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 …
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…
