« 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 pickup was made back in the day when there were not really many after market pickups out on the market. The pickup was designed just to push hard any amp it encoutered and come through with a dirty sound. The pickup had tons of low end and did not clean up well at all. Lots of people who used these in the 70s still use them today as they can still get the job done and have a good sound all their own. This pickup is the sound of 70s rock and roll. Now you can get all this old school Dimarzio tone in the size of a single coil. The pickup features 4 conductor wiring with a ceramic magnet. The 4 conductor wiring lets you split the pickup which is something you cannot do with a normal super distortion. So this pickup is essentially a Super Distortion Dual Sound S. The output of the pickup is 13k so it is not super hot but you get kind of an old school hotness. The tone of the pickup is slightly tweaked to take into account the factt hat it will be in the bridge position of a strat. Because this pickup is for going into a strat they dialed back some of the high end to make the sound less brittle. This pickup has huge low end and mid range. This is good because strats are normally lacking in the bottom end. This pickup fills that void perfectly. The low end is great but it is still pretty tight. If you have a strat and want the sound of 70s rock in it this is an easy way to get that tone.