Full Description
Birmingham, England meet Birmingham, Alabama! This humbucker set delivers classic British crunch and huge mids, but also splits to a killer Southern single coil sound.
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!
All Birmingham 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.
Neck 7.2k / Bridge 8.7k / F-spaced Bridge 8.9k, Alnico V
Tech Specs
| Birmingham Neck | Birmingham Bridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | AC5N | AC5B |
| Magnet | Alnico V Bar | Alnico V Bar |
| DCR | 7.2k | 8.7k (F-spaced 8.9k) |
| Inductance | 4.2H | 5.5H |
| Hookup Wire | 4-Conductor | 4-Conductor |
| Baseplate | Nickel Silver | Nickel Silver |
Full Description
Birmingham, England meet Birmingham, Alabama! This humbucker set delivers classic British crunch and huge mids, but also splits to a killer Southern single coil sound.
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!
All Birmingham 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.
Neck 7.2k / Bridge 8.7k / F-spaced Bridge 8.9k, Alnico V
Tech Specs
| Birmingham Neck | Birmingham Bridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | AC5N | AC5B |
| Magnet | Alnico V Bar | Alnico V Bar |
| DCR | 7.2k | 8.7k (F-spaced 8.9k) |
| Inductance | 4.2H | 5.5H |
| Hookup Wire | 4-Conductor | 4-Conductor |
| Baseplate | Nickel Silver | Nickel Silver |
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Customer Reviews
I've never had an hss strat so tried these in the bridge of one of mine. Gives the heat and tone I want in live situations for a strat bridge. It's really good. May be too hot for some but I like the sizzle.
The exact tone I was looking for! My PRS SE DGT is perfect now!
Installed in my Strat and it has brought it life. Great Humbucker and single coil tones.
As a beginner guitarist, I bought a Yamaha Pacifica 012. Which allowed me to learn the basics. However, after a while I became less and less satisfied with the sound quality. It just wasn't up to the task anymore. So I changed the stock humbucker to a Tonerider Birmingham. It revitalized the guitar changing the sound from cold and metallic to warm and full. I also changed the capacitor to a 47nF styroflex, which is a match made in heaven. It will never be the best guitar in the world. However, with this upgrade, it has been given a new lease of life and will help me continue my guitar journey. All of that without breaking the bank.
I replaced the muddy bridge humbucker in a Fender blacktop strat with the Birmingham, and this thing CUTS. It's transformed a once muddy and uninspired sounding guitar into a killer instrument, and it's since become my go-to studio guitar, ending up being reached for 95% of the time on the last record we made, even over a US Deluxe Strat & Tele. In fact, I have this wired so that the single coil is its default bridge position, with the humbucker on the pull switch (which honestly, I barely ever use, I love that single coil bite so much). I also have the Rebel 90 in the neck, which I love.
Folks ask me how I get that cutting, almost telecaster-esque 'crispy chicken' sound out of a humbucker loaded strat... and well... this is my secret.
I'd attach a lovely photo of me playing this on a huge stage, but alas I play bass in the live show, so I hope a photo of my guitar with my needy dog/sentient mop (grumbling at me because it's past his bedtime) will suffice.
