Full Description
The Pure Vintage set from Tonerider is the perfect upgrade for any player looking for that warm, vintage Stratocaster sound.
Never harsh, full of chime and equally at home with clean or dirty amps, this is the set that defined the Tonerider approach to pickup making more than 20 years ago. Wound with heavy AWG42 wire and scatterwound to mimic the "Holy Grail" of single coil guitar tones - the late 50s strat.
The Pure Vintage set uses rod magnets with our "Modified Vintage Stagger" allowing for great string to string balance on a wide range of instruments.
Each pickup is fully wax potted to reduce any microphonic feedback, and comes supplied with screws, latex height adjustment tubing and an installation guide.
Tech Specs
| Pure Vintage Neck | Pure Vintage Middle | Pure Vintage Bridge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model | S1N | S1M | S1B |
| Magnet | Alnico 5 Rod | Alnico 5 Rod | Alnico 5 Rod |
| DCR | 5.9k | 6.1k | 6.45k |
| Inductance | 2.3H | 2.4H | 2.6H |
| Stagger | TR Vintage Modified | TR Vintage Modified | TR Vintage Modified |
| Hookup Wire | Vintage Braid | Vintage Braid | Vintage Braid |
| Winding Direction | Clockwise | Counter-Clockwise | Clockwise |
| Polarity | North Pole Up | South Pole Up | North Pole Up |
Dimensions
Wiring Diagrams
- 3 Single Coils / 1 Vol / 2 Tone / 5-Way Blade
- 3 Single Coils / 1 Vol / 2 Tone / 5-Way Blade (Bridge Tone Mod)
- 1 Humbucker / 2 Single Coils / 1 Vol / 2 Tone / 5-Way Blade (Autosplit)
- 1 Humbucker / 2 Single Coils / 1 Vol / 2 Tone / 5-Way Blade / Push-Pull Coil Split (Volume)
- 1 Humbucker / 2 Single Coils / 1 Vol / 1 Tone / 5-Way Blade (Autosplit)
- 1 Humbucker / 2 Single Coils / 1 Vol / 2 Tone / 5-Way Blade
- 1 Humbucker / 2 Single Coils / 1 Vol / 1 Tone / 5-Way Blade
- 2 Humbuckers / 1 Single Coil / 1 Vol / 2 Tone / 5-Way Blade / DPDT Mini-Toggle Split
Full Description
The Pure Vintage set from Tonerider is the perfect upgrade for any player looking for that warm, vintage Stratocaster sound.
Never harsh, full of chime and equally at home with clean or dirty amps, this is the set that defined the Tonerider approach to pickup making more than 20 years ago. Wound with heavy AWG42 wire and scatterwound to mimic the "Holy Grail" of single coil guitar tones - the late 50s strat.
The Pure Vintage set uses rod magnets with our "Modified Vintage Stagger" allowing for great string to string balance on a wide range of instruments.
Each pickup is fully wax potted to reduce any microphonic feedback, and comes supplied with screws, latex height adjustment tubing and an installation guide.
Tech Specs
| Pure Vintage Neck | Pure Vintage Middle | Pure Vintage Bridge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model | S1N | S1M | S1B |
| Magnet | Alnico 5 Rod | Alnico 5 Rod | Alnico 5 Rod |
| DCR | 5.9k | 6.1k | 6.45k |
| Inductance | 2.3H | 2.4H | 2.6H |
| Stagger | TR Vintage Modified | TR Vintage Modified | TR Vintage Modified |
| Hookup Wire | Vintage Braid | Vintage Braid | Vintage Braid |
| Winding Direction | Clockwise | Counter-Clockwise | Clockwise |
| Polarity | North Pole Up | South Pole Up | North Pole Up |
Dimensions
Installation & Wiring Diagrams
- 3 Single Coils / 1 Vol / 2 Tone / 5-Way Blade
- 3 Single Coils / 1 Vol / 2 Tone / 5-Way Blade (Bridge Tone Mod)
- 1 Humbucker / 2 Single Coils / 1 Vol / 2 Tone / 5-Way Blade (Autosplit)
- 1 Humbucker / 2 Single Coils / 1 Vol / 2 Tone / 5-Way Blade / Push-Pull Coil Split (Volume)
- 1 Humbucker / 2 Single Coils / 1 Vol / 1 Tone / 5-Way Blade (Autosplit)
- 1 Humbucker / 2 Single Coils / 1 Vol / 2 Tone / 5-Way Blade
- 1 Humbucker / 2 Single Coils / 1 Vol / 1 Tone / 5-Way Blade
- 2 Humbuckers / 1 Single Coil / 1 Vol / 2 Tone / 5-Way Blade / DPDT Mini-Toggle Split
Media
Customer Reviews
I had a set of Pure Vintage Strat pickups installed into a Fender Squier Strat I have been working on as a project guitar. I took it to a luthier that has been in business for 40 years. When I went to pick the guitar up he said that the pickups sounded fantastic! When I got home and was able to play I was blown away by the clarity, growl, and balls these things have. I am a lead guitarist in a band and when I went to rehearsal I let our other guitarist try them out and the band members were stunned. I had planned on this guitar being a utility guitar but the Tonerider Pure Vintage put this guitar in the class of my other American made axes. I will be playing it at gigs and I will be buying more Tonerider's in the future. Outstanding tone!
Extreme high grade build quality with tone to match. You can’t go wrong with these pickups. Packaging is exemplary and exciting to unbox. The Pure Vintage set really captures the tone and response of the old originals. Try them!
I'm amazed how good the sound. I tried first City Limits and actually I didn't like later cuz they darker of what I was looking. I don't know i decided to add the Treble bleed on this Pure Vintage and I'm in love with ones. Maybe Adding Treble Bleed on my City Limits will also do the magic. Thank you ToneRider! You ROCK guys!! Great Company.
I’ve put these in my new ‘66 Strat build and I’m over the moon. I used Toneriders in my Tele and am really chuffed with those, so decided to try these in the Strat. Excellent pickups: great build, responsive, so happy. Running with the blender mod and that gives me even more from these fabulous pickups.
Bought an aria Strat about a year ago, barely played it because I didn’t like the tone from the pick up. Bought these and love them, enjoying playing electric guitar again