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Dimarzio DP138 Virtual Acoustic Guitar Pickup

Michael Slebodnik — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 22:14:45 +0000

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 foam-insulated 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.

Product Features

Wiring: Single Conductor
Magnet: Ceramic
Output: n/a
DC Resistance: 6.02
Year of Introduction: 1998
Patent #: 5908998

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DiMarzio Area Hot T DP421 Bridge Pickup

Michael Slebodnik — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 22:14:45 +0000

From DiMarzio:

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.

Recommended For: Standard Tele® bridge position.

Quick Connect: No

Wiring: 4 Conductor

Magnet: Alnico 2

Resistance: 9.33 Kohm

Year of Introduction: 2009

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DiMarzio The Chopper T Bridge DP384BK Pickup

Michael Slebodnik — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 22:14:45 +0000

From DiMarzio:

The Chopper T Bridge 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.

Recommended For: Standard Tele® bridge position.

Quick Connect: No

Wiring: 4 Conductor

Magnet: Ceramic

Resistance: 9.19 Kohm

Year of Introduction: 1994

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DiMarzio The Tone Zone S DP189 Pickup

Michael Slebodnik — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 22:14:44 +0000

From DiMarzio:

The Tone Zone® S brings the famous performance of to a humbucking Strat® replacement pickup. We’ve built in the tremendous mid-range and bass response of the original , 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 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 , , .

Recommended For: Bridge position, solid body guitars. Neck position when a very warm jazz guitar sound is required.

Quick Connect: No

Wiring: 4 Conductor

Magnet: Ceramic

Resistance: 12.39 Kohm

Year of Introduction: 2003

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Dimarzio DP215 Evo 2 Bridge Electric Guitar Pickup

Michael Slebodnik — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 22:14:43 +0000

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.

Product Features

Recommended for: Bridge position in solid-body guitars.
Wiring: 4 Conductor
Magnet: Ceramic
Output: 375
DC Resistance: 12.81
Year of Introduction: 2004
Patent #: 4501185 & 5908998

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Dimarzio DP223 PAF 36th Anniversary Bridge Electric Guitar Pickup

Michael Slebodnik — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 22:14:42 +0000

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 Dimarsio’s PAF 36th Anniversary Bridge they 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. Dimarzio re-engineered the PAF using their patented technology and Larry DiMarzio’s own 1959 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. Dimarzio duplicated the weaker magnetic field in order to allow the strings to vibrate longer, as well as focus and articulate the attack and output. Dimarzio uses computer-controlled winders to consistently layer the 42-gauge custom-coated wire, achieving the exact frequency response they want. Then it’s dipped in their custom formula to eliminate squeal and microphonics. The cover is made from nickel-silver and their 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. They’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 Bridge is 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.

Product Features

Recommended For: Bridge position, can also be used in neck position with hotter bridge models.
Wiring: 4 Conductor
Magnet: Alnico 5
Output: 285
DC Resistance: 8.60
Year of Introduction: 2008
Patent Number: 5,399,802 & 5,908,998

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Dimarzio DP102 X2N Humbucker Electric Guitar Pickup

Michael Slebodnik — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 22:14:42 +0000

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. Dimarzio’s 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 itï¿½s 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.

Product Features

Recommended For: Bridge position on solid body guitars.
Wiring: 4 Conductor
Magnet: Ceramic
Output: 510
DC Resistance: 15.8
Year of Introduction: 1979

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Dimarzio DP 153 Fred Humbucker Electric Guitar Pickup

Michael Slebodnik — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 22:14:42 +0000

Dimarzio 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.

Product Features

Wiring: 4 Conductor
Magnet: Alnico 5
Output: 305
DC Resistance: 10.07
Year of Introduction: 1989
Patent #: 4501185
All Colors are Standard Spacing with the exception of Black

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Dimarzio DP156 Humbucker From Hell Electric Guitar Pickup

Michael Slebodnik — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 22:14:41 +0000

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 glassy-sounding. In other words, it would sound a lot like a Strat pickup, but with about the same power as a PAF. Dimarzio 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.

Product Features

Recommended For: Neck position in solid body guitars.
Wiring: 4 conductor
Magnet: Alnico 5
Output: 226
DC Resistance: 5.82
Year of Introduction: 1992
Patent #: 4501185

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Dimarzio DP165 Breed Neck Electric Guitar Pickup

Michael Slebodnik — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 22:14:41 +0000

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.

Product Features

Recommended For: Neck position on bolt-on trem guitars, bridge position on set-neck fixed-bridge instruments.
Wiring: 4 Conductor
Magnet: Alnico 5
Output: 325
DC Resistance: 10.14
Year of Introduction: 1997

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