Yamaha VH 5What's the output on your current Alnico V Bridge pickup you want to replace? The Toneriders are
super vintagey in terms of output. Right in the 8K range, as I recall.
yes those are AlNiCo IVI had a DiMarzio PAF Master bridge PU that I found to be pretty bland in a Les Paul. I think I exchanged it for something else.
I currently have a set of Duncan Saturday Night Specials in an Epiphone LP and that guitar kicks ass.
That's interesting that Jarick found the SNS pickups to be unbalanced, I actually think they're one of the more well-balanced ones out there.
I think the Duncan SNS bridge sits somewhere right in between that more tame, squishy Alnico II tone and the sharper more aggressive Alnico V.
It defintely is more cutting and has more edge to it than an old school PAF but it still retains much of the better qualities of them.
But like pretty much any and all pickups out there, it's hard to really know until you try them yourself and depending on the guitar you're installing them into and so forth.