DiMarzio DP155 The Tone Zone - "You should try it in the neck position"
Im am in a small group of guitar players that use the Dimarzio Tone Zone pickup in the neck position of a guitar but it is also good in the bridge position, as it should be because that was where it …
DiMarzio DP159 Evolution Bridge - "The samurai sword of pickups"
Steve Vai hooked up with Dimarzio a few years ago to create Steves ultimate pickup. Two years later they unveiled the Dimarzio Evolution pickup or EVO for short. The EVO features a 4 conductor wiring…
DiMarzio DP228 Crunch Lab - "A Dimarzio for modern metal tones"
The Dimarzio Crunchlab is an updated version of the D-Sonic pickup. John Petrucci of Dream Theater got together with Dimarzio to change some things he disliked about the D-Sonic pickup which he had b…
DiMarzio DP155 The Tone Zone - "Good but not what I expected"
Installed in the bridge position of a Carvin dc127 with and Alder and maple body matched with a maple neck and ebony board. Typically running into a Framus Cobra head and sometimes A Peavey 5150 or…
DiMarzio DP100 Super Distortion - "Old school high output pickup"
The Dimarzio Super Distortion was one of the first aftermarket guitar pickups introducted. In the early 70s guitar players were looking for pickups that would push their amps harder. The PAF pickups …
DiMarzio DP102 X2N - "The Passive that thinks its an Active"
In the late 70s guitar players were looking to push their amps harder than ever before, they wanted as much gain as they could get and DiMarzio rushed to satisfy this need. To help end the madness th…
DiMarzio DP228 Crunch Lab - "A cool pickup for prog/shred."
I purchased a 2010 Ernie Ball Music Man John Petrucci JP6 that was loaded with the new JP pickups, being the Liquifire in the neck position and the Crunch Lab in the bridge position. I'd previously h…
DiMarzio DP151 PAF Pro - "Decent pickup for hard rock or shred."
I purchased a 1987 Yamaha RGX1212s (Jackson Soloist clone) that was loaded with one of these in the bridge position. I had always read that the PAF Pro was essentially meant to be a PAF, but supercha…
DiMarzio DP101 Dual Sound - "A really cool rock pickup!"
I purchased an early nineties Ibanez RT650 that had one of these pickups loaded in the bridge position. It's basically supposed to be (from what I'd read), a Super Distortion with a coil splitter swi…
DiMarzio DP217 HS-4 - "Yngwie, refined!"
(This is sort of a continuation of my DiMarzio HS-3 review...) After messing around with a project Strat with dual HS-3s and then selling that rig off, I got the itch for that Yngwie tone again. C…
DiMarzio DP117 HS-3 - "Unleash the Fury!"
The DiMarzio HS-3 was basically designed to give a punchy yet pure single coil esque sound in a "stacked" configuration, which made it noiseless like a humbucker. The pickups were developed in the ea…
DiMarzio DP419 Area '67 - nickname009's review
The dimarzio area 67, one of the new pickups in the area product line. Completely noiseless, and very bright like a vintage strat pickup would be. I'm reviewing this pickup as a middle position pick…
DiMarzio DP422 Injector Neck - nickname009's review
This is the neck version of the new dimarzio injector pickup! Paul gilbert is currently endorsing these and although I've never been a big fan of his overall tones I'm totally diggin these! I'm not a…
DiMarzio DP422 Injector Neck - "Revised Area pickup"
The DiMarzio Injector Neck is the neck model (obviously) of the signature pickups that were made for Paul Gilbert. Paul used the Area pickups for his last few albums, and he decided he wanted to twe…
DiMarzio DP116 HS-2 - "Similar to the HS3"
The DiMarzio HS-2 is one of the original pickups that DiMarzio developed for the Stratocaster. It uses “stacked humbucker” technology, which means that one coil is placed on top of the other to give…
DiMarzio DP419 Area '67 - "Great boutique sound"
The DiMarzio Area ‘67 is a new evolution of the Virtual Vintage series. It’s a single coil pickup that features an Alnico 2 magnet, staggered pole pieces and four conductor wiring. The Area ’67 i…
DiMarzio DP416 Area '61 - "Awesome vintage SRV-esque tone"
The DiMarzio Area ‘61 is a new evolution of the Virtual Vintage series. It’s a single coil pickup that features an Alnico 2 magnet, staggered pole pieces and four conductor wiring. The Area ’61 …
DiMarzio DP415 Area '58 - "Great boutique sound"
The DiMarzio Area ‘58 is a new evolution of the Virtual Vintage series. It’s a single coil pickup that features an Alnico 2 magnet, staggered pole pieces and four conductor wiring. The Area ’58 …
DiMarzio DP102 X2N - nickname009's review
I have to say, I was in a huge heavy metal phase before and thought this would be the pickup to get. The absolute highest output pickup available in dimarzio's product line. I installed it with anoth…
DiMarzio DP174 Red Velvet - archtop's review
translatedI go back 18 months later with the group experience. The Rvelvet has a touch of acidity that brings out the group. He slams more than the V FRP, and leaves a great disto grunge / hard rock. Not…
DiMarzio DP207 DropSonic - Gab_'s review
translatedI use it for one month, mounted on an Ibanez Jcustom. I could compare it with a tone and a Evo2 area: In the clear: This is the best microphone of the three: The area is very cartoonish tone…
DiMarzio DP181 Fast Track 1 - gomgomtou's review
translatedHello, I had this microwave for 2 months on my guitar, and finally I do not like it at all ... On clean it sounds artificial chemical view, and distortion of body missing, it sounds too late with …
DiMarzio DP158 Evolution Neck - gomgomtou's review
translatedHi, I begin: This mic is sublime! I was a bit tired of that sound rough neck microphone, with too low ... Dimarzio I recommend this mic has provided you have a microwave bridge strong enough to go…
DiMarzio DP218 Super Distortion S - duguy182's review
translatedHumbucker bridge position in simple format with a fairly high output level for the stroke (ideal to boost a stratum). I bought this microphone to boost an old Start with rosewood fingerboard (and t…
DiMarzio DP184 The Chopper - duguy182's review
translatedMounted in the neck position in the company of a super distortion s on an old Stratocaster with rosewood fingerboard. Prevent far away, the couple chopper / super distortion is not the best for my …