DiMarzio DP151 PAF Pro - "Came stock in my Fender"
The PAF Pro was actually one of the original pickups that DiMarzio made, and it’s one of those that really started to catch on during the whole 80s rack scene. I remember everyone running these pick…
DiMarzio DP215 Evo 2 Bridge - "Calmed down version of the Evo"
The Evolution is a super hot pickup with lots of harmonics and is very tight. However, it had an issue when you try to calm it down. It seemed like it was always full on with no real way of introdu…
DiMarzio DP166 The Breed Bridge - "Vai's other famous pickup"
Vai has a lot of pickups these days. However, in the past, it was really only the Evolution and the Breed pickups. Whereas the Evolution was a super tight and bright sounding pickup, the Breeds wer…
DiMarzio DP161 Steve's Special - "John Petrucci used this at one time"
One of my biggest influences in guitar playing was seeing John Petrucci play. I remember thinking that he was so unique in his playing style, and this was quite a surprise because I was still more i…
DiMarzio DP159 Evolution Bridge - "Steve Vai's most famous pickup"
Steve Vai has been a long time DiMarzio and Ibanez user. This is probably the most famous of his pickups and is the one everyone thinks of when they hear Steve Vai’s tone. If you’ve ever seen his w…
DiMarzio DP102 X2N - "Extreme output and used by many metal bands"
When Steve Blucher came to DiMarzio, this was actually the first pickup he made, if I recall correctly. It was a totally revolutionary pickup at the time because nobody had ever really used that dua…
DiMarzio DP100 Super Distortion - "Vintage pickup with high output"
DiMarzio released the Super Distortion a long time ago. I remember when it first came out and everyone started putting these in their guitars. It was usually a war between this pickup and the Seymo…
DiMarzio DP155 The Tone Zone - "Solid pickup for shred"
The ToneZone is one of DiMarzio’s more popular pickups. In fact, I think this was one of their first batch of pickups that really seemed to catch on in the pickup swapping world. This was a pickup …
Gibson Dirty Fingers - tonmazz's review
I recently had the opportunity to play this pick-up in a John Sykes Gibson Custom shop. My immediate reaction was "so that's how he gets his thick wall of sound tone!". Seriously, you hear a lot ab…
Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB Model - "Seymour Duncan JB Pick-up has classic rock covered"
The Seymour Duncan JB Pick-up is a mainstay in rock since they designed the prototype for Jeff Beck in 1974. I recently bought a Charvel San Dimas that came stock with a JB so I gave it a shot. It …
Gibson Burstbucker 3 - KirKill's review
translatedMicro Alnico II by Gibson Burstbucker 3 is the microphone which delivers the most Burstbucker in the range, the microphone is super open, it is returned in it is between vintage and modern is quite s…
DiMarzio DP102 X2N - " clearly of death"
translatedI use it for ten years, clearly play death (death group) associated with a marshall ... It is very "medium" and sharp piercing, I think we really listen to the band death to get an idea because he …
Seymour Duncan SH-14 Custom 5 - " fatty wish"
translatedI've had a few months at the beginning I had glued a cover but it sounds much better without. mounted on a bridge fender american deluxe FMT (flamed maple table without pickguard) I really like t…
DiMarzio DP103 PAF 36th Anniversary Neck - " Vintage and shiny"
translatedInstalled in bridge position on a strat Yamaha. Upgrade very nice, punchy, bright c is what I was looking for, but can be a bit too. Also works very well split. I'm pretty happy with my choice, but I…
Duncan Designed HB103 - " Good humbucker"
translatedMicro OEM but good dynamic qualities especially clear and crunch sounds, lack of midrange for my taste in saturated and precision but good value for money overall and very close to the Seymour Duncan…