EMG 81 - nickname009's review
I've owned at least 3 different guitars equipped with the EMG 81, and I've bought and installed about 5 EMG 81s in different guitars that I've owned and tried them in both the bridge and neck positio…
Seymour Duncan SH-8B Invader Bridge - "good for super tight metal! nothing else.."
Oh the famed invader pickup!! Made famous most likely due to James Hetfield using it back in the day on master of puppets. Can be coil tapped if you get the 4 conductor version. I've fortunately been…
DiMarzio DP156 Humbucker From Hell - "solid low-med gain neck pickup!!"
This is a decent neck pickup for any guitar with nearly any wood combination. It's a versatile pickup for clean to medium gain musical applications from jazz to rock. Of course, majority of the time …
DiMarzio DP705 X2N 7 - "X2N in 7 string format"
The X2N 7 is pretty much exactly the same as the original X2N. It's a balls to the wall, aggressive pickup that really slams your front end. If you’re looking for a versatile pickup, I would not rec…
DiMarzio DP703 Blaze Custom - "More mids than the Blaze Bridge"
The DiMarzio Blaze Custom is a DiMarzio Blaze but with more midrange. This also makes it a bit hotter than the original Blaze as well. It features adjustable pole pieces on both coils, four conduct…
DiMarzio DP702 Blaze Bridge - "Original seven string bridge pickup"
The DiMarzio Blaze Bridge was the bridge pickup of the Ibanez Universe. I can’t remember if this came first, or if the Steve’s Special came first, but either way, this is basically the Steve’s Speci…
DiMarzio DP700 Blaze Neck - "The standard neck pickup"
The DiMarzio Blaze Neck is one of the first seven string models that DiMarzio ever produced. Equipped in the Ibanez Universe, it featured a unique sound similar to an overwound PAF. It features adj…
DiMarzio DP402 Virtual Vintage Blues - "Fat but with some nice overtones"
The DiMarzio Virtual Vintage Blues is a single coil that’s meant to be thicker than most single soils. Why they gave it the blues name instead of the jazz name, I’m not sure. Either way, even thoug…
DiMarzio DP224 AT-1 Andy Timmons - "More modern and fat PAF"
The DiMarzio AT-1 is the signature pickup that Andy Timmons and DiMarzio came up with for his Ibanez guitars. It’s basically a revision of the PAFs that DiMarzio is famous for. It features slugs on…
DiMarzio DP222 D Activator-X Bridge - "More modern X2N"
The DiMarzio D Activator-X Bridge is kinda like a reinvention of the well known X2N but quite a bi tmore versatile. This pickup has the two huge blades that the original X2N had, four conductor wiri…
DiMarzio DP221 D Activator-X Neck - "Mix between an X2N an D-Activator"
The DiMarzio D Activator-X is kinda like a reinvention of the well known X2N but quite a bi tmore versatile. This pickup has the two huge blades that the original X2N had, four conductor wiring and …
DiMarzio DP220 D Activator Bridge - "Passive sounding active"
The DiMarzio D Activator Bridge pickup is DiMarzio’s attempt at creating an active sounding pickup using passive techniques. It’s a very powerful pickup with individual adjustable pole pieces, four …
DiMarzio DP218 Super Distortion S - "Single coil sized Super Dist."
The DiMarzio Super Distortion S is exactly what the name implies – it’s a single coil sized version of the original Super Distortion. It features blade rails that so many other DiMarzio single coil …
DiMarzio DP216 Mo' Joe - "Revised FRED"
Joe Satriani was looking to revise his FRED that he used throughout most of his career. The Mo’ Joe is what came out of his quest to find a new bridge pickup tone. It’s hotter and has a better EQ c…