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Super Distortion® DP100 & DP100F
Dual Sound® DP101 & DP101F
X2N® DP102
Super 2™ DP104 & DP104F
Super 3™ DP152 & DP152F
Evolution® Neck & Bridge DP158 & DP158F • DP159 & DP159F
Steve’s Special™ DP161 & DP161F
The Breed™ Neck & Bridge
DiMarzio®
DP165 & DP165F • DP166 & DP166F
The Tone Zone®
High Power Humbuckers
DP155 & DP155F
D Sonic™ DP207 & DP207F
Larry DiMarzio invented the replacement pickup concept in 1971 with the introduction of the Super Distortion® and Dual Sound® pickups – meeting the demand
Evo 2™
to drive British and American tube amps into stinging overdrive. Players could finally replace their stock pickups, opening a new world of drive and power without
DP215 & DP215F
the necessity of gouging a hole in the guitar body and ruining their instrument’s intrinsic value. DiMarzio® pickups allow guitarists to take a stock instrument and
Steve Morse Model™ Bridge
personalize it – customizing its sound to suit their individual tastes and playing styles. DiMarzio® now offers a wide range of high-power humbuckers with
DP200 & DP200F
unmatched versatility and sonic range to cover all styles of playing. Many of these models were designed to meet the specific requirements of some of the world’s
D Activator™ Neck & Bridge
top players.
DP219 & DP219F • DP220 & DP220F
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DP221 • DP222
Super Distortion® DP100 & DP100F
The Tone Zone® DP155 & DP155F
If you love the sound of a Super Distortion® in the bridge and you like hot neck pickups too, try a Super 2™. The Super 2™ takes the classic Super Distortion® sound and slides the EQ up in favor of the high-end, so its brighter top and lighter bottom work to balance out the darker, overtone-heavy information up by the fingerboard. The Super 2™ is just the pickup to clean up the overdrive sound of a mud-heavy 24¾’’ scale, two-humbucker guitar or to add snap to a dark sounding 25½” bolt-on. It works great in the bridge or the neck.
Have you ever heard a bridge pickup that made a guitar sound like a giant mosquito attack? If you’ve run into this problem, The Tone Zone® is the solution. The Tone Zone® is hot enough to qualify as a high-output pickup, but it has a wider dynamic range – hard picking will produce a lot of power, and softer picking will be much cleaner and quieter. It’s got tremendous bass and low-mid response to reinforce the bottom end and make the overall sound bigger. The highest single notes have depth, and chords sound huge. Patented dual-resonance coils reproduce more overtones than you’d expect from such a fat-sounding pickup. It makes a great match with an Air Norton™, PAF Joe™ or PAF Pro®, and split-coil mode produces an excellent single-coil sound as well.
Evolution® Neck DP158 & DP158F Evolution® Bridge DP159 & DP159F The Evolution® Neck and Bridge humbuckers are the result of two years of research to come up with the right sound for a very demanding player: Steve Vai and his Ibanez® Jems. Both pickups are designed for maximum impact and power. The neck pickup is fat, punchy and loud. The bridge pickup is tight, aggressive and louder. Both pickups have our patented dual-resonance configuration to reproduce more harmonic overtones than conventional humbuckers. Evolution® pickups are not polite-sounding, and they’re not for the inexperienced, but – if you’ve got the chops and a hot amp – your sound will burn. The Evolution® pickups were originally designed with live gigs in mind, but they have so much presence and definition that they’re great recording pickups, too; they slice right through even the densest mix.
Steve’s Special™ DP161 & DP161F
Dual Sound® DP101 & DP101F
Steve’s Special™ is a non-traditional approach to high-output bridge humbucking pickup design. Hot humbuckers usually concentrate most of the pickup’s power in a narrow frequency bandwidth for maximum impact. Using our patented dual-resonance design, Steve’s Special™ takes the opposite path, spreading the sound over a broad range. Bass and treble frequencies are boosted while the mids are pulled back, so the pickup’s power doesn’t kick a high-gain amp into overdrive as easily. This makes Steve’s Special™ a good choice for both fast soloing and clean chords, because individual notes won’t smear together with heavy overdrive, and clean sounds have an almost “hi-fi” quality.
Take a Super Distortion®, include a push-pull pot for series-parallel or single-coil operation and you have the Dual Sound®. The extra flexibility puts cleaner, crisp tone choices at your control. Lighten up on the lead tone in parallel operation, then roar back in with the standard series position. Use the single-coil mode along with your neck or middle pickup for chopping rhythm tones. If you need brighter, more transparent sounds from your bridge or neck pickup without sacrificing wide, singing crunch, the Dual Sound® nicely fills the bill.
X2N® DP102 The X2N® is a “take - no - prisoners, in - your - face” humbucker. Twin, wide-bar pole pieces give the X2N® a nasty, dangerous look – and rightly so. Our highest gain pickup was created to push tube amps into total overdrive. Put one in the bridge position for a powerful jolt to the voltage the amp sees from your guitar. The result is a sound that can only be described as blistering. The magnetic field of the X2N® is very powerful and focused. It captures the character of whichever guitar it’s in. If your guitar is warm sounding, the X2N® will act like a sledgehammer. A bright-sounding guitar will go into total scream mode. And the X2N® still has versatility: single-coil and series-parallel modes are particularly effective, because the X2N® pickup’s power gives these sounds more authority than is possible with weaker humbuckers.
The Breed™ Neck DP165 & DP165F The Breed™ Bridge DP166 & DP166F If you’re a fan of Steve Vai, you’ve probably seen him playing an Ibanez® Jem guitar with the word “Pogo” taped on the face. Steve wanted one of his instruments to have a fat, classic humbucker sound to contrast with the hotter, screaming Evolution®-equipped guitars. These are the pickups we developed for him. The neck pickup is a bit louder and fatter-sounding than the PAF Pro® pickups that Steve used on his earliest Jems. The bridge pickup is not as hot as the Evolution®, but it’s got a warm and punchy mid-range coupled with a fat low end that rolls off before it can get muddy. Harmonics are easy to get, and the 4-conductor wiring enables cool “notch tone” coil-splitting.
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D Sonic™ DP207 & DP207F Our first heavy humbucker of the 21st century, the D Sonic™ is a high-output bridge humbucker designed for the extended low end and heavy chords that dropped tuning delivers; with serious treble response for single-note solos and standard tuning. The D Sonic™ is more than just a one-sound pickup, too. In addition to the standard series humbucking sound, our patented design utilizes 4-conductor wiring to access two different single-coil sounds plus parallel humbucking mode, for three additional sounds that are distinctive and versatile.
Evo 2™ DP215 & DP215F The original Evolution® Bridge model did exactly what Steve Vai wanted it to do: kick butt and produce serious scream. Then he wanted something a little more complex – the same basic tone with increased headroom and dynamics, so that the sound kills on 10 and cleans up when the volume is rolled down. With a little less power than the original Evolution®, Evo 2™ balances perfectly with the Evolution® Neck model and performs equally well with high gain and vintage amps.
Steve Morse Model™ Bridge DP200 & DP200F Steve Morse has a unique approach to playing guitar, and we designed his pickups to match his technique. Steve commonly switches between pickups mid-solo – playing the neck pickup on the high notes and the bridge pickup on the lows – so both pickups must be evenly-balanced over the entire fingerboard.The Steve Morse Model™ Bridge delivers high output and a strong attack centered on the mids. It is also designed to give more definition when Steve plays harmonics.
