DiMarzio DP104 Super 2 - "Over the top neck pickup sound"
In the mid 70s Dimarzio was looking to cash in on the popularity of their Super Distortion pickup. They concluded that they should make a Super Distortion voiced for the neck position. Guitars felt t…
Lace Music Sensor Red - "Maybe too much for a Strat."
The Lace Sensor red is one of the hottest Lace Sensor pickups they produce. Because it is so hot it kinda limits its usefulness. Lace Sensor Pickups were introduced in the mid 80s and used exclusivel…
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…
EMG 60X - "Revised EMG 60"
In 2009, EMG released a newly revised preamp for all of their models. This preamp is what is used in the X series. The 60X still features the same basic tonality as the original 60, but thanks to t…
EMG 60A - "Alnico EMG 60"
The EMG 60A is a revision of the original EMG 60 that they have offered for quite some time. While it looks the same, the biggest difference is the magnet inside of it. Instead of using a ceramic m…
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…
EMG 60 - "Best for cleans"
The EMG 60 mainly got its popularity thanks to James Hetfield of Metallica. He ran this pickup in the neck for the longest time as his main clean tone pickup. This is the original ceramic magnet ve…
Seymour Duncan SCR-1B Cool Rails Strat Bridge - "A confused pickup"
The Seymour Duncan Cool Rails is a unique take on single coil sized humbuckers. The main goal was to create a lower output single coil humbucker in contrast to the Hot Rails which was blazing hot. …
DiMarzio DP719 D Activator 7 Neck - "Very bright"
The DiMarzio D Activator 7 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 piec…
DiMarzio DP701 Blaze Middle - "Average single coil"
The DiMarzio Blaze Middle is the only single coil that DiMarzio offers for the seven string world. It was made to go along with the Blaze Neck and Blaze Bridge in the Ibanez Universe. Clever names,…
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…
B-band UST+ AST+ A2 - Day after day's review
translatedTorque sensors prampli A2.2 + (it - say one with contrl volume and mix in the rose). A sensor under the saddle (UST) and al under the bridge (AST) It is important for me to talk torque sensor-p…
Dean Markley Artist Transducer - " Not bad in addition to a micro"
translatedHello, More than just opinion, it is a sound test that I suggest you listen to get an idea. You can listen to samples I've recorded with different positioning sensor on a nylon guitar and a ukul…
Benedetti Indus - bagger's review
translatedThis model is a humbucker with the pads are not adjustable. It is mounted near the bridge and replaces an EMG 85 (excellent microphone) on my Vigier Excalibur Ultra. It's a microphone that remin…
Seymour Duncan STHR-1B Hot Rails Tele Bridge - " Not terrible, well, not TV"
translatedI mounted on a Tele Custom Harley Benton (top load ashtray, brass saddles), his colleague being a DiMarzio dp417. First I found that the original 250k pot completely stifled the microphone in seria…