DiMarzio DP220 D Activator Bridge - "Passive sounding active"
The DiMarzio D Activator Bridge pickup is DiMarzio’s attempt at creating an active sounding pickup using passive techniques. It’s a very powerful pickup with individual adjustable pole pieces, four …
DiMarzio DP219 D Activator Neck - "Passive sounding active"
The DiMarzio D Activator Neck is DiMarzio’s attempt to replicate an active sounding neck pickup while remaining passive. It’s a very hot neck pickup with four conductor wiring, adjustable pole piece…
DiMarzio DP218 Super Distortion S - "Single coil sized Super Dist."
The DiMarzio Super Distortion S is exactly what the name implies – it’s a single coil sized version of the original Super Distortion. It features blade rails that so many other DiMarzio single coil …
DiMarzio DP217 HS-4 - "Revised HS-3"
The YJM is now called the HS-4 since Yngwie left DiMarzio to go to Seymour Duncan. Basically, this is the revision of the HS-3 that Yngwie used for quite awhile in his career. It features an Alnico…
DiMarzio DP216 Mo' Joe - "Revised FRED"
Joe Satriani was looking to revise his FRED that he used throughout most of his career. The Mo’ Joe is what came out of his quest to find a new bridge pickup tone. It’s hotter and has a better EQ c…
DiMarzio DP215 Evo 2 Bridge - "The Better Evolution"
The DiMarzio Evo 2 is the Evo that most people like. This pickup fixed most of the problems that everyone had with the original Evo. Where as the original Evo was extremely tight, bright, hot and h…
DiMarzio DP213 PAF Joe - "PAF Pro Revised"
The DiMarzio PAF Joe is an evolution of the original PAF Pro that Joe Satriani used throughout most of his career. DiMarzio says it uses some special technology to achieve a new sound, and I’m not e…
DiMarzio DP111 SDS-1 - "Beefy single coil"
The DiMarzio SDS-1 is a pretty beefy single coil. It’s unlike most single coils in that it actually has adjustable pole pieces. You almost never see that on single coils today. The pickup has two …
DiMarzio DP110 FS-1 - "Somewhat dated single coil"
The DiMarzio FS-1 is a regular single coil (meaning no hum canceling technology) that’s designed to be fatter and more powerful than regular single coils. It features staggered pole pieces, two cond…
DiMarzio DP104 Super 2 - "Neck version of the Super Dist."
The Super 2 was a pickup made to go along with the Super Distortion. It’s a very high output, bitey and compressed pickup. It features adjustable pole pieces on both coils, four conductor wiring a…
DiMarzio DP102 X2N - "Brutally hot"
The DiMarzio X2N is a balls to the wall, aggressive pickup that really slams your front end. If you’re looking for a versatile pickup, I would not recommend this. However, if you’re a metal player,…
DiMarzio DP101 Dual Sound - "A Super Distortion with a push/pull"
This pickup is EXACTLY the same as the Super Distortion. The only difference is that it contains a push/pull pot to split it. Therefore, I'll just reword the original review I did for the Super Dis…
DiMarzio DP207 DropSonic - "A little bright and stiff"
The DiMarzio D-Sonic is a new take on the humbucker that many people haven’t pursued before. It features one coil that’s similar to the X2N and one coil that’s kinda similar to the Tone Zone. The p…
DiMarzio DP205 Steve Morse Model Neck - "Air Norton's older brother"
Steve Morse collaborated with DiMarzio to create his own signature pickups way back in the early 80s. The goal was to create a pickup that was balanced but has strong midrange. The pickup features …
DiMarzio DP200 Steve Morse Model Bridge - "High midrange bite, yet not harsh"
Steve Morse collaborated with DiMarzio to create his own signature pickups way back in the early 80s. The goal was to create a pickup that was balanced but has strong midrange. The pickup features …
DiMarzio DP193 Air Norton - "Silky smooth lead tones"
The DiMarzio Air Norton is probably one of the more famous pickups in their line, thanks in part to John Petrucci and Ibanez using them throughout most of the J-Custom line. This pickup features DiM…
DiMarzio DP192 Air Zone - "Tone Zone with an air gap"
The DiMarzio Air Zone is basically a Tone Zone with an air gap. DiMarzio puts a gap between the magnet and pole pieces. This creates these real neat overtones that while knocking down the output a …
DiMarzio DP191 Air Classic Bridge - "Rather have a 36th Anniv."
The DiMarzio Air Classic Bridge is DiMarzio’s take on the old 50s PAFs. However, it’s a bit irrelevant today with the new PAF 36th Anniversary Bridge out. Their goal was to create an old school PAF…
DiMarzio DP190 Air Classic Neck - "Somewhat irrelevant today"
The DiMarzio Air Classic Neck is a neck pickup that DiMarzio invented for the more vintage PAF market. The goal was to create a pickup that sounded like the old PAFs of yesterday but have more updat…
DiMarzio DP189 The Tone Zone S - "ToneZone in single coil size"
The famous Tone Zone has finally been brought to the single coil world via the Tone Zone S. It’s a high output dual blade rail magnet single coil humbucker with four conductor wiring and a ceramic m…
DiMarzio DP188 Pro Track - "Oldschool PAF Sound"
The DiMarzio Pro Track is a sound for those looking for that oldschool PAF sound but with a little more power. It features two blade rails like many other single coil humbucker DiMarzios have, four …
DiMarzio DP187 The Cruiser Bridge - "Single coil sound in a mini humbucker"
The Cruiser Bridge was a pickup invented by DiMarzio to meet the needs of more modern strat players. It’s a take on today’s technology with yesterday’s tone. They wanted to create a hum canceling b…
DiMarzio DP186 The Cruiser Neck - "Single coil vibe without the noise"
The DiMarzio Cruiser Neck was invented for those who were looking for a single coil or P90 kinda vibe but with the benefits of a humbucker. This is like a more modern single coil for today’s world. …
DiMarzio DP184 The Chopper - "PAF Pro-esque"
The DiMarzio Chopper is the first true revision of the Fast Track 1. Where as the Fast Track 2 was actually a different pickup, this is a direct descendent of the original Fast Track. It features d…
DiMarzio DP182 Fast Track 2 - "Similar to a Super Distortion"
Despite its name, the Fast Track 2 wasn’t really a variation on the Cruiser in terms of sound. This is a much more powerful pickup and is almost on the exact opposite of the tonal spectrum compared …
