My #1 guitar has a trio of Lollar Firebird pickups. They are my favorite pickups. Single coil clarity and touch sensitivty but with tight, full bass response and obviously no hum. As you demonstrated, they sound fantastic clean or dirty and play really nicely with effects, especially delay and reverb. They are a great match for your playing and make that Toronado (which is already pretty underrated IMO) sound like a boutique guitar in your hands.
thanks man! yeah you're spot on. the Birds are such a cool balance of single coil clarity and rich fullness, with a cool "zing" to them. thanks for watching!
Love the Squier Toronado. Such an underrated guitar and it punches way above its class. Those pickups sound glorious. My only complaint about the Toronado is that the pickups are too hot generally. Clearly they are designed to be hotter pickups. Great playing. Go, Twins!
thanks for watching! yeah, the stock pickups were fine, but these Birds are much more my flavor. They bring some more clarity and character to the guitar IMO.
A guitar I always wanted to play, but I'm a lefty. I love the scale length and controls of a les paul, but I always wanted the comfort of a fender guitar. It always seemed like a best of both worlds to me. Sounds great with the Lollar's.
LOVE my Toronado!! I upgraded mine with a custom cut white pickguard with a three way blade switch in the lower portion of the guard (required a little bit of routing to make fit, and a Gretch style wiring (master vol, master tone, bridge vol, neck vol) with push pull pots for coil tapping. It’s a great Swiss Army knife guitar now!!
yeah they really take this guitar to the next level. Feels a little silly to have a $400 set of pickups in a $400 guitar, but it really is a great feeling/playing guitar - so a really fun upgrade.
@@AmbientEndeavors I have the same exact guitar, it's one of the best feeling necks of all time, but the stock pickups really do suck and you did a nice job with the upgrade, sounds great. And if it's anything like my toronado it probably feels great in the hands.
@@AmbientEndeavors I don’t hate that concept. All the jazzmaster pickups I’m considering for my j mascis are about equal to the price of the guitar. Lol.
My MIM '03 Toronado is my 'daily player'. The only thing I did to it was to have the bridge pickup split with a push-pull on the tone knob. I LOVE the feel of Fenders, but that 25.5" scale has never been great for me (I've smashed my hands up more times than I can count, and that little bit of difference between 24.75 and 25.5 is a big deal for my poor hands). I'm considering buying one of the new Squier Toros just to go batsh!t crazy with- total repaint with huge metal flake in something obnoxious like acid yellow/green, new pickguard, and new pickups. These might be a contender.
I appreciate the video, but I got the most out of the first 14 seconds, where you play clean (which sounded great). I never get much from trying to hear subtleties of pickups thru an overdrive.
Totally! I have a whole video of clean tones from this setup here : Lollar Pickups The Bird Pickups (humbucker sized Firebird) | Clean Sound Samples | Squier Toronado czcams.com/video/d1iTrY1nPyk/video.html
I am apologizing for the stupid question, but I really can't comprehend the design of this pickup. Is it a regular firebird pickup that is made to fit in a humbucker housing, or is it a full-sized humbucker that is constructed like a firebird pickup?
If I follow - it is a firebird style pickup, physically expanded to work/fit in a humbucker housing. It is the “humbucker-sized” version of Lollar’s Firebirds.
How would you say these compare to the Atomics that the Toronado comes with? I’m hearing a lot more jangle and dynamics from the Lollars. Also, any idea if these can be wired for splits?
Yep, you're spot on - more sparkle, dynamics, there's a cool "zing" to the top-end that I find is really unique to Firebirds. The Atomics were bold and crunchy, not bad sounding, just not nearly as interesting and I prefer these because of the more nuanced dynamics, feel and clarity. I think you can order a 4 wire version from Lollar to be able to split the coils.
@@IlNeigeYes. You can definitely go 4 wire and split them. I'd suggest a "partial split" with a resistor, maybe a large value like 8k or 10k. These pickups are already nice and bright. They might be a bit piercing totally split.
Probably pretty well! It seems itself to be pretty near that categorization; like a slightly more compressed/focused P90. I think that could be a cool pair.
My #1 guitar has a trio of Lollar Firebird pickups. They are my favorite pickups. Single coil clarity and touch sensitivty but with tight, full bass response and obviously no hum. As you demonstrated, they sound fantastic clean or dirty and play really nicely with effects, especially delay and reverb. They are a great match for your playing and make that Toronado (which is already pretty underrated IMO) sound like a boutique guitar in your hands.
thanks man! yeah you're spot on. the Birds are such a cool balance of single coil clarity and rich fullness, with a cool "zing" to them. thanks for watching!
Love the Squier Toronado. Such an underrated guitar and it punches way above its class. Those pickups sound glorious. My only complaint about the Toronado is that the pickups are too hot generally. Clearly they are designed to be hotter pickups. Great playing. Go, Twins!
thanks for watching! yeah, the stock pickups were fine, but these Birds are much more my flavor. They bring some more clarity and character to the guitar IMO.
