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This set combines neck and middle Alnico 2 Blues Strat pickups with our best-selling Alnico 2 Classic bridge humbucker, with wider F-spacing.
Perfect for a warm, bluesy Strat sound but still with a classic PAF bite in the bridge.
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Alnico II HSS set
I've been using these HSS pickups in a project guitar for a few weeks now and, as usual, I couldn't be happier with them. In my last project I used a Birmingham HSS set, which are a bit punchier and higher gain than this Alnico II set, however I love the warmth of these Alnico IIs. I'd used Tonerider Alnico II HBs in a previous project and found them really clear and warm, so, despite the fact I hadn't yet tried the Alnico II SCs, I expected the HSS set would work well for me, and it has. With the Birmingham set I used 500K pots and 510K resistors to balance the top end of the SCs and HB, to good effect. This time I decided to use 500K pots again, but to try leaving the resistors out, and was really pleased to find that, with a little playing around with pickup heights, the outputs were easy enough to balance. When I split the coils of the Alnico II HB, the SCs are still just a little brighter, as I probably expected, however the overall effect is really pleasing. As I've said in other reviews, you can't beat Tonerider for value in terms of price vs quality. But, overall, they really just make great pickups!
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Alex · June 21, 2026
HSS Strat
Unlike HS2 this project upgrading my 1990's MIJ Squire Strat was on time and in budget. Love the Alnico 2 blues tones installed a new loom with a dual resistance tone pot 250k ohms for the single coils and 400k for the humbucker which is great, and a shiny new HSS pickguard. A similar improvement in my playing would complete the job. Nice contrast in tones to my SSS strat and Telecaster.