D Activator™ Neck DP219 & DP219F D Activator™ Bridge DP220 & DP220F
when played hard, and the need for batteries. The end results are the D Activator™ Neck and Bridge. They use coils tuned to specific frequencies. The purpose is to shift the resonant points of the pickups to the fundamentals and harmonics that you want to accentuate from the guitar, and they respond instantly to hard or light pick attack. The sound is powerful, clean, and open, with excellent harmonic overtones and very tight lows. The best way to describe the D Activator™ Neck pickup is that it is big, bright, and open sounding with surprising string - to string balance. The D Activator™ Bridge has an enriched harmonic quality and the notes want to sing. Both the D Activator™ Neck and Bridge pickups were designed to eliminate the sterile edginess commonly associated with active pickups. The D Activator™ Bridge pickup is about 25% louder than the D Activator™ Neck. Since we were developing both pickups as a set from the ground up, we adjusted the volume levels on the pickups so they are balanced. That way when you switch from the neck to the bridge, you don’t hear a drop in volume – also a frequent problem with active pickups. And they don’t use batteries.
D Activator-X™ Neck DP221 D Activator-X™ Bridge DP222 For nearly 30 years, the DiMarzio® X2N® has been the top choice for all-out power. In the last couple of years, we've developed totally new ways to combine power with clarity, which first resulted in the D Activator™. Now we bring you the D Activator-X™ Neck and Bridge models. They feature the same striking look as the X2N®, but we've adjusted the output and tuned the coils to different frequencies to create a powerful sound wide open with a surprisingly clean sound when the volume control is rolled down, even with extreme metal and high-gain amps. The Neck model is designed to produce a highly focussed attack centered on the upper mid-range, with less magnet pull and output in order to balance perfectly with the Bridge model. The D Activator-X™ Neck and Bridge models feature universal spacing for both standard and F-spaced applications.
Super 3™ DP152 & DP152F Think of the Super 3™ as a Super Distortion® with more mid-range grind and chopped treble. If you play your amp with scooped mids and intense overdrive, this is your pickup. The Super 3™ pickup’s smooth highs allow you to turn up your amp's treble and presence without fear of thinning out your sound, and the crunchy mids ensure you won't get lost in the mix. It's also a great pickup to use with distortion pedals – it drives them hard and allows full use of their tone controls.
In 2006, we took a close look at the most popular active neck and bridge humbuckers to see if we could capture all of the good qualities and eliminate the disadvantages: cold sound, limited dynamics, running out of headroom
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This pickup started a sound revolution. Replacement pickups simply didn’t exist before the invention of the Super Distortion® in the early Seventies. The Super Distortion® (and its original 3-conductor version, the Dual Sound®) was the first pickup specifically designed to kick a tube amp into total overdrive, and is still the standard by which all other high-output pickups are measured. The Super Distortion® has a perfect blend of power and tone: both single-notes and chords jump out of the amp and fill the room (or the track) with a wall of sound. The balance of tones is classic – thick, boosted mids, big lows and fat highs. This is the sound you’ve heard for over three decades on platinum records, from players as varied as Ace Frehley, Al Di Meola and Paul Gilbert. It’s also versatile: 4-conductor wiring allows instant access to Strat-like split and series-parallel modes. Discover what thousands of great players know: the Super Distortion® is the best all-round high-power pickup ever made.
Super 2™ DP104 & DP104F
PAF® 36th Anniversary Neck & Bridge DP103 & DP103F • DP223 & DP223F
The Humbucker from Hell® DP156 & DP156F
Bluesbucker® DP163 & DP163F
Air Classic™ Neck & Bridge DP90 & DP190F • DP191 & DP191F
EJ Custom™ Neck & Bridge DP211 & DP211F • DP212 & DP212F
DiMarzio®
Vintage Output Humbuckers Vintage output humbuckers are clean, well defined, and open sounding. Though not high in output, they have great dynamics, with the ability to go from clean to overdriven sound by pick attack alone. If pure tone is your goal, these are the pickups to play. The PAF® and Air Classic™ models set the standard for the classic 1950s humbucker sound, while pickups like the Bluesbucker®, The Humbucker From Hell®, and EJ Custom™ were designed for the player seeking different and original tones.
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DP103 & DP103F
PAF® 36th Anniversary Bridge DP223 & DP223F Here are the characteristics that make a great vintage humbucker: a soft magnetic field, sweet tone, perfect balance between warmth and clarity, the ability to go from clean to distorted by pick attack alone. For our PAF® 36th Anniversary Neck & Bridge we wanted to continue in the path of pioneers such as Seth Lover (designer of the original Patent Applied For humbucker) and create pickups that combine all of the characteristics of great vintage humbuckers. These pickups are not merely clones. We re-engineered the PAF® using our patented technology and Larry DiMarzio’s own 1959
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The Humbucker from Hell® DP156 & DP156F Because a conventional humbucker senses the string at two different places, it cancels some frequencies along with the hum.What if there was a humbucker that cancelled fewer frequencies? It would be brighter and cleaner: almost glassysounding. In other words, it would sound a lot like a Strat® pickup, but with about the same power as a PAF®. We created The Humbucker From Hell® primarily as a neck pickup.You won’t believe how much it will open up the sound in the neck position of a Les Paul®, and it has an almost acoustic quality in the neck spot of a bolt-on guitar. Why is it called The Humbucker From Hell®? Try it in the bridge position with a bright amp – but put in your earplugs first, and don’t say you weren’t warned.
Bluesbucker® DP163 & DP163F And now for something completely different: the Bluesbucker® looks like a standard humbucker, but sounds like a P90 and cancels 60-cycle hum as effectively as the average humbucker. This means any guitar with standard size humbuckers can now have the sound of P90s without altering the guitar in any way and without noise. Patented Virtual Vintage® and Airbucker™ technology let the Bluesbucker® “see” a narrow string window like a true singlecoil, making it extremely sensitive to playing dynamics. When a pair of these pickups are on together, they achieve the open, slightly hollow sound that two single-coils produce. Splitting the pickup produces a sound similar to that of a Strat® pickup, with very little drop in output.
Air Classic™ Neck DP190 & DP190F Air Classic™ Bridge DP191 & DP191F We love the sound of late 1950s humbuckers, but we didn’t want to simply imitate them by using Alnico 2 or “aged” Alnico 5 magnets. Airbucker™ technology was created to capture all of the best sonic qualities of vintage humbuckers while avoiding the technical problems. The Air Classic™ has the same sweet sound as a classic humbucker, but Airbucker™ technology permits us to use a more reliable full-strength Alnico 5 magnet and still reduce string-pull to increase sustain and sensitivity. The result is an almost vocal, three-dimensional sound that jumps off the string faster and stays true as it sustains. The sense of touch and control this provides will offer you an unequalled ability to create your own sound.
EJ Custom™ Neck DP211 & DP211F EJ Custom™ Bridge DP212 & DP212F Although Eric Johnson is best known as a Strat® player, he has always played humbuckerequipped guitars as well. After getting a new Les Paul® 1959 re-issue, Eric asked us if it could be made to sound like an old Gretsch® Country Gentleman guitar. We said, “No problem!” The pickups we designed are exact replacements for standard, full-size humbuckers. They’re bright and have great presence without sounding thin. When Eric tried them, he said they were almost as clear-sounding as Strat® pickups. He was surprised at how well they sounded with heavy distortion, because no matter how overdriven the sound, it did not become muddy. The EJ Custom™ is available with exposed coils in all standard DiMarzio® colors and plated or unplated nickel covers at additional cost.
