Tonerider Rebel 90

Single coil P-90 style drop in replacement for humbuckers.

Replaced both stock humbucking pickups in a Gordon-Smith SG2 (English made SG style guitar).

The guitar is a very well made no frills "working man's" SG. Has excellent acoustic resonance, and a very good neck. Plays very well, but the stock pickups had an irritating click to the attack that drove me nuts, and I wasn't wild about the tone. I knew they weren't allowing a nicely made guitar to reach its full potential.

My main amp is a vintage 1963 Fender Super fitted with Weber speakers and NOS tubes. I also use a heavily modified Classic 30, rewired with the preamp circuit of the 80s Rivera designed Fender Deluxe Reverb II, fitted with a Celestion speaker. This makes it much more ersponsive and clearer than the stock C30, with more Fender sparkle. My main effect pedal is a Catalinbread Super Chillie Picoso clean booster for solo boosts, supplemented with sparing use of a Crowther Bluesberry Hotcake, Diamond compressor, and home made EA tremolo.

These pickups have improved the guitar's tone immensely. Gone is the irritating attack and mediocre tone of the stock pickups. They are warm and clear, well balanced, responsive to picking dynamics. When boosted they have a nice bluesy bite and overdrive a valve vey well.

The neck pickup is lovely and warm, but clear. Great for blues. The bridge pickup on its own is a bit too thick for my taste (although the rockers may like it), but I love the mid position - clear, bright and chimey, pefect for fingerpicking or a more cutting lead tone.

I have Lollar pickups on my Tele and Strat - both of which are excellent pickups - and these Tonerider hold their own with my Lollar equipped guitars. The SG now gets gigged as much as my Tele.

Suitable for blues, classic rock, jangly stuff and some country, but won't do the classic trebly country bridge pickup tone - you need a decent Tele for that.

I'm giving these an 8 only because the bridge pickup is good but not great. But that may just be my personal taste, not yours. For the neck pickup and mid positions I'd rate it a 9 or 10.

These pickups are staying. You'd spend dounble the price for anything else as good, and even then they'd just be a little different, not necessarily better.

Passive P90's in a humbucker format.
Neck 8.0, Bridge 8.5 (Manufacturer's specs, I haven't measured them).

Installed in the neck & bridge positions of a 20 year old Strat clone hardtail used for playing slide.
I also have a Dimarzio single coil (unknown model I measured at 10.6 ohms in the middle position.
The reason I chose these pickups was because a local guitar builder recommended them to me.

I use this guitar for slide only.

The Toneriders sound & output leave the Dimarzio in the shade. I have been using Dimarzios for years. I have a pair of mid 80's Fat Strats (DP110) in the bridge position of both my standard tuning Strat clones & am very, very happy with the sound).

But for slide, using heavier strings (13-56) the Toneriders do it for me.
Full, clear, bell-like tones when clean & a savage, snarling attack dog when dirty, these are the best p/u's for slide I have ever used.

Not only would I replace them if stolen, I am ordering another pair to go into another clone to be used as a backup guitar.
I have been playing 30+ years & wish that these pickups had been available when I still had a full head of hair!

Single coil pasiva en tama??o de humbucker


Salida de 7.9K en el neck, con imanes de alnico II, cuvierta con Nickel-Silver.

Instalada en una Godin Freeway Classic con mango de maple en la posicion del Neck

EL nivel de salida es mas potente que una single normal pero sin perder el tono dulce de las p90, en particular en mi guitarra suena muy a Strato con esta capsula, mas aun al ocuparla junto a la del medio, las Rebel 90 tienen un sustain que a mi en particular me sorprendio, muy recomendable esta capsula ( yo solo me refiero a la del NECK ya que es la que tengo en mi guitarra )

Exelente

Single coil P-90 in a humbucker size unit. Bridge pickup @ 5% hotter than the neck.

Installed in a chinese Paul clone. I had purchased one of these guitars earlier for little money and was quite impressed in the quality of this low dough guitar. Bought another with the idea to install these pickups since they retrofit into the humbucker routes. I replaced both humbuckers which aren't bad but I like to play rockabilly and country and wanted the p-90 sound.

Output level is outstanding. I play through a Traynor YCV40 using various pedals. Pickups are very balanced, can get gritty when cranked, but very clean when backed off. I like country, rockabilly and early rock and these p-90 really fit the bill. Because of their versatility I can't imagine a genre they couldn't be used for.

