonabnehmerset man von Tonerider hat, die Jungs verstehen ihr Handwerk und liefern erstklassige Alternativen zu den großen Namen ab. Allerdings, nur noch so lange, wie sie die Preise nicht noch wesentlich weiter erhöhen. Denn dann kann man wieder zu DM, SD & Co. greifen. Tonal sind die Unterschiede ohnehin allenfalls marginal.
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