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PAF® 36th Anniversary Neck
cherry sunburst Les Paul® as the reference. Larry’s Les Paul® has a uniquely amazing sound and it’s not only due to the pickups – it’s the total fusion of many elements of the guitar itself. Although the pickups have a weak magnetic field, the sound is well defined – almost like a single-coil. We duplicated the weaker magnetic field in order to allow the strings to vibrate longer, as well as focus and articulate the attack and output. We use computer-controlled winders to consistently layer the 42-gauge custom-coated wire, achieving the exact frequency response we want. Then it’s dipped in our custom formula to eliminate squeal and microphonics. The cover is made from nickelsilver and our new plating makes it more magnetically transparent than the originals. The PAF® 36th Anniversary Neck is smooth but not muddy. It performs equally well in the neck or bridge, just as the best humbuckers from the 50s did. The PAF® 36th Anniversary Bridge is hotter than the Neck. It is not only for set-neck 24-3/4” scale guitars, but it’s also an excellent bridge pickup for trem-equipped bolt-ons. We’ll build the PAF® 36th Anniversary any way you want it. Choose the bobbin style – vintage glossy or modern matte, the type of base – traditional, long-legged or standard, short-legged, and the type of cable – vintage single-conductor or 4-conductor. The PAF® 36th Anniversary Neck and Bridge are available uncovered, and we also offer three types of covers – standard polished and plated, buffed with no plating, and our vintage worn cover that looks so authentic and broken in that you’ll swear it’s been hanging around since 1959.
PAF Pro®
DP151 & DP151F
FRED®
DP153 &DP153F
Norton®
DP160 & DP160F
Air Zone™ DP192 & DP192F
Air Norton™ DP193 & DP193F
Steve Morse Model™ Neck DP205 & DP205F
PAF Joe™ DP213 & DP213F
Mo’ Joe™ DP216 & DP216F
DiMarzio AT-1™ DP224 & DP224F
DiMarzio®
Medium Power Humbuckers Medium-power humbuckers are the workhorses of the pickup world. They have both the power to overdrive a vintage amp and the clarity to define all of the notes with higher gain amps. There’s a very wide range of sounds in this category – from the attack and unique harmonics of Fred® to the sweet sound of the Air Zone™. Some of these models were specifically designed for the neck or bridge positions, but most can be used in either position with great results.
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Steve Morse Model™ Neck DP205 & DP205F Steve Morse has a unique approach to playing guitar, and we designed his pickups to match his technique. Steve commonly switches between pickups mid-solo – playing the neck pickup on the high notes and the bridge pickup on the lows – so both pickups must be evenly-balanced over the entire fingerboard. We engineered the Steve Morse Model™ Neck specifically for this purpose, with a dark, smooth sound that is clean and uncompressed.
PAF Joe™ DP213 & DP213F
Norton® DP160 & DP160F
The PAF Pro® was created when chopsintensive playing was first starting to happen, and high-gain amps and rack systems were getting popular. A pickup was needed that combined a lot of presence and “cut” with an open-sounding PAF® vibe. The transparency of its sound lets the PAF Pro® slice through heavy processing, where darker-sounding pickups get lost in the mud of the effects chain. Low notes have both snap and chunk, and there is a spike in the mid-range that gives the pickup a subtle “aw” vowel sound, like a wah-wah pedal stopped in the middle. Treble response is tweaked, so high notes stand out without getting brittle. The PAF Pro® makes an outstanding neck pickup in almost any guitar, and it’s an exceptional bridge pickup when high output isn’t required.
The sound of a Norton® is right between FRED® and The Tone Zone®. It’s got some FRED®-like harmonic overtones that can only be described as nasty, with more of the power and mid-range of the heavyweight Tone Zone®. The same patented dual-resonance design used in FRED® and The Tone Zone® delivers a sound that’s hotter and “bigger” than any vintage model, but not as loud as a distortion-class humbucker. Norton® might be our most versatile bridge pickup. Combine it with a wide choice of neck pickups like the Air Classic™, PAF®, PAF Pro®, and Air Norton™.
Mo’ Joe™ DP216 & DP216F
Air Zone™ DP192 & DP192F
Air Norton™ DP193 & DP193F
The best way to describe the Air Zone™ is to say it’s a vintage version of The Tone Zone®. It’s got the same low string-pull as our other Airbuckers™ for singing sustain, plus it has the big bass response and cool harmonics of The Tone Zone®, with extra sensitivity and control. It’s a great match for very hot amps, allowing the player to take full advantage of massive preamp gain without turning the sound to mud or fuzzy noise. It’s also a great neck pickup for jazz players who need to get the hollow-body archtop sound from a solid body, and it offers exceptionally good split and series-parallel capability.
The Air Norton™ started out simply to be the Airbucker™ version of the Norton®. We thought it would make a distinctive-sounding bridge pickup with high-gain amps, but we soon discovered that it’s a radically neat neck pickup, too. The tone is deep and warm, but not muddy. It’s hot, but not distorted. It’s even got cool harmonics, which are really unusual for a neck humbucker. The patented Air Norton™ magnetic structure reduces string-pull, so sustain is improved; and pick attack and dynamics are tremendously controllable and expressive. Combine the Air Norton™ with an Air Zone™,The Tone Zone® or Steve’s Special™ in the bridge position for a perfect blend of power and tone, or use an Air Norton™ in the bridge position with an Air Classic™ Bridge model in the neck position for a distinctive medium-output blues-rock sound.
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FRED® DP153 & DP153F We designed FRED® to bump the mid-range of the PAF Pro® EQ up a notch, but in the process, something unusual happened. Harmonics that humbuckers usually don’t reproduce started popping out, particularly with overdriven amps and distortion units. FRED® has about the same power as the PAF Pro®, but the unusual overtones create a sound with more crank and growl. Joe Satriani was the first player to discover and exploit these qualities, and it’s been his main bridge pickup ever since. FRED® is really sensitive to changes in pick attack and control settings, and its distinctive tone makes a great recorded sound for both penetrating solos and tight rhythm tracks.
Joe Satriani has used Fred® as his main bridge pickup for years. In 2005, Joe asked us for a hotter and bigger version to replace the FRED® in his new Ibanez® guitars. The new model called the Mo’ Joe™ is all about tone and definition. Its name says it all. It has more power than FRED® but it doesn’t sacrifice clarity or dynamics. Additionally, all the harmonics that made FRED® so good are all there ready to jump out at the touch of a guitar pick. Having more output makes the Mo’ Joe™ a perfect match for the PAF Joe™ in the neck position. The combination delivers great versatility and control from rhythms to solos.
DiMarzio AT-1™ DP224 & DP224F “A player’s player” is a perfect description for Andy Timmons. He has great touch, phrasing, and tone. Since 2001, he has been playing a DiMarzio custom bridge humbucker that has only been available on his signature Ibanez® guitar, and it has been his first-line pickup ever since. The outstanding characteristics of the DiMarzio AT-1™ are balance, warmth, and clarity. It achieves this blend with the same patented technology as the PAF® 36th Anniversary, but the sound is hotter and the focus is rock.
Mo’ Joe™ is used by permission of Mojo Musical Supply, with whom DiMarzio, Inc. is not affiliated.
PAF Pro® DP151 & DP151F
The PAF Joe™ is the latest neck pickup we developed for Joe Satriani. Joe wanted a neck position humbucker that combined the best qualities of the PAF Pro® with those of a late 50s Gibson® humbucker. Joe describes this tone as being “tubular”. Through the use of Virtual Vintage® technology, clear-sounding low frequencies are blended with warm-sounding mids and high frequencies, which makes the PAF Joe™ equally good for chords and single notes. Joe first used it throughout the 2003 G3 tour.
DiMarzio Minibucker™ DP168
DiMarzio Hot Minibucker™ DP198
DLX Plus™ Neck & Bridge DP162 • DP154
DiMarzio Soapbar™ & Dog-ear DP167S • DP167D
Virtual P90™ DP169
P90 Super Distortion™
DiMarzio®
7-String Pickups •Soapbars •Mini-Humbuckers DiMarzio® started the 7-string pickup market when we made the first Blaze™ models for Steve Vai’s 7-string, the Ibanez® Universe. Since then, we’ve introduced a wide range of models, from the vintage chime of the PAF® 7 to the all-out attack of the X2N® 7.