If lost or stolen, I wouldn't hesitate to replace them. Been playing over 40 years and currently have over 30 guitars ranging from cheapos to too expensive. I have tried many other P90s but I think I have found what I have been looking for with the Rebel 90 set. Kent armstrong P90s don't have near the output or balance. Seymour Duncan Phat Cats are a little too chrunchy for me. For my tastes these pickups are what I have been looking for at about half the price of the others mentioned.

Single coil P-90, Alnico II magnets; DC Resistance: 7.9k Neck; 8.5k Bridge. These are made to fit Humbucker sized cavities.

Dropped the Rebel P90's (Bridge & Neck)into a Chinese made "Farida" guitar. The guitar is reasonably made, and has really come to life with these P90's

Sound: I use a Fender 65 Twin Reverb. The Pick ups have a surprisingly high output level. Single coil sound, and then some!! Turn up the volume and get that dirty sound. Slacken off the volume and play clean as a whistle. I've set the neck pick up quite a way from the strings to give me a more wooden / mellow sound. The Bridge pick up delivers a sweet full bodied treble.

Would I replace these if they were lost or stolen? Yes,in a flash!!
Very versatile pick ups, giving me every type of sound that I need.

Single coil P-90, Alnico II magnets; DC Resistance: 7.9k Neck; 8.5k Bridge. These are made to fit Humbucker sized routs. The Rebel 90s require no modifications to a humbucking equipped guitar; they are drop-in replacements.

Available presently with Nickel cover only.

I installed both neck and bridge in a Dillion DR1500 to replace the somewhat one-dimensional stock humbucking pickups. The Dillion pickups weren't horrible, but I'm used to more tonal variety and I wanted something different. I've never owned a P-90 equipped guitar. I'm so glad I made this choice. I was going to spring for the Seymour Phat Cats, which compete directly with these, but took the chance on the Tonerider pickups at nearly half the cost after installing a Tonerider City Limits single coil in the middle position of my Nashville Telecaster along with the Tonerider Hot Classic set of Tele pickups -- Wow! Whole new ball game there as well.

Output level is awesome - this guitar has finally come alive! These pickups beg to be opened up and become dirty, and that they do. Rolling back the volume delivers pleasing single coil goodness that Humbuckers simply cannot produce.

Note* These cancel in the middle position (3-way switch), so they're dead quiet with both pickups on, and they're not too bad in the single positions either.

The tone is single coil on steroids. The neck is my favorite: fat, gritty, clean, you name it, this can do it. The neck is a bit bright, but that could be my use of a 500k pot. Lead work on the bridge pup is somewhat tele-like, but with higher output. As with both, roll the volume back and these clean up nicely. Opened up these sound overdriven running straight to the amp. And they are surprisingly pick responsive, too. The single coil thing at work.

I would imagine these as a good fit to just about anything. You can't get a bad sound from these pickups. The volume control is the key here. If you want grit, look no further, but the Rebels sing clean as well.

I've come across two important issues w/regards to P-90s: (1) Pickup height. Experiment with this for a bit. You can ramp these up close to the strings and they come alive without grabbing the strings or wolfing at you. Mine are about 1/8" from the strings at both neck and bridge (17th fret depressed). I may back the neck down a bit to coax variety from the set (cleans), but it's hard to back it down when you open the neck up when it's sitting close. A dimed blues jr will nearly do Leslie West without OD - that's how gritty these can be. Back off the volume(s) and it's sing/clean city.

(2) Pots/Caps. I've read till my eyes bleed on this, and may change again. The odds are that the guitar you'll drop these into will have 500k (or 300k, Gibson) pots. These will sound fine, but a bit bright - especially the bridge. You can change the pots to 250k for P90s with no problem. Your output will drop some, but you'll still have "it". The cap size is a toss up. I tried a 47 and a 22. I was using a blended setup with a 500k volume, 250k tone and a 47 cap. I've since switched to 500k for both pots and back to the 22 cap. This is a much brighter sound overall, and a bit hotter, too. I prefer this as it reminds me of my Tele in the neck position and gives me a bit more bump and grind in the neck. Experiment - that's half the fun!

Nine because there is no 10

I'd replace these in a heartbeat. I'd also look into buying some Toneriders before they catch on and the prices go up. I bought these for $115. This is now a one of a kind Dillion (PRS copy) that makes you say "whoa!" from the get.