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…
DiMarzio DP110 FS-1 - "Somewhat dated single coil"
The DiMarzio FS-1 is a regular single coil (meaning no hum canceling technology) that’s designed to be fatter and more powerful than regular single coils. It features staggered pole pieces, two cond…
DiMarzio DP104 Super 2 - "Neck version of the Super Dist."
The Super 2 was a pickup made to go along with the Super Distortion. It’s a very high output, bitey and compressed pickup. It features adjustable pole pieces on both coils, four conductor wiring a…
DiMarzio DP207 DropSonic - "A little bright and stiff"
The DiMarzio D-Sonic is a new take on the humbucker that many people haven’t pursued before. It features one coil that’s similar to the X2N and one coil that’s kinda similar to the Tone Zone. The p…
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…
Fishman AG Undersaddle Pickup for 6-String Guitar (1/8") - " better than nothing"
translatedsensor for folk guitar that goes under the strings in the bridge. I did install it and have used 10 years before switching to guitar. no adjustment possible on the guitar. reproduce sound, but …
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…