DiMarzio DP181 Fast Track 1 - "Tight and bright"
The DiMarzio Fast Track 1 was the first revision of the Cruiser to come along. The Cruiser was always known for having a powerful single coil or P90 vibe but without the hum. This is more like a ho…
DiMarzio DP180 Air Norton S - "Air Norton in a single coil size"
After many years, DiMarzio finally released their Air Norton in a single coil sized housing. It features the standard blade rails like so many other single coil humbuckers and four conductor wiring.…
DiMarzio DP166 The Breed Bridge - "Great for RGs"
The DiMarzio Breed Bridge was designed for Steve Vai when he wanted a different sound than his original Evolution pickups for his Pogo guitar. It’s quite a bit closer to a normal PAF than the Evolut…
DiMarzio DP165 The Breed Neck - "Modified PAF Pro"
The DiMarzio Breed Neck was designed for Steve Vai when he wanted a different sound than his original Evolution pickups. They’re a lot closer to a normal PAF than the Evolution and not nearly as hot…
DiMarzio DP161 Steve's Special - "Fat and clear"
The DiMarzio Steve’s Special is a pickup that Steve Blucher wound as an experiment more than anything else. It happened to turn out to be quite an awesome pickup. Most pickups out there boost the m…
DiMarzio DP160 Norton - "Versatile bridge pickup"
The DiMarzio Norton is a pickup that doesn’t get looked at that much. It’s a modern sounding PAF that’s somewhere between the DiMarzio FRED and the DiMarzio Tone Zone. It features slugs on one coil…
DiMarzio DP159 Evolution Bridge - "Harmonically rich and bitey"
The Evolution Bridge pickup was a humbucker created for Steve Vai and his signature Ibanez Jem guitars. Unlike the neck, this is a full on high output pickup that’ll drive nearly any amp into overdr…
DiMarzio DP158 Evolution Neck - "Aggressive neck pickup"
The Evolution Neck pickup was a humucker created for Steve Vai and his Ibanez Jem guitars. The pickup is aimed towards being a medium to high output, clear and punchy PAF. To be honest, this is som…
DiMarzio DP156 Humbucker From Hell - "Bright and clear"
The Humbucker From Hell is a bit misleading with its name. Normally, you’d expect a high output pickup or something similar, but this is completely the opposite. The Humbucker From Hell got its fam…
DiMarzio DP155 The Tone Zone - "Very thick and huge mids"
The DiMarzio ToneZone is one of the most famous pickups to ever come out of the DiMarzio line. It’s an iconic pickup used by the likes of Paul Gilbert, Ron Thal, Vinnie Moore, Michael Romeo and a pl…
DiMarzio DP153 Fred - "Odd PAF Pro"
The DiMarzio FRED was designed after they tried to adjust the PAF Pro’s midrange as per Joe Satriani’s request. However, this doesn’t really sound like a PAF Pro with the midrange boosted. Instead,…
DiMarzio DP152 Super 3 - "Fatter Super Distortion"
DiMarzio released the Super 3 around the same time as the Super 2. People were looking for a variation of the Super Distortion that was fatter and had more output. The pickup features adjustable a…
DiMarzio DP151 PAF Pro - "Updated PAF"
The PAF Pro was one of the first variants of the PAF to ever hit the market. DiMarzio wanted to create a pickup that was geared towards the players of the time, which happened to be the 80s. That m…
DiMarzio DP117 HS-3 - "The Yngwie sound ... kinda"
The HS-3 was a creation by DiMarzio when they were helping create a signature pickup for Yngwie Malmsteen’s strats. Yngwie wanted a hum-canceling single coil pickup, and DiMarzio achieved that by st…
DiMarzio DP225 BC1 Billy Corgan Neck Model - "Tweaked Air Norton S"
The BC-1 is a pickup that DiMarzio recently made for Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins. It’s a single coil sized medium to high output humbucker. It features the signature blade rails like so m…
DiMarzio DP103 PAF 36th Anniversary Neck - "Amazing PAF Neck Pickup"
Awhile back, DiMarzio released these pickups, and they’re still not as popular as they should be, for whatever reason. They’re aimed to appease the boutique pickup crowd and rival the PAF variants t…
DiMarzio DP223 PAF 36th Anniversary Bridge - "Boutique sound at a budget price"
DiMarizo released these pickups awhile back, and for some reason, they still fly under the radar. Aimed at the boutique pickup builders’ PAF variants, DiMarzio set out to build a pickup that was ope…
DiMarzio DP100 Super Distortion - "The original high output pickup"
DiMarzio was one of the first aftermarket companies to form, and the Super Distortion was one of the world’s first high output pickups. During the 70s and 80s, it gained tons of popularity for thos…
DiMarzio DP159 Evolution Bridge - "Sharp and searing, but still touch sensitive"
The Evolution bridge pickup by DiMarzio is a the outcome of the Steve Vai's very high demands as a player who knows exactly what he wants in a piece of gear. DiMarzio built the Evo to his specs and …
DiMarzio DP100 Super Distortion - " excellent"
translatedI had bought was the time for a les paul, and after this was no longer at all the same.! rage, that aggressive sound change and too soft blues of the beautiful. it looks beige coils was apparent also…
DiMarzio DP207 DropSonic - " Clarity and respect global sound!"
translatedIt's been one month and a half that my luthier me this microphone mounted in the bridge position, toward the handle bar on my RG 3120. Before this microphone, I first had the Dimarzio / Ibanez, then…
DiMarzio DP227 LiquiFire - " Excellent"
translatedI assembled today to support a D Sonic bridge. So in this Liquifire neck is a revelation on my guitar mahogany / maple / rosewood. I tried in the neck Paf pro, norton Air, Evolution, the Paf Joe, A…
DiMarzio DP158 Evolution Neck - " The ultimate lead pickups"
translatedWhat can I say about these pickups? Already, we can start by saying that it is a signature of the master vai so that should give his preferred terrain: the solos. And what about that there is no p…
DiMarzio DP207 DropSonic - " A good alternative to the tone zone"
translatedRecently mounted to the handle bar on my Vigier Excalibur Original (company evolution of a neck), I could try it with the same settings as the tone zone and we can tell, these microphones are cousins…
DiMarzio DP151 PAF Pro - "Essentially it has a slamming sound ..."
translatedOriginally purchased to replace the neck pickup of origin of a Ibanez RGA. It will be held over one month before being replaced by its exact opposite tone: an air box. Then mounted on an Ibanez Sab…