DiMarzio DP793 Air Norton 7 - "Great 7 string neck pickup"
This is the 7 string version of the Air Norton pickup. The Air Norton has been gaining popularity recently mostly because of John Petrucci. John Petrucci Is the ugitar player for the progressive band…
DiMarzio DP189 The Tone Zone S - "Not the exact Tone Zone sound"
Dimarzio is a modern pickup maker and they are known for that. The Tone Zone is one of their most unique designs. Dimarzio is known for their modern sounds and the Tone Zone has one of the most moder…
DiMarzio DP218 Super Distortion S - "70s rock tone for a strat"
Dimarzio is a modern pickup maker and they are known for that. But they have some old models still around from when they first started. Their most famous old model is the Super Distortion. This picku…
DiMarzio DP719 D Activator 7 Neck - "Active sounding passive neck pickup"
Dimarzio is one of the most popular after market pickup makers around. They are known for their modern sounding pickups built for modern guitar players. Players like Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and John …
DiMarzio DP193 Air Norton - "Not for me"
I liked this pickup for a while, I should say. In my prog metal days I had it in an alder super strat along with a tone zone pickup in the bridge. I can tell you what this pickup is good at. If yo…
DiMarzio DP192 Air Zone - "Yes...you too can turn your wimpy guitar into a les paul!"
Okay, I say that aforementioned tagline with a disclaimer. The Air Zone is basically a really bassy overwound PAF with a kick in the midrange. What this means in tech terms is that it can make a th…
DiMarzio DP217 HS-4 - "Super vintage strat tones in a noiseless package"
Dimarzio is a modern pickup maker that many modern guitar players use. I always found it odd that Yngwie Malmsteen used Dimarzio pickups for such a long time. He has now switched to Seymour Duncan wh…
DiMarzio DP205 Steve Morse Model Neck - "Lesser known Dimarzio neck pickup"
Steve Morse is the guitar players guitar player. He is well known for his own band the Dixie Dregs and become even more popular when he played for Deep Purple. You have to be a real guitar player if …
DiMarzio DP224 AT-1 Andy Timmons - "Modern PAF with tons of low end"
Andy Timmons is a slightly lesser known guitar player but he is really good. He is one of the more traditional sounding Ibanez players. He first became famous in his 80s glam band Danger Danger. His …
DiMarzio DP110 FS-1 - "Hot Rodded strat tone from the 80s"
Dimarzio is known for their modern sounding pickups. Most of the great modern guitar players use them nowadays. Steve Vai and Satriani and Petrucci all swear by them. They are always advancing their …
DiMarzio DP222 D Activator-X Bridge - "Refined X2N for the bridge position."
Dimarzio is a modern pickup maker making pickups for modern music. The D Activator-X is a super modern pickup but it is based on a nearly 30 year old design. The pickup is a more refined version of t…
DiMarzio DP207 DropSonic - "Noisy and unrefined"
The Dropsonic was Dimarzios first try at a pickup like this. They now have several half rail half pole piece pickups but I believe this was the first one and it had some growing pains. Its assymetric…
DiMarzio DP225 BC1 Billy Corgan Neck Model - "Smooth and open single coil sized humbucker"
Dimarzio is known for its modern aftermarket pickups. While Seymour Duncan is known for its vintage style humbuckers and vintage style single coils Dimarzio is more for the player of modern music. Th…
DiMarzio DP103 PAF 36th Anniversary Neck - "The closest you are going to get in this price range"
It's no secret that the most chased after pickup design is a perfect 59 PAF replica. It's considered the holy grail of humbuckers. Dozens of high end boutique winders have their clones of them. Ev…
