I have a good Strat that came with modern ceramic pickups. The ceramics sounded okay for heavy distortion but poor for any classic Strat tones. My guitar is a 2012 MIJ ’54 with fat maple neck, 7.25” radius, two tone sunburst ash body that weighs 7 pounds even. Technically speaking, the Surfaris come with A3 magnets and a vintage wind. The middle pickup is RWRP. The set I received measured to published resistance on my ohmmeter. These Tonerider Surfaris sound AMAZING! I now have the best Strat I’ve ever owned! Yes, they do nail early surf music, like The Ventures. The balance of lows, mids and highs is perfect in all 5 switch positions. Position 2 & 4 give excellent quack. These pickups don’t get shrill, spikey or harsh. There is no “Stratitus”.I was ready to spend 3X as much on some vintage style pickups but I’m glad I gave the Tonerider Surfaris a try. They are great for surf, 50’s rock and roll, blues and classic rock. The only “con” is that they sound a little dark when rolling down the 250K tone pot with a standard .05 mfd tone cap. I may swap out the cap for a .033 mfd. Surfaris are fantastic. 5 stars all the way and back.

Montés sur une vieille Vester, ils procurent un super son, très vintage. Très bon rapport qualité/prix.Attention, les vis ne sont pas fournies.

Li ho voluti conprare per sostituire sulla mia strato american standard 2009 i pickup standard che trovo un po' troppo polivalenti e spenti. Cercavo quindi (senza dover spendere cifre importanti) dei pick up con un suono più caldo e rotondo e nello stesso tempo con buona dinamica e soprattutto con comportamento cristallino e squillante in "clean". Beh che dire...dopo averli montati praticamente neanche un'ora dopo ho rimontato i vecchi pickup standard. DA quello che ho pututo vedere questi pickup non sono molto cristallini e inoltre hanno un volume di output basso. I bassi sono moderati e in strumming tendono a mescolare qualche nota acuta. Pensavo fossero più cristallini. Comunque sia per quanto riguarda la confezione tanto di cappello.Si presentano come dei pickup di alta gamma con tanto di istruzioni di montaggio copri pickup, distanziali di gomma e viti. Si adattano perfettamente ad una american standard stratocaster. Le misure coincidono perfettamente. Se non avete pretese potrebbero andarvi bene. Dato il prezzo e dato le numerose recensioni positive che si trovano in giro per la rete pensavo meglio

Ottimi pick up per stratocaster. Costruiti molto bene e con un suono molto articolato e dinamico . Si installano facilmente basta un po' di manualità nel saldare. Consigliati a chi cerca un prodotto con ottimo rapporto qualità prezzo

Diese Pickups sind jeden Euro wert. Ich habe sie in eine MÉXICO STANDART STRATOCASTER eingebaut. Die original Pickups waren mir einfach zu ,, schrill“. Die TONERIDERS klingen dagegen, genau so, wie ich es mir vorgestellt habe. Toller ,, KNOPFLER-SOUND“ in den Schalterpositionen 2 und 4 .Der Hals-Pickup klingt bei mir wie ein Telecaster-Hals-Pickup. Die Pickups erzeugen den mir sehr zusagenden ,,schmatzenden Knopfler-Sound“. Glockenhell , aber nicht zu scharf und absolute Smoothie-Klänge sind mit den Pickups problemlos machbar. Eine absolute Aufwertung meiner México Stratocaster BJ 2002. Ich habe keinen Vergleich mit den teuren Marken , die bis zu 3mal soviel wie die TONERIDER kosten. Aber diese TONERIDER- Pickups sind der absolute Hammer für mein persönliches Klang-Empfinden. Ich liebe KNOPFLER UND DIRE STRAITS UND DIESE PICKUPS. Wer mit seiner Stratocaster auch mit stärker verzerrten Sounds spielen möchte, der sollte aber meiner Meinung nach auf andere Pickups zurückgreifen. Blues,-Crunch-oder Hardrock ist gerade noch machbar , aber High-Gain ist nicht die Stärke dieser Pickups. Ich benutze für härtere Sounds eine Gibson Les Paul und die Clean-Sachen spiele ich mit meiner Stratocaster und da haben diese Tonerider Pickups absolut ihre Stärke. Ist alles meine persönliche Meinung , aber von mir gibt es eine klare Kaufempfehlung 👍👍👍👍👍🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Magníficas pastillas para quien busque un sonido de Stratocaster años 50. El timbre es precioso, dulce y muy claro. Muy musical, con buena dinámica, agudos deliciosos, con filo pero no hirientes al oído, buenos medios y bajos moderados. El limpio es cristalino y muy definido.Con overdrive suave se consiguen unos sonidos con muchísima personalidad. Si buscas un sonido con más pegada, más blusero, tipo SRV, Frusciante, Hendrix, etc, se te pueden quedar cortas, pero si buscas el sonido de The Shadows, Mark Knopfler, incluso David Gilmour, estas pastillas no te van a defraudar. En cuanto a la construcción, no soy un experto, pero me dan la impresión de estar bien construidas. En resumen, me parecen unas pastillas excelentes en su rango de precios.

Yes, I can recommend these. I purchased these as an upgrade to put into a Musicman Cutlass guitar, which is basically a Stratocaster with a few refinements. They are supposed to simulate Fender 54 style pickups which use alnico 3 magnets giving a very low output which translates into a very musical bell like sound which has the ability to cut through other sounds well on a track. They do definitely have a lot of cut but also will mellow up as you move towards neck position and dial the tone down a bit. The other great plus is even output across the strings- nothing as irritating as having a weak signal on a string, usually top E. These pickups do seem to be vey popular, well priced and my guitar tech likes them. This is my third set of Toneriders for various guitars I own or have owned, a good set being the Alnico II Humbuckers for my SG guitar which are give a PAF type sound which is an early type of Gibson pup giving quite a musical bell like sound- I can vouch for this as I'm generally not a lover of humbuckers, but the Alnico IIs are almost as musical as good single coils.