DP209
The Tone Zone® P90 DP793
Mini-Humbuckers and P90s occupy a middle ground between humbuckers and Strat®-style single coils. Brighter and cleaner than most humbuckers but hotter and warmer than most Strats®, they are often the top choice for blues and country players.
DP700 • DP701 • DP702
Evolution® 7 DP704
The Tone Zone® 7 DP755
PAF® 7 DP759
Air Norton 7™ DP793
D Activator™ 7 Neck & Bridge DP719 • DP720
D Sonic 7™ DP706
X2N® 7 DP705
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Blaze™ Neck, Middle & Bridge Model
Blaze™ Neck Model DP700 This is the model originally designed for the neck position of the Ibanez® Universe. The neck position needed to be warm, but not too fat (nobody wants the low “B” sounding like a tuba, right?), so we scooped out some of the mids to brighten up the low notes and we kept the power down to a reasonable level to avoid unnecessary sludge. You can get everything from a good jazz sound with a clean amp to a wall - of - sound with heavy overdrive. Many players have discovered the Blaze™ Neck is also a very good bridge pickup when playing with a serious amount of distortion – power chords retain more openness, and single notes have a lot of clarity.
Blaze™ Middle DP701 DiMarzio Minibucker™ DP168 The classic miniature humbucker had a sound that was a cross between a vintage single-coil and a PAF®. Not a hot pickup, the mini substituted articulation and openness for power. We’ve retained these qualities and utilized our patented dual resonance design to add even more clarity and musical character, and we dip the DiMarzio Minibucker™ in wax after the cover has been installed to eliminate microphonic squealing. We’ve also included 4-conductor wiring for greater sound options.
DiMarzio Hot Minibucker™ DP198 One reason the first mini-humbuckers were relatively quiet pickups was the small space inside the cover for the coils and magnet. Louder mini-buckers can sound muddy, as if the sound itself were crowded inside the pickup. We wanted a hotter, thicker sound, but we also wanted the pickup to “speak” clearly. The DiMarzio Hot Minibucker™ accomplishes this. It’s both very warm and open-sounding, and 4-conductor wiring offers effective split and dual-sound options. Like all of our covered pickups, the DiMarzio Hot Minibucker™ is wax potted both before and after cover installation to eliminate microphonic squeal.
DLX Plus™ Neck DP162 DLX Plus™ Bridge DP154 When DiMarzio® first decided to introduce a humbucking replacement for the “soapbar” and mini-humbucker, we found that many players wanted a pickup with more power and definition. We wanted to preserve some of the clean and open character of the original soapbar, so we reduced the mids on the DLX Plus™ a little while making the lows tight and punchy and the highs strong and defined. The result is that the DLX Plus™ has power, but it’s not muddysounding. The Neck model has almost as much power as the Bridge model, with a leaner bass response so low notes sound more defined. Both come with 4-conductor cable for coil-splitting and parallel options.
DiMarzio Soapbar™ & Dog-ear DP167S • DP167D Why do so many players love the old “soapbar” pickup? Probably because it’s the friendliest sounding single-coil ever. High notes are always fat, with just enough bite to cut through the mix. Low notes are bright, but not thin, and the tone
stays even – all the way up the neck. Our version of this classic pickup also punches up the mids and tightens up the lows. The DiMarzio Soapbar™ comes in “soapbar” and “dog-ear” versions. The cover is included.
Virtual P90™ DP169 The original single-coil “soapbar” design had a special sound; low notes were solid and not tubby – they had an almost “piano” tone quality – while high notes were fat all the way up the neck. We’ve always thought this was a devastating combination, and we naturally wanted to reproduce this sound without 60-cycle hum. In the end, we found the best approach was to use our patented Virtual Vintage® technology to create the Virtual P90™. The two coils are tuned to different frequency ranges and output voltages, so tone and balance can be tuned by adjusting pole piece heights. It’s almost the same effect as adjustable high-fidelity speaker crossovers.
P90 Super Distortion™ DP209 A Super Distortion® in a P90 cover? Cool! DiMarzio’s Super Distortion® has been the industry standard since its introduction in the early 70s. The new P90 Super Distortion™ is our highest-output humbucking “soapbar” replacement, and it gives players with guitars routed for P90-style pickups the ability to upgrade their pickups without any modification to the guitar. Like the original Super Distortion®, it has 12 adjustable pole pieces and 4-conductor wiring for split and parallel humbucking modes.
The Tone Zone® P90 DP210 The Tone Zone® P90 is a high-output, humbucking soapbar pickup with the same sound and power as The Tone Zone® humbucker. Because of their plastic cover, “soapbar” pickups usually can’t be adjusted quite as close to the strings as standard humbuckers, and compared to full-size humbuckers, soapbars have a slightly narrower magnetic window to “see” the strings. We’ve taken both factors into account by slightly increasing power and broadening the magnetic field around the coils to allow The Tone Zone® P90 to sound as great as the original Tone Zone®. Designed for the bridge position, it comes with 4-conductor wiring enabling seriesparallel humbucking or split-coil modes.
Seven-string guitars are hard to amplify. Most players tune the seventh string to a low “B” (or even “A”), and it's a real trick to get a big, solid tone from the other strings without the seventh turning to mud. The Blaze™ Middle single-coil is exceptionally tight, and is designed to be a match for the Blaze™ humbuckers in split mode. Both lows and highs are bright and clean.
Blaze™ Bridge Model DP702 The Blaze™ Bridge Model bears a strong resemblance to the Steve’s Special™. The mids are scooped out, and both treble and bass are boosted.The hot bass response gives the seventh string a lot of impact, while opening up the midrange keeps it from getting muddy. This enables the Blaze™ Bridge Model to handle both fast soloing and clean chords, because individual notes won’t smear together with heavy overdrive, and clean sounds have an almost “hi-fi” quality..
Evolution® 7 DP704 The basic characteristics of the 6-string Evolution® Bridge model sound like a perfect description for a 7-string lead pickup: power, attack and presence. Combining the basic Evolution® design with Virtual Vintage® technology results in a 7-string pickup possessing crunching lows and intense highs. The output of the Evolution® 7 is concentrated towards the upper mids and treble, so there’s a lot of cutting power, and the low end stays hot and clear.
The Tone Zone® 7 DP755 The Tone Zone® 7 is not merely an adaptation of the original Tone Zone®, but a new design from the ground up for 7-string guitars. It incorporates lower magnet pull and coils specifically calibrated to reproduce the full impact of the low “B” string without any loss of tone quality or fidelity. The Tone Zone® 7 comes with 4-conductor cable.
PAF® 7 DP759 As the popularity of 7-string guitars has grown, so has the demand for a clean-sounding, lower-output pickup that performs like the classic humbuckers of the late 50s. Far from being a modification to a 6-string design, the
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PAF® 7 is specifically designed for 7-string guitars, and incorporates some of the same technology employed in the Virtual Vintage® pickup series to produce a sound that’s both clean and open on the low notes and warm and rounded on the highs. The PAF® 7 comes with 4-conductor cable.
Air Norton 7™ DP793 The 6-string version of the Air Norton™ has proven to be an effective, versatile pickup in both neck and bridge positions, and the Air Norton 7™ extends the same qualities to 7-string guitars. In the neck position, the sound is warm and well-defined – equally useful with clean or overdriven amps. In the bridge position, the sound is very solid and harmonically rich. In overdrive mode, it has a very distinctive voice that has both vintage and modern qualities. The Air Norton 7™ comes with 4-conductor cable.
