Tonerider
Tonerider Birmingham Alnico V Humbucker Pickups
New for 2020! Huge mids – meet classic crunch! The Birmingham takes the best of your favourite 70s tones and slams them into one great humbucker set. Think Angus, Jimmy, Tony and the rest!
The bridge pickup is overwound by 5% to just under 9k, giving plenty of power, a prominent midrange, all while retaining chimey, detailed highs. When split to a single coil or run in parallel, this pickup excels at single coil tones, without the massive volume drop that plague some humbuckers.
The neck pickup is underwound by 5% to just over 7k, offering great clarity, and ensuring this set has two distinct neck and bridge sounds. The neck split sound is full, round and sustains well.
OPTIONS & SPACING
Covers: Available in black or zebra open coils, or with highly-polished gold or silver nickel covers.
Neck Polepiece Spacing: 50mm spacing is standard, as measured from the center of the low E to the centre of the high E pole pieces: .
Bridge Polepiece Spacing: Black, White and Zebra Birmingham Bridge pickups are available in 50mm and 52.4mm spacings (F-spaced). Gold and Nickel covered pickups are only available in 50mm spacing.
Baseplates: All Tonerider humbuckers are built with medium-length 9mm baseplate legs for easy installation in a wide variety of instruments.
DIMENSIONS
Regular-Spaced Covered Humbucker (Metric)
Regular-Spaced Uncovered Humbucker (Metric)
F-Spaced Uncovered Humbucker (Metric)
Regular-Spaced Covered Humbucker (Imperial)
Regular-Spaced Uncovered Humbucker (Imperial)
F-Spaced Uncovered Humbucker (Imperial)
WIRING
2 Humbuckers / 1 Vol / 1 Tone / 3-Way Toggle
2 Humbuckers / 1 Vol / 1 Tone / 3-Way Toggle / Push-Pull Coil Split
2 Humbuckers / 2 Vol / 2 Tone / 3-Way Toggle
2 Humbuckers / 2 Vol / 2 Tone / 3-Way Toggle / Push-Pull Coil Split
Shipping & Returns
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Tonerider Birmingham Pickup Demo
Tech Specs
• Alnico V magnets
• DC Resistance neck: 7.2 KΩ
• DC Resistance bridge: 8.7 KΩ (F-spaced 8.9 KΩ)
• 4 Conductor Wires for Coil Splitting
• Nickel-silver baseplate
When selecting pickup spacing, consider your guitar’s bridge type. Standard spacing (49-50mm) works best for guitars with fixed bridges, like Gibson Les Pauls, SGs, and ES-335s.
F-spacing (52-53mm) is designed for tremolo-equipped guitars, such as Fender Stratocasters, Telecasters with tremolos, and guitars with Floyd Rose systems. Choosing the right spacing ensures proper string alignment and optimal tone.
