DiMarzio DP193 Air Norton - "I really enjoy this pickup"
Being the big John Petrucci fan that I am, I decided to give this pickup a whirl. Actually, it came stock in the Ibanez Petrucci signature model that I used to own, along with the Steve’s Special. …
DiMarzio DP165 The Breed Neck - "Very solid neck pickup by DiMarzio"
DiMarzio has always been one of my favorite pickup manufacturers out there for lead tones. Steve Vai’s lead tone was always to die for, so I tried out all of his pickups. While the Evo in the neck …
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 DP228 Crunch Lab - "Looks similar to the D-Sonic but sounds different"
The DiMarzio D-Sonic was a fairly successful pickup when it first came out, but it has a lot of issues that came with it. For one, it was quite noisy. It also has some annoying treble in the high e…
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 …
Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB Model - " harmonics and sustain! excellent for this and big sound"
translatedI tested this with a micro steinberger gt pro deluxe but I think this guitar gives her a little too cold with these pickups seymour other than that, this micro lot higher harmonics, long and stro…
Bare Knuckle Pickups Painkiller - " The medium of death!"
translatedI bought secondhand € 105 on e-bay Germany. I received it in its pretty box with 1 set of strings, 1 sticker, 1 in boc (?!), 1 schematic assembly: rooooh is beautiful! This is the version BattleWorn …
SP Custom Handwound Pickups ChaosLand 2.5 - " A marvel, handmade."
translatedI am extremely lucky to be in possession of one of these marvels of craftsmanship homegrown. Made by a passionate but also a great professional and a psychopath especially good sound, this little …
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…