D Activator 7™ Neck DP719 D Activator 7™ Bridge DP720 Active humbuckers have a distinctive sound: powerful, clean, open-sounding, with excellent harmonic overtones and very tight lows. This also fits the description of a great 7-string pickup, if the problems associated with active pickups – sterile sound and limited headroom – could be eliminated. The D Activator 7™ models do just that.The Neck model has both power and clarity – the low “B” string stays solid and doesn’t sound like mud with extreme overdrive, and the high strings sing all the way up the neck. The D Activator 7™ Bridge has the same loud yet clean sound as the best active humbuckers, and killer harmonics. The low “B” string is all about attack, not mud. It responds instantly to hard or light picking. In a word: it rocks. No batteries required.
D Sonic 7™ DP706 Clarity, warm tone, and high output are the qualities that define the D Sonic™. John Petrucci agrees. He's had a lot of experience playing the D Sonic™ on his 6-string guitars, so – when he wanted the same sound from his 7-string — we couldn't say no. The D Sonic™ combination of clean and heavy that works so well with high gain amps for both chords and soloing makes a great choice for a 7-string bridge pickup. The high strings sing and the low strings growl.
X2N® 7 DP705
What’s the story with 7-string guitarists? They always want more: more strings, more bass response, more notes to play with and, of course, more power. Okay, we got the message. The X2N® 7 is the answer. If you’re looking for pretty sound, don’t go here. If you’re looking for pretty crazy, this is it. Like the original 6-string model, the X2N® 7 is ridiculously loud, but we’ve totally redesigned the coils to capture the entire frequency response of all seven strings. And for players who experience occasional moments of sanity, the parallel humbucking and split-coil modes are available for cleaner and quieter sounds.
Virtual Vintage® Blues DP402
Virtual Vintage® 54 Pro DP408
Virtual Vintage® Heavy Blues 2 DP409
Area 58™ DP415
Area 61™ DP419
Area 67™ DP419
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Pre B-1™ DP112
True Velvet™ T Neck & Bridge DP177 • DP178
Super Distortion® T DP318
Air Norton T™ DP380
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Fast Track T™
Virtual Vintage & Area Strat Replacement • Tele Replacement
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The Chopper T™ Bridge DP384
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The Tone Zone® T DP389
Area T™ Neck (chrome cover) & Bridge
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DiMarzio® Virtual Vintage® and Area™ Strat® and Tele® replacement pickups are much more than mere copies of forty - year - old pickups. We’ve kept the classic
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vintage looks and tone, while making many technological advances and improvements over the originals. For one thing, we’ve almost totally eliminated 60-cycle
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hum. We’ve also reduced magnet-pull on most models by almost 40 percent, which improves sustain and intonation.
Twang King™ T Neck & Bridge
We haven’t forgotten Tele® players with different tastes, either. Traditional single-coil pickers will love the True Velvet T™ and Twang King™ models, and Tele®
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players looking for a heavier humbucking sound should check out the Super Distortion® T and the Tone Zone® T.
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Super Distortion® T DP318
Area 58™ DP415
Pre B-1™ DP112
What do you need in order to play blues with a Strat®? The Virtual Vintage® Blues has more power and warmth than a typical single-coil. You can really hear these qualities when you’re playing the Virtual Vintage® Blues. It withstands hard picking and opens up when you’re playing with an overdriven amp. Instead of shrinking away, the sound jumps out of the speakers. These qualities are really useful for getting a fat neck position sound, but they’re outstanding for the bridge position – particularly if you have a thin-sounding guitar or use light-gauge strings. It’s a tough sounding bridge pickup with warmer guitars, and makes a good neck and middle choice to match with a full-size bridge humbucker. As the rest of the Virtual Vintage® family, it’s dead quiet; there’s practically no hum at all.
There are two major differences between a great vintage Strat® pickup and an average one: treble response and dynamics. A great pickup is clear and bright, but not thin-sounding. A great one makes the sound jump out of the amp when you pick hard and drop way down when you play softly, and the tone varies when the string is picked at different spots. The best pickup we’ve ever heard like this was from 1958, and that’s what inspired the Area 58™, with two major differences. Our pickup has way less magnet pull, and virtually no hum.
There are two kinds of Tele® players: country pickers for whom twang is king (we don’t make Twang King™ pickups for nothing, right?), and players of blues and rock who need less high-end snap and more low-end muscle. We’re not talking imitation humbucker-sound here.The Pre B-1™ maintains a lot of the basic character of the Tele® bridge position, but the sound is bigger. It can still cut through a mix, but it will fill more space, as well. It also has about 25% more power than a stock Tele® bridge pickup. That means thicker overdrive and more sustain from your favorite tube amp.
Virtual Vintage® 54 Pro DP408
Area 61™ DP416
The Virtual Vintage® 54 Pro uses the same ground breaking technology as our Area 58™ and Area 61™ pickups. The Virtual Vintage® 54 Pro replaces the Virtual Vintage® 54 and VirtuAL 2® middle pickups. It has a warm, smoky sound, fattens up when you pick hard, and has a special grade of Alnico 2 magnet to reduce string pull. Like all of the Virtual Vintage® models, it’s dead quiet.
Virtual Vintage® Heavy Blues 2 DP409 If you’ve heard the cliché that Alnico 2 means warm, soft sound, prepare to be surprised. This is not a polite pickup, and the closer it’s adjusted to the strings, the more raw it gets. In particular, the Alnico 2 magnetic field opens up all of the attack and definition of the low strings. It’s a hot pickup with a strong attack in the bridge position, and its Alnico 2 magnets allow it to work very well in the neck position as well, for players who want a very warm, round sound. If you want an in - your - face - and - proud - of it sound, the Virtual Vintage® Heavy Blues 2 is the top pick.
Virtual Solo™ DP420
Air Norton T™ DP380 The Air Norton T™ is the Tele® bridge position version of the full-size Air Norton™. It’s warm sounding, very well balanced, and has the same unique tonal characteristics as the original. Fatter and louder than a vintage humbucker but not as overwhelming as a metal pickup, it’s a great way for Tele® players to get into all types of rock. The combination of medium output and harmonic bite are very effective for single-note soloing as well as chords. In addition, the split and parallel humbucking modes are very useful, with a glassy sound closer to a stock Tele®.
Fast Track T™ DP381
DiMarzio® has been working on serious vintage single-coil design with no hum for twelve years. Our goal has always been to capture the best qualities of pickups we heard from the 1950s and early 60s. We’ve played several pickups from the early 60s that had a unique tonality: they were steely, yet woody-sounding. Naturally, we wanted to nail this sound, and we wanted to do it with no hum and less magnet-pull. The Area 61™ does it. It’s good in all three positions. It’s the perfect bridge pickup with a pair of Area 58™ pickups if you want to go all the way from Nashville to Texas in one guitar.
Area 67™ DP419 The Monterey Pop Festival of 1967 was a watershed event in American music. When it was over, the world had heard and felt the sound of a Strat® in the hands of a master. Single-coils in 1967 were bright and very clean. And, of course, they hummed. We've captured the classic bright and clean sound but totally eliminated the hum with our patented Area™ technology. We've also reduced magnet pull by 40% for improved sustain and clarity. The Area 67™ has the chime of 60s pickups, and the 2 and 4 positions are light, bright and quack-happy.
True Velvet™ T Neck DP177 True Velvet™ T Bridge DP178 Tele® neck pickups are finicky creatures. Players have often complained that they’re too weak, too muddy, and just don’t sound good. The Twang King™ Neck solved these problems, and we’ve taken it to the next level with the True Velvet™ T Neck. The low strings are as big and clean sounding as they are with the Twang King™, the highs are smoother, and the attack is stronger.This combination of qualities allows the True Velvet™ T to sound both pretty and tough. The sound of a great vintage Tele® bridge pickup – if you can find one – is almost magical. It blends elements that shouldn’t be able to coexist: sizzle and warmth, sharp attack, and smooth sustain. In other words, it has depth. Single notes have weight and presence, and chords have detail and dimension.This was our goal for the True Velvet™ T Bridge. Controlled-tension coil-winding, custom wire and hand-calibrated magnets give the True Velvet™ T real vintage sound, and double wax potting ensures that it’s squeal-free.
