The Best Tele Pickups? – Tonerider Hot Classic Telecaster pickups Admin, September 20, 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcqesEElFUA&showinfo=0&rel=0Tonerider Hot Classic Telecaster pickups. Tonerider’s most popular pickup set of all time, this telecaster set features a higher wind on Alnico 3 magnets, scatterwound for maximum tone! All Tonerider Hot Classic pickups are now made with flat magnet polepieces (no stagger) on the bridge pickup for an early 50s correct look. The bridge Hot Classic 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 Hot Classic pickup features their in-house Nickel-Silver cover for tonal transparency, and they 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 Tonerider Website – https://tonerider.com/products/hot-classics?srsltid=AfmBOorR-0912pigWYV0FLkBcWG0ot-UKFR2UVFV84TfVKppMZX7Zwlf Below are amazon affiliate links for some of my studio equipment and video, meaning, at no cost to you, I will earn commission if you click through and make a purchase: Amazon US: Tonerider Hot Classics – https://amzn.to/3BWsHKp Amazon UK: Tonerider Hot Classics – https://amzn.to/42jg9aq My Band : The pony Never Stops – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBHkdkwtInZflpTmYQkmqDw Timestamps 0:00 (Spec) 0:50 (vs Fender Custom Shop) 3:30 (Thoughts) 5:35 (Cheap Pickups) 7:50 (Driven Sound) Telecaster Guitars pherotone studios