A guitar I always wanted to play, but I'm a lefty. I love the scale length and controls of a les paul, but I always wanted the comfort of a fender guitar. It always seemed like a best of both worlds to me. Sounds great with the Lollar's.
man! Yeah, a bummer they're not accessible to lefties. It is as you describe a fun mashup of Fender/Gibson qualities.
I have one guitar in that scale, its the only thing i dont like about it.
Look Harley Benton. Hace lefty
LOVE my Toronado!! I upgraded mine with a custom cut white pickguard with a three way blade switch in the lower portion of the guard (required a little bit of routing to make fit, and a Gretch style wiring (master vol, master tone, bridge vol, neck vol) with push pull pots for coil tapping. It’s a great Swiss Army knife guitar now!!
You should sell it.
I’ve been wanting a toronado for a long time.
they're so fun!
Dang… these pickups sound killer, I didn’t read the title before I started watching. So I thought that guitar was some boutique guy. Lol. Very cool!
yeah they really take this guitar to the next level. Feels a little silly to have a $400 set of pickups in a $400 guitar, but it really is a great feeling/playing guitar - so a really fun upgrade.
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I have the same exact guitar, it's one of the best feeling necks of all time, but the stock pickups really do suck and you did a nice job with the upgrade, sounds great. And if it's anything like my toronado it probably feels great in the hands.
@@AmbientEndeavors I don’t hate that concept. All the jazzmaster pickups I’m considering for my j mascis are about equal to the price of the guitar. Lol.
I wish I could play this good! 🙌🏻
aw thanks. appreciate it!
Such a bummer they don’t offer the Toronado with a trem. Pickups sound great btw.
About a thousand other fenders that have one. I'm glad the tornado doesn't.
These pickups caught my attention, unfornunately it's not easy to fine in stores
My MIM '03 Toronado is my 'daily player'. The only thing I did to it was to have the bridge pickup split with a push-pull on the tone knob.
I LOVE the feel of Fenders, but that 25.5" scale has never been great for me (I've smashed my hands up more times than I can count, and that little bit of difference between 24.75 and 25.5 is a big deal for my poor hands).
I'm considering buying one of the new Squier Toros just to go batsh!t crazy with- total repaint with huge metal flake in something obnoxious like acid yellow/green, new pickguard, and new pickups. These might be a contender.
haha nice, yeah I've been loving this one!
I appreciate the video, but I got the most out of the first 14 seconds, where you play clean (which sounded great). I never get much from trying to hear subtleties of pickups thru an overdrive.
Totally! I have a whole video of clean tones from this setup here :
Lollar Pickups The Bird Pickups (humbucker sized Firebird) | Clean Sound Samples | Squier Toronado
czcams.com/video/d1iTrY1nPyk/video.html
I am apologizing for the stupid question, but I really can't comprehend the design of this pickup. Is it a regular firebird pickup that is made to fit in a humbucker housing, or is it a full-sized humbucker that is constructed like a firebird pickup?
If I follow - it is a firebird style pickup, physically expanded to work/fit in a humbucker housing. It is the “humbucker-sized” version of Lollar’s Firebirds.
@@AmbientEndeavors Exactly the answer I was looking for. Thanks man.
which capacitor kit do you installed with it?
stock electronics in the Toronado - not sure the value , but 500k pots in this one.
Super interested in these pickups, how do they handle fuzz tones and harder rock styles? Looking to brighten up the tone of a dark PRS
Ok but where’s the tab for what you’re playing because that sounds real good.
aw thanks man!
Let me know if you decide to sell it. I will buy it from you ❤
Haha roger that, will do.
How would you say these compare to the Atomics that the Toronado comes with? I’m hearing a lot more jangle and dynamics from the Lollars.
Also, any idea if these can be wired for splits?
Yep, you're spot on - more sparkle, dynamics, there's a cool "zing" to the top-end that I find is really unique to Firebirds. The Atomics were bold and crunchy, not bad sounding, just not nearly as interesting and I prefer these because of the more nuanced dynamics, feel and clarity.
I think you can order a 4 wire version from Lollar to be able to split the coils.
Thanks a bunch!
@@IlNeigeYes. You can definitely go 4 wire and split them. I'd suggest a "partial split" with a resistor, maybe a large value like 8k or 10k.
These pickups are already nice and bright. They might be a bit piercing totally split.
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Thinking about putting the bird in the neck of my Schecter PT NJ.
How do you thinking it would pair with a fairly high output single coil?
Probably pretty well! It seems itself to be pretty near that categorization; like a slightly more compressed/focused P90. I think that could be a cool pair.
@@AmbientEndeavors sorry I just saw this reply, thanks for the feedback!
can it be coil split?
You can order 4-conductor version from Lollar which allows splitting and other wiring possibilities, yes.
@@AmbientEndeavors THANKS！
@@AmbientEndeavors You sounds awesome BTW!
is it $200 for the set or for each pickup?
Each pickup
Lol that is ridiculous. They sound good, but not THAT good.
@@AmbientEndeavors too expensive 😱
@@HenrySchecker 🤷🏻♂
@@stillpist what are some of your favorite pickups?
this kid of mic need a booster pedal to really see what the can do