Whittaker Guitars build just a small number of guitars each year.
Each instrument is different, - no two are alike. Each is designed in collaboration with the customer, with a specific concept or theme in mind, with the aim of creating a guitar with a strong personality bound up in its appearance, materials, sound and feel. - An alternative to the ubiquitous production-line F’s and G’s. - An individual.

If you’re a player with a few guitars under your belt, there comes a time when you lust for a guitar that is special. Yours. It’s the one where everything is how you like it… just that little extra fretboard width to accommodate your fat fingertips… that honky flash of gold and abalone… that shape and colour that you just can’t get off the shelf.

Now Tonerider Pickups are an option on all custom designs.

Building on the success of its vintage-improved Alnico pickup series for Strat-type guitars, Tonerider introduces a new left-handed version of its best-selling Pure Vintage (TRS1). Production of the LH pickup has commenced and will be available in dealer stores and distributors in mid-May. The list price is $135.00 US dollars per set.

Finding high-quality pickups with left-handed magnet staggers has always been hard, but the Pure Vintage LH goes further than just switching around the pole piece lengths. Andrew Cunningham, one of
Tonerider’s founders and its chief pickup designer explains more: “It’s necessary for us to introduce “lefty” models because we aren’t just putting different length pole pieces into the pickup and calling it a “stagger”. Across the range of positions (neck, mid and bridge), Tonerider magnets might be charged stronger in the bass position and demagnetized slightly in the treble position, and, in the case of the bridge pickup, use a mix of two different Alnico grades. Simply put, only with a full “Lefty” can you get 100% of the performance of the design into your tone.”
With the increasing visibility of the Tonerider brand within the pro-musician community, requests from left-handed players have been growing, reaching a groundswell after Tonerider’s launch in the UK market.

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Redback Guitars Choose Tonerider Pickups on their new range or Flat top guitars.

25.5” scale and a chambered Queensland Maple body, big tone and plenty of spank.

This is our go-to workhorse, professional instruments from the build quality through to the hardware and electronics we use.

We looked at the things that matter - playability, tone and versatility.

• Compound radius fretboard enables ultra low action – and no fretting out when you do the big bends.
• Sleek fast neck – very playable
• Grover Locking tuners for maximum tuning stability. Not a lot of guitars in this price range have locking tuners as standard equipment.
• Wilkinson vintage style tremolos. Bent steel saddles for that ring and clarity.
  Stagger drilled block so that strings pass over the saddles at an optimum angle.
  Two post pivot system for improved tuning stability
• Chambered Queensland Maple body. These guitars have tone, and loads of sustain. They resonate and sing, and you can hear the difference.
• Tonerider Pickups. Our F Series guitars feature Tonerider pickups. They are some of the sweetest sounding pickups we have heard – regardless of the price.

ABBALANCHE - The Australian ABBA Show Bassist - Simon Tonx uses Tonerider Precison Plus and Tonerider Jazz Plus pickups in his Basses.

A number of the new Tonerider audio clips you hear on this site have come from Suburbia Music Studio courtesy of Simon Tonx. Click Here to Listen to Tonerider Precison Plus, Tonerider Jazz Plus and Tonerider Hot Classics Soundclips.

About Suburbia Music Studio
Comfortable surroundings and superb acoustic environment.
Talented studio musicians available.
Songwriting collaboration and creative input.
Tracking and Mixing.
Mobile recording services and home production consultation.
Sydney, Wollongong and Central coast.

An Original 1950’s Vintage guitar is unaffordable to most. The reissues don’t even come close to the “Oldies”. Custom shop prices are outrageous.

Now RebelRelic builds them just like the originals at reasonable prices.

But… It’s not just about the looks and feel, it’s about Tone and Vitality!

RebelRelic exclusively uses Tonerider pickups in their stunning custom relic instruments.

Get them from PowerHouse Music now!

As one of Australia’s hottest young country artists Johanna Hemara’s vocals and songwriting are going from strength to strength on her new album Goodnight Sweetheart, and for her high energy, upbeat tele twang she relies on Tonerider Endorsee Tim Dutton’s great guitar chops. Visit Johanna on myspace for upcoming gig listings and more.

Below is some short excerpts from some recent studio and live takes.

tonerider_hot_classics_Jo.mp3

Tim Dutton Plays Ceriatone DC30 & Keeley Comp & ToneRider Vintage plus pickups!