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The Alnico 2 Classic is a superb humbucker set for guitars that need more warmth, fullness and sustain.

At higher gain settings, the Alnico II Classic really nails the fluid distortion sound of players like Slash, who use the smooth attack and longer sustain of the neck to great effect during solos, and the tighter, fizzier tones available from the bridge for rock rhythm work.

All AC2 pickups are fully wax potted to avoid microphonic feedback, and come supplied with #3/48 screws, springs and an installation guide.

Available individually or as a set.  Four conductor wiring as standard on all models.

Neck 7.5k / Bridge 8.3k / F-spaced Bridge 8.5k, Alnico 2


Tech Specs

Alnico II Classic Neck Alnico II Classic Bridge
Model AC2N AC2B
Magnet Alnico 2 Bar Alnico 2 Bar
DCR 7.5k 8.3k (F-spaced 8.5k)
Inductance 4.2H 5.1H
Hookup Wire 4-Conductor 4-Conductor
Baseplate Nickel Silver Nickel Silver

Alnico 2 Classic

Alnico 2 Classic

The Alnico 2 Classic is a superb humbucker set for guitars that need more warmth, fullness and sustain.

Neck 7.5k / Bridge 8.3k / F-spaced Bridge 8.5k, Alnico 2

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Full Description

The Alnico 2 Classic is a superb humbucker set for guitars that need more warmth, fullness and sustain.

At higher gain settings, the Alnico II Classic really nails the fluid distortion sound of players like Slash, who use the smooth attack and longer sustain of the neck to great effect during solos, and the tighter, fizzier tones available from the bridge for rock rhythm work.

All AC2 pickups are fully wax potted to avoid microphonic feedback, and come supplied with #3/48 screws, springs and an installation guide.

Available individually or as a set.  Four conductor wiring as standard on all models.

Neck 7.5k / Bridge 8.3k / F-spaced Bridge 8.5k, Alnico 2


Tech Specs

Alnico II Classic Neck Alnico II Classic Bridge
Model AC2N AC2B
Magnet Alnico 2 Bar Alnico 2 Bar
DCR 7.5k 8.3k (F-spaced 8.5k)
Inductance 4.2H 5.1H
Hookup Wire 4-Conductor 4-Conductor
Baseplate Nickel Silver Nickel Silver

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Phil Crooks
Transforned: Ibanez AS50

My newly acquired Ibanez AS50 (built in 1980) had the original V2 pickups in it. These pickups haveva DCR of 15K and a max output if about 2V peak-to-peak. The SD Seth Lovers I have in another guitar, by comparison, kick out about half of that. I struggled to get a decent clean tone out if the guitar unless I plugged directly into my amp, bypassing all my pedals. So, knowing that I liked the sound of Seth Lovers, I bought a pair of Alnico 2 Classics. What a transformation! I could not be happier. The Alnico 2 Classics cost less than half the price the Seth Lovers cost me 20 years ago and sound very similar. Only downside was that the lead of the bridge pickup was about 5cm too short for proper routing in the semi-hollow body so it's just visible through the f-hole. They sound great both clean and crunchy.

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Loic C
greats PAFs

Bought a set of Alnico 2 Classic, sounds wonderful on my Japanese LP. I recommend !
It's tailored to give that sound the 70s hard rockers had.

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Loïc.C
Really Good Pickups

Bought a set of Alnico 2 classic, wonderful PAFs indeed.

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David Nicholas
Love these Alnico 2 humbuckers!

I bought a new Squier Tele Deluxe but didn't check out the pickups first. Found out they were Alnico 5s and they were just too hot and screaming for my taste. Tonerider shipped these straight away to Australia and they arrived pronto, with a great wiring diagram. Following an afternoon of soldering smoke and self-doubt, the Toneriders are just what I want! Responsive, adaptable to both mellow classic tones and some decent rock drive. The split coil sounds really give me versatility and even in single coil mode, very little hum. Very very classy pickups at a great price! Thanks Tonerider dudes!

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Janusz Dziedzic

Alnico 2 Classic