The Fast Track T™ is hotter than most single-coil Tele® bridge pickups, but it has way more twang and snap than a humbucking pickup ought to have. We pulled this trick off by combining patented dual-resonance coils (less DC resistance than a standard Tele® single-coil) with twin-blade poles for less string-pull than standard rod magnets. It all means more sustain, cleaner highs and tighter bass. It may not look like a traditional Tele® bridge pickup, but if outstanding hum-free performance is the goal, the Fast Track T™ is a clear winner.
The Chopper T™ Bridge DP384 The Chopper T™ is the louder, punchier brother of the Fast Track T™. More power is concentrated in the mids and low end for a bigger sound with more crunch. It shares the same side-by-side coils and twin-blade construction as the Fast Track T™, so there are no string alignment or magnet-pull problems. And of course, there’s no noise.
The Tone Zone® T DP389 The Tone Zone® T brings the performance of the famous Tone Zone® to a humbucking Tele® replacement pickup. We’ve built in the tremendous mid-range and bass response of the original Tone Zone®, and the same patented
dual-resonance design produces great harmonics. 4-conductor wiring provides parallel humbucking and split-coil modes, so you can go from bang to twang at the flick of a switch.
Area T™ Neck (Chrome Cover) DP417 Area T™ Bridge DP418 We believe the Area 58™ and Area 61™ are a major step forward in the performance of hum-cancelling Strat® replacement pickups. The new technology that went into these models has allowed us to make a similar advance with Telecaster® replacement pickups. The Area T™ Neck has the combination of clarity and warmth that Telecaster® players have always sought, and the new technology allows us to include a vintage Tele® cover with no sacrifice in sound quality or power.The Area T™ Bridge does what a great Tele® bridge pickup is supposed to do: the highs sing, the lows snap, and the mids have a punch that’s almost unreal.
Area Hot T™ Bridge DP421 What would a Tele® bridge pickup sound like if it had the same EQ as a vintage PAF®? If you’re a Tele® player and you think this is an interesting question, we have the answer: it’s the Area Hot T™ Bridge. Because it has the classic Tele® 6-magnet configuration, it’s not simply a PAF® reduced to Tele® size. The sound is more detailed and controlled. The plain strings both sing and sting, and the wound strings have a dynamic quality that’s halfway between a humbucker and a P90. The Area Hot T™ Bridge uses Alnico 2 magnets like our other Area™ models, and works well with either 250K or 500K controls.
Twang King™ Neck DP172 Twang King™ Bridge DP173 When we decided to go for the vintage Tele® sound, we knew we had to do more than just copy a forty-year-old design. We wanted pickups that captured the best elements of our favorite Broadcaster® and Telecaster® sounds – and then some. The Twang King™ pickups have unequalled response to pick attack: light playing produces a soft, quiet tone and hard picking creates a harder, louder, and more dynamic sound than any comparable single-coil. We accomplished this with a combination of controlled-tension coil-winding, special wire, and hand-calibrated magnets. The neck pickup comes with a chrome cover, and the bridge model has a ferrous base plate. Both pickups are wax-potted twice for squeal-free performance.
We've combined the best qualities of the Virtual Vintage Solo™ and Virtual Vintage® Solo Pro™ – high output and a full, warm sound – and pushed these qualities even further. Treble response is smoother, the lows are tighter, and there is more pick attack. Play hard, and the sound jumps out of the amp. Play softer, and the sound becomes cleaner and quieter. Naturally, there's no hum.
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Virtual Vintage® Blues DP402
The Super Distortion® T offers the performance of the famous Super Distortion® in humbucking Tele® bridge direct replacement-size pickups. We’ve built in the same blend of power and tone that made the original Super Distortion® the worldwide standard for high-output humbuckers.We also tweaked the sound to take into account the fact that the Super Distortion® T will be installed in the classic slanted bridge position. Like the full-size version, the Super Distortion® T has 4-conductor wiring for parallel humbucking and split-coil modes.
FS-1™ SDS-1™ YJM™ DP110
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Red Velvet™ True Velvet™ Neck, Middle & Bridge HS-2™ HS-3™ Air Norton S™ Fast Track 1™ Fast Track 2™ The Chopper™ The Cruiser® Neck & Bridge Pro Track™ The Tone Zone® S Super Distortion® S DP174
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Strat Replacement • Humbucking Strat ®
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When players think about true single-coil Strat® pickups, they conjure up a liquid, open sound and distinctive shimmering tone. Years of research have
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resulted in the True Velvet™ and Red Velvet™, as well as heavier models like the FS-1™ and SDS-1™. Rock players can make Strats® as hot as they need with humbucking Strat® pickups. We’ve got it covered with performance ranging from the classic HS™ and YJM™ to modern-sounding pickups like The
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Distortion® S and Tone Zone® S.
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FS-1™ DP110 Strat®
Some players find the traditional bridge pickup sound clear and sparkling, while others think it’s almost painfully bright. You know who you are, and the FS-1™ is for you. It’s louder (about 25% more power) than a stock single-coil, and smoother and fatter-sounding all-round. When you combine the FS-1™ in the bridge with True Velvet™ in the middle and neck, you’ll have a guitar with calibrated, balanced tone in all five switch positions. For a bigger, more aggressive sound by and large, you can also install FS-1™ pickups in all three positions
HS-2™ DP116
It might look like a Strat® guitar pickup, but the SDS-1™ adds punch, gain, and warmth reminiscent of the best old soapbar pickups. The adjustable pole pieces don't pull as hard as regular rod magnets, so you can get the pickup closer to the strings for stronger output. The highs are less exaggerated and the bottom is deeper than most singles for a rounder, darker tone. If your guitar's bridge position sound is too edgy, without the push needed to drive your amp, remedy the situation with an SDS-1™. Add a pair of True Velvet™ pickups for sparkle, or a True Velvet™ in the neck and an FS-1™ in the middle for balanced tone choices.
The HS-2™ has history behind it. The HS™ series were the first humbucking Strat® replacement pickups we made in the early 1980s. Since then, the HS-2™ has become popular for two distinct qualities: in humbucking mode, it’s got a solid, natural sound that’s cleaner and brighter than a conventional humbucker, while single-coil mode creates one of the best vintage tones around. Because of its patented design, single-coil mode is not as noisy as a standard single-coil pickup. Taken together with the dead-quiet humbucking mode, this is an excellent pickup to use with rack systems and high-gain amps.
Red Velvet™ DP174
HS-3™ DP117
The difference between a vintage Strat® bridge pickup sound and a classic Broadcaster® or Tele® tone is mostly a matter of attack and definition – the Strat® stings and screams, while the Tele® punches and sings. We thought it would be neat to have a Strat® pickup that does both, and this is it. The punch comes from the bottom-loaded Power Plate™, the sting from custom coil-winding and the True Velvet™ magnet stagger, and a unique mid-range “growl” that’s a result of a hand-calibrated magnet structure. Try a Red Velvet™ bridge pickup with a pair of True Velvet™ pickups for a sound that’s both classic and new.
We originally created the HS-3™ to be a warmer bridge-position companion to the HS-2™. Yngwie Malmsteen adopted it for his standard neck and bridge pickup, and almost overnight the HS-3™ acquired the reputation of being a high-powered metal pickup. This isn’t really the case – the HS-3™ is actually a smooth and relatively quiet pickup that produces a sweet overdrive tone without jagged edges. What Yngwie discovered is that these qualities combine perfectly with a heavily distorted amp, because the sound won’t get muddy or messy. The HS-3™ is also versatile – it’s a noise-free pickup in a live situation or in the studio.
this is an excellent pickup to combine with medium-output humbuckers, and it maintains its tonal identity with high-gain amps and multiple effects.
