Tonerider BIRMINGHAM pickups - Incredible value for money @paulbradshawguitar

Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Tonerider Pickups - Birmingham
eu.tonerider.co.uk/products/birmingham?variant=41688964890760

Thomann video on 50s wiring vs Modern
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I bought these pickups recently for my Gibson '61 reissue SG, thought I'd shoot a quick video on them as I'm pretty happy with the results

for the tones, it's the guitar straight into a Marshall SV20h (inputs jumpered) with the Legendary Tones Mr Scary Mod , then into my Suhr Loadbox and the Ownhammer OH-MRBW m75 GNR-Balanced IR
There's some reverb added in post courtesy of Seventh Heaven Professional and a bit of compression to keep levels in check

All the control is coming from the volume/tone on the guitar itself, the amp stays at the same settings throughout, apart from the second half where I reduce the Treble & Normal volume

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TIME STAMPS
00:00 PAF tone on a budget?
01:05 Deciding on a new set of pickups
02:08 Gibson SG '61 Reissue
02:48 What's the amp ?
03:09 TONES start here with heavier gain
03:57 Neck pickup volume dynamics
05:10 back to some riffing
05:54 Cleaner tones with Delay
10:25 Final thoughts

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