All user reviews for the DiMarzio DP151 PAF Pro

I do know that when I test the mic Ibanez K7 lag and the beast custom.
I have AIM as when I jou on the beast and the K7 is the possibility to play as much jazz as blues, it really this grain-l! !
and I'm not talking about when Splitt!
cel expands the possibilities even more!
there is nothing that I did not AIM!
I ssay many other microphones mounted on front and rename guitars, seymour duncan on a US solost jackson, DiMarzio custom van halen on a musicman (a sound that breaks everything!) 490R gibson les paul studio on (a trs versatile sonic palette!), EMG 81 on a lag arkanne 1000 (the sound of Metallica and certainly the sound I like Whereas in the heavy-REFERENCE !!).... metal and many more!
I think it again in a serious investment for the person who wants to get that kind of sonoritsl.
APRS have the test the beast and the K7 is the microphone that I would like to get in the neck position, so, chances are that I make this choice!

The Paf Pro was designed in the 80s for the guitar players at the time. Guitar players were still using Gibson style PAF pickups in their guitars but by then the guitar rigs had become so much larger and more complicated. Guitarists back then all wanted to have the biggest racks so they would add stuff they did not really need and this would just suck more and more tone out of their signals. So Dimarzio took the old PAF design and boosted the high end on it. This allowed the sound to cut through all the gear and effects and still sound good. It is still voiced like an old PAF with the very open traditional sound. The Paf Pro can be used in both positions but it may be took weak to be put in the bridge position for modern music. Its output is only 8.4k so its not much hotter than the old original PAF but that is part of the classic sound. It also has four conductor wiring, something the old PAF pickups did not have. With the four conductor wiring you can split the coils in the pickup for a single coil sound. The sound is good and does exactly what it claims. It gives the classic PAF sound with an little extra high end to get you though all your effects without the tone disappearing on you. Its open sound is something you do not get from most modern pickups. Its low output helps it maintain this open vocal tone. Like many old school pickups the mid range does a lot of the work. It has an even mid range that sounds good without making it sound like you have a wah pedal on. In the neck position it goes well with all the hot bridge pickups. So if you are looking for an old school pickup that can hang with the modern gear and modern music this may be fore you.

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 supercharged for those shred metalists of the eighties. Indeed, Paul Gilbert was a huge proponent of this pickup at one time, which backs up the opinion that it's meant for shredding. I agree with this assessment as well. At the time that I purchased the Yamaha, I was playing almost solely neoclassical shred guitar and this pickup worked very well for that.

It's not the most versatile pickup by any means. I found it to be fairly one dimensional in its sound quality, so clean tones were passable at best. They had a nice low end at times for thicker/bluesier textures. However, for that classic eighties LA clean tone, this pickup was just too thick and one dimensional. The same flaw was true if I tried to play more blues or classic rock with a mildly overdriven tone... it just didn't have the right texture for that. It almost felt to me like I had to use a bunch of gain to get this pickup to really shine, and considering the demographic that it was aimed at, this is no surprise to me.

The overdrive tones were killer. I was playing shred in the neoclassical vein as stated and this pickup was great for that. It was very articulate with faster alternate picked passages, and you could easily hear all of the notes through the gain. Definitely ideal for what I was doing musically at the time. The rhythm tones were nice and chunky at higher gain settings as well, which I felt was excellent. As I shifted away from playing shred 100% of the time, I begun to like the pickup less and less and ultimately, after moving directions to a more basic rock sound, I ended up selling the guitar with the pickup loaded in it.

All in all I felt the PAF Pro was a great sounding pickup for shred based tones. It did the Paul Gilbert fast picking thing really well and was articulate enough to handle a barrage of notes. However, the tonal spectrum of this pickup was too one dimensional for my tastes, so anything other than shred metal type sounds didn't seem to sound as good. If you're looking for a good shred pickup... give this a whirl. It's not quite as high output as the Evo or D-Activator, but it still takes gain like a champ.

The PAF Pro was one of the first variants of the PAF to ever hit the market. DiMarzio wanted to create a pickup that was geared towards the players of the time, which happened to be the 80s. That means it was created for shredders with huge racks and running tons of effects. The goal was to maintain enough treble and presence to cut through all the tone sucking devices that were abundant due to the lower quality AD/DA converters back then.

The PAF Pro features four conductor wiring with tunable allen head bolts instead of regular slugs that most other pickups featured. DiMarzio says it’s a transparent sounding pickup, and it kinda is, but it really hypes the treble compared to other PAFs on the market. This isn’t your daddy’s PAF.

Sound wise, this pickup is fairly open. There is some hyped treble that you don’t find on most PAFs, but it helps really cut through and give some clarity to the notes. The low notes have a wonderful “vowely” quality that sounds just like the old school humbuckers from back in the day. Midrange is fairly even and lets the other frequencies do most of the work without making it too boxy or scooped sounding. This pickup sounds pretty cool split, but I tend to prefer running it in series. The beauty of this pickup is that it can be used in either the bridge or the neck. In the bridge, it’s a medium output humbucker that stays open. In the neck, it’s a clear, precise pickup that really sings. Personally, I’m not a huge fan of this in the bridge because it doesn’t compress to my liking, but some really adore that aspect of it.

If you’re looking for an updated, higher output PAF that’s not over the top, this is definitely a pickup worth trying. There are tons on the market, so you should be able to find them at a good price. If you don’t like it, you can always sell it for roughly what you paid.

Originally purchased to replace the neck pickup of origin of a Ibanez RGA. It will be held over one month before being replaced by its exact opposite tone: an air box. Then mounted on an Ibanez Sabre with mahogany body. It does not ... Actually I was looking for a microphone more jazz / blues very round and warm. The PAF Pro is hot, but the sound is slamming, it's approaching a Fender, but with much more potato. So it's very funky clear to snap casserole is excellent. In saturated is also very good with a slight crunch or a big disto ... Mounted on the sword so it was also very slamming. Initially I liked it well, then I did a gig with and is the tragedy: in arpeggios, chordal solo clear sound, only the attacks emerged, with notes held there was no one after the attack. Unfortunate ... So conversely Crossing casseroles, was the feast of the slip PTIS friends ... (He had been having a compressor on hand to calm all that ...) Second problem: I find it not marry very well with my EVO2 in easel. The intermediate position where the two microphones will all sounds very cardboard. So in summary: it is a very good microphone bling for people who like it when it breaks down and it shines and who can handle it. For those seeking a more mellow, more jazz, rounder, creamier, softer, more mellow side it is better to look air box, air norton coughed ...