Apex Plus

I absolutely love these pickups! They have an incredibly punchy and powerful sound. I was genuinely surprised that pickups with such high output resistance could still retain so much dynamics and responsiveness. Unlike many other high-output pickups I've tried, these sound remarkably natural and organic. They have their own character while still preserving the dynamics and expressiveness of my playing. I'm currently on a short tour, but as soon as I get back, I'll be recording a YouTube video and creating several Instagram Reels featuring these pickups. A huge thank you to the entire team! I really appreciate your work and I'm very happy with these pickups!

Fantastic Pickups

Bought this set direct from Tonerider UK. These have replaced a decent set of Fender pure vintage 65s in my mid sixties style Strat. The band I play in is a recording/live outfit and of course, especially during recording sessions, hum was an issue, even with a fully copper shielded and star grounded body. Don't let the output specs put you off, the way the Apex plus set are wound is very clever, on paper the specs come across as super hot, they do have some decent output but they really do retain the bell like tonality of a great Strat pickup, and unlike a lot of noiseless designs, they aren't humped too heavily in the mids, thus retaining all that single coil character. They do excel in the clean department but staggeringly, they handle high gain too. Usually with standard single coils, there is a compromise between driven and clean sounds, not so here, they really do what they say on the tin. Colour me impressed, I've looked and tried for many years to find hum cancelling Strat pickups that don't destroy the tonal character of a great single coil. These are the first set I've found anywhere by any manufacturer that has achieved this goal. And YES, they are dead silent through most normal setups, both amp based and modeller. Very highly recommended and congratulations to the Tonerider R&D team, who have created a set of pickups that do what they say they do at a modest price point that puts the big pickup brands on the spot.

Apex HSS