DiMarzio DP228 Crunch Lab - "Looks similar to the D-Sonic but sounds different"
The DiMarzio D-Sonic was a fairly successful pickup when it first came out, but it has a lot of issues that came with it. For one, it was quite noisy. It also has some annoying treble in the high e…
DiMarzio DP215 Evo 2 Bridge - "Calmed down version of the Evo"
The Evolution is a super hot pickup with lots of harmonics and is very tight. However, it had an issue when you try to calm it down. It seemed like it was always full on with no real way of introdu…
DiMarzio DP166 The Breed Bridge - "Vai's other famous pickup"
Vai has a lot of pickups these days. However, in the past, it was really only the Evolution and the Breed pickups. Whereas the Evolution was a super tight and bright sounding pickup, the Breeds wer…
DiMarzio DP161 Steve's Special - "John Petrucci used this at one time"
One of my biggest influences in guitar playing was seeing John Petrucci play. I remember thinking that he was so unique in his playing style, and this was quite a surprise because I was still more i…
DiMarzio DP159 Evolution Bridge - "Steve Vai's most famous pickup"
Steve Vai has been a long time DiMarzio and Ibanez user. This is probably the most famous of his pickups and is the one everyone thinks of when they hear Steve Vai’s tone. If you’ve ever seen his w…
DiMarzio DP102 X2N - "Extreme output and used by many metal bands"
When Steve Blucher came to DiMarzio, this was actually the first pickup he made, if I recall correctly. It was a totally revolutionary pickup at the time because nobody had ever really used that dua…
DiMarzio DP100 Super Distortion - "Vintage pickup with high output"
DiMarzio released the Super Distortion a long time ago. I remember when it first came out and everyone started putting these in their guitars. It was usually a war between this pickup and the Seymo…
Fender Custom Shop Fat '50s Stratocaster Pickup Set - limoges87's review
I'VE BEEN USING IT FOR 2 YEARS. IT'S MORE THAN ALL RIGHT. BESIDES THE 50 BRIDGE PICKUP, I MOUNTED AN SSL5 DUNCAN, LIKE GILMOUR, TO HAVE A COMBINATION. THIS GIVES ME GILMOUR IN THE NECK POSITION, CLAP…
DiMarzio DP172 Twang King Neck - " Very good stuff"
translatedI bought this mic because I was looking for something versatile and slamming to replace the original microphone of my telecaster that I found too soft and without any dynamic. I have the gold vers…
DiMarzio DP173 Twang King Bridge - " True to its reputation"
translatedI took the microphone to replace a Hot Rails (Seymour Duncan) that I put in the bridge. The hotrails is very good, but I wanted something more clean sounds clean. The Hotrails Seymour gives a very so…
Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB Model - " harmonics and sustain! excellent for this and big sound"
translatedI tested this with a micro steinberger gt pro deluxe but I think this guitar gives her a little too cold with these pickups seymour other than that, this micro lot higher harmonics, long and stro…
Tornade MS Pickups Nocaster Pickups Tele '54s - " Great art ..."
translatedVery nice set of micro Nocaster Tele 54 'mounted on a highway one telecaster 2003. The neck pickup has a great presence with warmth and precision, not "drool" no. The bridge pickup and slamming and…
Tornade MS Pickups Big Dipper Set - " Set Pickups Big Dipper"
translatedHere I discovered the famous big dipper pickups accidentally falling on MS tornado marc my sudden he offered to make me a set of 3 pickups. 1 week later I get the microphones, once installed and th…
Bare Knuckle Pickups Painkiller - " The medium of death!"
translatedI bought secondhand € 105 on e-bay Germany. I received it in its pretty box with 1 set of strings, 1 sticker, 1 in boc (?!), 1 schematic assembly: rooooh is beautiful! This is the version BattleWorn …
L.R. Baggs Element Active System - " To be considered"
translatedI use the original sensor mounted on a J-45 for 4 months. Before this one, I had the opportunity to play on multiple systems: Yamaha ART Godin (not equipped with a sensor LR Baggs precisely) Takam…