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Full Description

Our most popular pickup set of all time, this telecaster set features a higher wind on Alnico 3 magnets, scatterwound for maximum tone!

The bridge pickup is wound on a black fibreboard bobbin and wrapped with black string, and a copper-plated ferrous baseplate. All Hot Classics are now made with flat magnet polepieces (no stagger) on the bridge pickup for a early 50s correct look.

The neck pickup features our in-house Nickel-Silver cover for tonal transparency, and we include wood screws for direct mounting to the body, and two #4/40 pan head screws for use when mounting the pickup to a pickguard.

Each pickup is fully wax potted to reduce any microphonic feedback, and comes supplied with screws, latex height adjustment tubing and an installation guide.

Neck 7.5k / Bridge 9.0k, Alnico 3


Tech Specs

Hot Classics Neck Hot Classics Bridge
Model T2N T2B
Magnet Alnico 3 Rod Alnico 3 Rod
DCR 7.5k 9.0k
Inductance 2.7H 4.2H
Stagger Flat Flat
Hookup Wire Vintage Braid Vintage Braid
Polarity North Pole Up South Pole Up
Winding Direction Counter-Clockwise Clockwise

Hot Classics

Hot Classics

Our most popular pickup set of all time, this telecaster set features a higher wind on Alnico III magnets, scatterwound for maximum tone!

Neck 7.5k / Bridge 9.0k, Alnico 3
£65.00 GBP
£65.00 GBP
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Full Description

Our most popular pickup set of all time, this telecaster set features a higher wind on Alnico 3 magnets, scatterwound for maximum tone!

The bridge pickup is wound on a black fibreboard bobbin and wrapped with black string, and a copper-plated ferrous baseplate. All Hot Classics are now made with flat magnet polepieces (no stagger) on the bridge pickup for a early 50s correct look.

The neck pickup features our in-house Nickel-Silver cover for tonal transparency, and we include wood screws for direct mounting to the body, and two #4/40 pan head screws for use when mounting the pickup to a pickguard.

Each pickup is fully wax potted to reduce any microphonic feedback, and comes supplied with screws, latex height adjustment tubing and an installation guide.

Neck 7.5k / Bridge 9.0k, Alnico 3


Tech Specs

Hot Classics Neck Hot Classics Bridge
Model T2N T2B
Magnet Alnico 3 Rod Alnico 3 Rod
DCR 7.5k 9.0k
Inductance 2.7H 4.2H
Stagger Flat Flat
Hookup Wire Vintage Braid Vintage Braid
Polarity North Pole Up South Pole Up
Winding Direction Counter-Clockwise Clockwise

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William Dalziel
Nice Warm and Wide Sound

Hard to describe the sound. Hotter than vintage style Tele pickups but not so hot that it loses the tele tone. A bit like a Tikka that sits midway between a Korma and a Vindaloo. They have a very nice wide and balanced sound. Great for pushing an amp a little more when you need.

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Ken Hirst
Great sounding pickups!!

Love the tonal properties of the ToneRider Hot Classics pickups on my Telecaster. Great bright sound.

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jon richards
Great replacement for Squier stock pickups.

I bought these based on online reviews to replace the stock pickups in a Squier 40th anniversary Telecaster.
The stock neck pickup was not bright enough for me and the tone control made little difference.
Dropped these in and now the Telecaster has great tone and control in both bridge and neck positions. They are not super hot output (Ohms) so are crystal clear and what you would expect from a Telecaster.
I have also added a 4-way switch so I can run the pickups in series so now it has the grunt of a humbucker when required which drives the front of the amp a little harder
Excellent pickups and a great price. Recommended.
Cheers
Jon

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Christopher Arendtsz
Excellent Service

Superb customer service from the team at TR who promptly sorted out an issue with my order.

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Benjamin Turner
New life for Thinline Telecaster

I recently purchased a thinline telecaster and I wasn't particularly happy with the sound of the stock pickups, so I decided to swap them out for a set of the Tonerider Hot Classics. I've not done much soldering before, but the wiring diagram inside the box was incredibly straight forward and I was able to replace the pickups myself in under 30 minutes.

Compared to the stock pickups, they sound brighter, hotter and fuller which is amazing, especially given the competitive pricing. I would recommend these pickups to anyone looking to improve their telecaster sound.

I am even looking at the jazzmaster pickups to change the stock pickups in there as well.

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