Fast Track 1™ DP181
The Fast Track 1™ is hotter and more muscular than The Cruiser®, but it’s still very bright and clean sounding – not at all like a full-size humbucker. The dual-blade continuous magnetic field creates an even string balance with very little magnet-pull, eliminating the “out - of - tuneness” common to rod-magnet designs. The Fast Track 1™ pickup’s power (double the output of a standard single-coil) makes it highly recommended in combination with medium - to - hot full-size humbuckers.You can also put a whole set of Fast Track 1™ pickups in a Strat®-style guitar, or create custom sets with The Cruiser®, The Chopper™, and Pro Track™.
Fast Track 2™ DP182
It’s not any bigger than a single-coil pickup, but the sound of the Fast Track 2™ puts it right in the wide open, “everything - on - 11” school. It’s got three times the output of an average single-coil, with a huge mid-range and bass punch and a strong resemblance to the Super Distortion®. This is our hottest single-coil sized bridge pickup – particularly useful when you need a tightly focused jolt of power to crank your amplifier into rich overdrive. Combining it with a Pro Track™ or The Chopper™ in the neck position and The Cruiser® or Fast Track 1™ in the middle makes a guitar with an outstanding,
Pro Track™ DP188
It’s warm, it’s friendly, it sounds like a vintage PAF® and will drop right into your Strat®. The Pro Track™ has enough power for any pickup position, and the twin black blades mean there won’t be any problems with string-alignment or dropouts. In the bridge position, this is a great blues pickup: combine it with The Cruiser® (neck) and a Fast Track 1™ (middle) for a solid mix. Pair two Pro Track™ pickups in the neck and middle positions with a Fast Track 2™ or any full-size humbucker in the bridge position for a heavy yet versatile rock sound.
The Tone Zone® S DP189
The Tone Zone® S brings the famous performance of The Tone Zone® to a humbucking Strat® replacement pickup. We’ve built in the tremendous mid-range and bass response of the original Tone Zone®, and the same patented dual-resonance design produces great harmonics. We also took into account the likelihood of installing The Tone Zone® S in the classic slanted Strat® bridge position, warming up the higher frequencies and brightening the
True Velvet™ Neck DP175 True Velvet™ Middle DP175S True Velvet™ Bridge DP176 It's not difficult to make a vintage single-coil pickup that's clean and bright, but not so easy if you also want the high strings to sound sweet above the 12th fret.The True Velvet™ Bridge was designed to make this happen by tuning the coil to a frequency range that’s bright but not thin.We combined this with a magnet stagger specifically designed to enhance string balance, which produces great clarity, even with full chords. True Velvet™ Neck and Middle have the same specs except for reverse polarity on the middle pickup for hum-cancellation in the 2 and 4 positions.The True Velvet™ Bridge is just a touch warmer and louder than the Neck and Middle, so the transition between pickup positions is very smooth and natural. The True Velvet™ Neck, Middle, and Bridge come standard with handground magnets and vintage cloth covered wire.
YJM™ DP217
You might not realize it from his music, but Yngwie Malmsteen is a vintage Strat® collector, and he swears by his 50s and 60s axes. He also swears by our HS-3™, and he’s always wanted a vintage magnet-stagger version to go with his best guitars. While there is still a strong resemblance to the HS-3™, the YJM™ has more presence and brilliance, particularly on the high strings, and still no 60-cycle hum. Yngwie uses it in the neck and middle positions of his main guitars, and it’s also the standard neck pickup on his signature model Strat®.
Air Norton S™ DP180
The Air Norton S™ is the Strat® replacement version of the full-size Air Norton™. It’s warm sounding, very well balanced, and has the same unique tonal characteristics as the original. The original Air Norton™ wasn’t designed for a specific position or type of guitar, but it has become most popular in the neck position of trem-equipped guitars for progressive music. (Thanks, John!) The S version is also a very good bridge pickup for all types of rock. Its combination of medium output and harmonic bite are very effective for single-note soloing as well as chords.
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low notes a little. It has 4-conductor wiring for parallel humbucking and split-coil modes, and makes a great bridge position combination with the Pro Track™, The Chopper™, and Fast Track 1™.
broad range of sounds from glassy to dark and heavy.
The Chopper™ DP184
The Chopper™ is the louder, punchier brother of the Fast Track 1™. More power is concentrated in the mids and low end for a bigger sound with more crunch. It shares the same side by - side coils and twin-blade construction as the Fast Track 1™, so there are no misaligned poles or string-pull problems. We originally designed it as a bridge pickup to combine with The Cruiser™ and Fast Track 1™, but it’s also a good neck pickup when you’ve got a hot humbucker in the bridge position.
The Cruiser® Neck DP186 The Cruiser® Bridge DP187
If you’re a serious traditional Strat® player, you probably won’t want to know about pickups with side - by - side coils. But if you’re the player who’s up for something more modern with no 60-cycle hum, string drop-outs or sustain-killing magnet pull, we designed The Cruiser® for you. Harmonic overtones are right where you expect them to be from a “true” single-coil, and the mid-range is open and vocal-sounding. It’s hotter than the traditional single-coil, and the bass strings have a bit more chunk;
Super Distortion® S DP218
The Super Distortion® S offers the performance of the famous Super Distortion® in a humbucking Strat® bridge direct replacement-size pickup. We've built in the same blend of power and tone that made the original Super Distortion® the worldwide standard for highoutput humbuckers. We also tweaked the sound to take into account the fact that the Super Distortion® S will be installed in the classic slanted bridge position. The new model has 4-conductor wiring for parallel humbucking and split-coil modes, and makes a great bridge position combination with the Pro Track™, The Chopper™, and Fast Track 1™.
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SDS-1™ DP111
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Model One™ DP120 Originally designed as a direct replacement for Gibson® EB series neck pickups, the Model One™ has found new life as a woofer/tweeter in multipickup bass setups. By combining the Model One™ with Split P™, DiMarzio Model P® or DiMarzio® Model J™ pickups, you can effectively turn your bass into a woofer/tweeter setup with on-board control of sonic extremes. By sending the Model One™ to a rig with an 18-inch speaker cabinet and plugging the other pickup’s output into your regular gear, you have the makings of a sound with earth-moving bottom and crisp, transparent high-end. What’s that sound like? Check out Billy Sheehan. It’s the monstrous sound he’s pioneered that’s made Rock shake for years.
DiMarzio Model P® DP122 Breathe new life into any bass by replacing its stock pickup with a DiMarzio Model P®. This hum-cancelling two-piece pickup brings big, punchy sound to Fender® Precision Bass®-style basses. The DiMarzio Model P® accurately reproduces the sound of your bass with added gain and solid tone. DiMarzio Model P® pickups cut through the band without sacrificing bottom-end power. Gutsy mid-range provides growl when the bass is pushed hard. Combine the DiMarzio Model P® with a bridge position DiMarzio® Model J™ or Ultra Jazz™ to achieve any tone from a tight mid-range punch to a warm bottom-end with bright, clear attack.
DiMarzio Model J™ DP123 DiMarzio Model J™ pickups reproduce the warmth and roundness of the traditional Fender® Jazz Bass® sound with increased power and humcancellation. The additional power translates into a bigger sound that emphasizes the resonant character of the instrument.The DiMarzio Model J™ pickup’s sensitivity and deep tone are also the perfect complement to fretless basses. Double-stop glissandos and delicate violin-style vibrato speak with a classic, woody voice simply by backing off slightly on the tone control. For an even more varied choice of tones, pair a bridge position DiMarzio Model J™ with a DiMarzio Model P® pickup. The warm, fat tone of the DiMarzio Model P® plus the tight punch of the DiMarzio Model J™ open up the sound of any bass.
