DiMarzio DP193 Air Norton - "Not for me"
I liked this pickup for a while, I should say. In my prog metal days I had it in an alder super strat along with a tone zone pickup in the bridge. I can tell you what this pickup is good at. If yo…
DiMarzio DP192 Air Zone - "Yes...you too can turn your wimpy guitar into a les paul!"
Okay, I say that aforementioned tagline with a disclaimer. The Air Zone is basically a really bassy overwound PAF with a kick in the midrange. What this means in tech terms is that it can make a th…
DiMarzio DP205 Steve Morse Model Neck - "Lesser known Dimarzio neck pickup"
Steve Morse is the guitar players guitar player. He is well known for his own band the Dixie Dregs and become even more popular when he played for Deep Purple. You have to be a real guitar player if …
DiMarzio DP224 AT-1 Andy Timmons - "Modern PAF with tons of low end"
Andy Timmons is a slightly lesser known guitar player but he is really good. He is one of the more traditional sounding Ibanez players. He first became famous in his 80s glam band Danger Danger. His …
DiMarzio DP222 D Activator-X Bridge - "Refined X2N for the bridge position."
Dimarzio is a modern pickup maker making pickups for modern music. The D Activator-X is a super modern pickup but it is based on a nearly 30 year old design. The pickup is a more refined version of t…
DiMarzio DP207 DropSonic - "Noisy and unrefined"
The Dropsonic was Dimarzios first try at a pickup like this. They now have several half rail half pole piece pickups but I believe this was the first one and it had some growing pains. Its assymetric…
DiMarzio DP103 PAF 36th Anniversary Neck - "The closest you are going to get in this price range"
It's no secret that the most chased after pickup design is a perfect 59 PAF replica. It's considered the holy grail of humbuckers. Dozens of high end boutique winders have their clones of them. Ev…
DiMarzio DP101 Dual Sound - "More versatile Super Distortion"
The Super Distortion is a classic icon in the world of pickups. Dimarzio has been making aftermarket pickups since the 70s and the Super Distortion is what put them on the map. Back in the day when P…
DiMarzio DP160 Norton - "Tone Zone with more harmonics"
Dimarzio is one of the most popular after market pickup makers on the scene. Their pickups are more usually found in shred style guitars or super strats. They are used mostly by modern guitar players…
DiMarzio DP219 D Activator Neck - "Mission failed"
A few years ago Dimarzio wanted to make a pickup that sounded like the most popular EMG active pickups. What they came out with was the D Activator line of pickups. I dont know what EMG's Dimarzio ha…
DiMarzio DP153 Fred - "Thin sound strange harmonics"
The Dimarzio FRED is one of Satrianis crazy creations that pretty much only he can use properly. Satriani wanted a tweaked pickup for his signature model Ibanez guitar and this is what we got. It is …
DiMarzio DP163 BluesBucker - the bluesman's review
translatedI have been using ... yesterday, it is not long but I had the opportunity to play a little. what I really like this microphone is the sound grainy, it is mounted on my ibanez's 260 fm in the bridge…
DiMarzio DP159 Evolution Bridge - Spanghy's review
translatedI have this microphone for less than a week to replace a jeff beck on my USA Jackson Soloist is little to give an opinion, but I'm starting because I do not agree with what I ' I read here. Premir…
DiMarzio DP197 Virtual PAF Bridge - awks's review
translated3 years installed on a Music Man Silhouette Special in place of the original Paf Pro. Much warmer and more balanced than the paf pro, Virtual Paf sound with warmth and crystal clarity. The output l…
DiMarzio DP194 PAF Classic Neck - pushmataha's review
translatedThat's about a month since I installed it on my micro Hagstrom Viking in the neck position. What I like is the micro and the warmth of its dynamics, in short it's hot in clean (perfect for jazz) an…