DiMarzio Model P+J™ DP126 The DiMarzio Model P+J™ set is our classic combination of a DiMarzio Model P® in the middle and DiMarzio Model J™ in the bridge position. The middle pickup supplies the punch and mid-range growl, and the bridge pickup provides extended treble response that adds presence and cut.
Split P™ DP127 Widen the sound of your gear with a Split P™ pickup. Each half of this unique double-blade P-style pickup is a complete humbucker. Split P™ pickups are EQ’d to expand the range of your bass by extending both low- and high-end response: a great way to get a broader contemporary sound from mid-rangy one - pickup - in - the - middle basses. The double-blade design adds snap for crisp attack and emphasizes cool overtones for big, smooth tone. Blade pole pieces also make the Split P™ very sensitive to finger- and pick-attack. Notes seem to ring longer, especially in the upper registers, as the pickup “hears” the decaying note practically down to a whisper.
Will Power™ Neck DP145 Will Power™ Middle DP146 Billy Sheehan has used the original DiMarzio Model P® and Model One™ bass pickups for many years. Because of the demands Billy puts on his system, we made several modifications to existing models in order to deliver even more of what he wanted.These are the exact pickups Billy uses in his signature Yamaha® basses. The Will Power™ neck model is very deep-sounding with great low-end definition. Its dimensions are the same as the Model One™, but it’s a little louder and fatter-sounding, and pole piece spacing is slightly wider for better string alignment with long-scale basses.The Will Power™ middle pickup is a P-style pickup with tremendous punch and mid-range power. The overall sound is similar to the DiMarzio Model P®, but a broader magnetic field lends more impact to individual notes and harmonic overtones. Both pickups are humbucking with 4-conductor wiring.
Area J™ Neck DP247 Area J™ Bridge DP248 Area J™ Pair DP249
Model One™ DiMarzio Model P® DiMarzio Model J™ DiMarzio Model P+J™ Split P™ Will Power™ Neck & Middle Area J™ Neck, Bridge & Pair Ultra Jazz™ Neck, Bridge & Pair Ultra Jazz 5™ Neck, Bridge & Pair
Been waiting for a bass pickup that sounds like a vintage J Bass® pickup and cancels hum? Your wait is over. Bass pickups are usually described with aggressive terms such as “amazing punch” and “thundering lows”, but that’s not the sound of vintage J Bass® pickups. They’re all about warmth, sustain, and a clean, singing tone. The Area J™ captures all of those qualities. It is not loud, but it has a very focussed attack, so it has power where it counts – at the center of the tone.The lows are very clear and clean, and the highs are both smooth and open-sounding. We’ve reduced the magnet-pull, and included 4-conductor wiring to allow both series and parallel humbucking modes.
DP120
DP122
DP123
DP126
Ultra Jazz™ Neck DP147 Ultra Jazz™ Bridge DP148 Ultra Jazz™ Pair DP149
DP127
The hum-cancelling Ultra Jazz™ takes a traditional Fender® Jazz Bass® sound and really opens it up. Lows are deeper, highs are more percussive, and the mid-range is round but not muddy. Harmonic overtones jump off the strings. It’s also quick; with instant response to either fingers or pick-style playing.There’s only one word for this combination of qualities:“musical”. Choose the perfectly matched Ultra Jazz™ pair, or try an Ultra Jazz™ bridge pickup with a Split P™ in the middle position.
DP145 • DP146
DP247 • DP248 • DP249
Ultra Jazz 5™ Neck DP547 Ultra Jazz5™ Bridge DP548 Ultra Jazz5™ Pair DP549
DP147 • DP148 • DP149
The Ultra Jazz 5™ has many of the same qualities as the 4-string Ultra Jazz™, but it’s been specifically designed to meet the demands of 5-string basses. By means of a unique application of Virtual Vintage® technology, the Ultra Jazz 5™ both cancels hum and produces balanced power and frequency response across all five strings. Although designed for passive operation, the Ultra Jazz 5™ also performs excellently with many active onboard preamps.
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DP547 • DP548 • DP549
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DiMarzio®
Acoustic Pickups
Acoustic Model™
Acoustic Model™ DP130
Elemental™ DP134
Super Natural Plus™ DP136
The Acoustic Model™ is a piezo-electric transducer that can be mounted in any location on the guitar’s top. A non-hardening putty is used to mount the pickup, allowing simple installation and removal. Every acoustic guitar has its own balance of highs, mids and lows, and it’s easy to experiment with the position of the Acoustic Model™ to determine the spot that achieves the best tone for your taste. It can also be semi-permanently mounted on the inside face of the guitar and connected to an acoustic endpin jack, so it’s practically invisible. The Acoustic Model™ works on all steel, bronze, and nylon string instruments.
What comes to mind when you hear the Elemental™ are words such as “warm” and “friendly”. It’s sensitive to differences in picking attack, and “hears” the change in tone as the right hand moves along the string length. This makes the Elemental™ particularly suited to fingerpicking styles with small and medium-size guitars. Like the Super Natural Plus™, the Elemental™ installs easily with foam-insulated mounting brackets. Twelve adjustable pole pieces allow precise string balance, and there’s a convenient slide volume control and 12-foot cable.
The Super Natural Plus™ is just what its name implies – it goes beyond ordinary-sounding acoustic pickups. The Super Natural Plus™ is voiced specifically for dreadnought-sized guitars, where our combination of incredibly crisp treble and tight bass response will allow acoustic players to deal with real world problems of feedback and muffled tone. The pickup is built into a plastic cover molded to look like dark-grained rosewood. It installs easily beneath the strings, with shock-absorbing foam lining the inside edges of the mounting brackets to keep the Super Natural Plus™ in place and protect the sound- hole. If necessary, the foam can be cut down to accommodate guitars with smaller soundholes. There are individual adjustable poles for each string, and the built-in 12-foot cable is thin and light, constructed to be strong and durable. A slide volume control is included with the Super Natural Plus™ for easy adjustment while playing. Simply put, the Super Natural Plus™ is a hasslefree, easy-to-use soundhole acoustic pickup, and the natural choice for outstanding acoustic tone.
Virtual Acoustic™ DP138 The Virtual Acoustic™ uses the same technology as the Virtual Vintage® line to create a pickup that’s practically noise-free – even compared to humbuckers. The sound is both warm and open, reproducing the natural dynamics and tonality of steel-string guitars and enabling the Virtual Acoustic™ to capture the character of the particular instrument it’s mounted in. Like the Super Natural Plus™, the Virtual Acoustic™ installs easily with foaminsulated mounting brackets, which can be cut down in order to accommodate guitars with smaller soundholes. Twelve adjustable pole pieces allow precise string balance. It also has a volume control with a compensated tone network – to minimize tone changes when the volume is adjusted – and a 12-foot cable.
DP130
Elemental™ DP134
Super Natural Plus™ DP136
Virtual Acoustic™ DP138
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At the risk of sounding a little puffed up, we can’t say enough about the DiMarzio web site, www.dimarzio.com. Our Pickup Picker will help you explore the options based on the type of guitar you have, the kind of music you play, and the features you’re looking for in a pickup. Be sure to check out our Players page with original photos by Larry DiMarzio as well as the lowdown on the various artists’ equipment, music samples, web site information, and a discography. There’s also a Gallery where you’ll find more of Larry’s photos. We’re especially pleased to bring you FEEDBACK, the DiMarzio web zine. It’s loaded with features about and interviews with DiMarzio endorsers, behind the scenes glimpses of photo sessions, videos, and sound bytes. We’re always adding new items, so be sure to check back often.You can find our videos and comment about them on YouTube at www.youtube.com/larrydimarzio. We’re always adding new friends on MySpace at www.myspace.com/dimarzio_inc. Be sure to send us a friendship request if you visit.
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