DiMarzio DP117 HS-3 - "Unleash the Fury!"
The DiMarzio HS-3 was basically designed to give a punchy yet pure single coil esque sound in a "stacked" configuration, which made it noiseless like a humbucker. The pickups were developed in the ea…
DiMarzio DP419 Area '67 - nickname009's review
The dimarzio area 67, one of the new pickups in the area product line. Completely noiseless, and very bright like a vintage strat pickup would be. I'm reviewing this pickup as a middle position pick…
DiMarzio DP422 Injector Neck - nickname009's review
This is the neck version of the new dimarzio injector pickup! Paul gilbert is currently endorsing these and although I've never been a big fan of his overall tones I'm totally diggin these! I'm not a…
DiMarzio DP422 Injector Neck - "Revised Area pickup"
The DiMarzio Injector Neck is the neck model (obviously) of the signature pickups that were made for Paul Gilbert. Paul used the Area pickups for his last few albums, and he decided he wanted to twe…
DiMarzio DP116 HS-2 - "Similar to the HS3"
The DiMarzio HS-2 is one of the original pickups that DiMarzio developed for the Stratocaster. It uses “stacked humbucker” technology, which means that one coil is placed on top of the other to give…
DiMarzio DP419 Area '67 - "Great boutique sound"
The DiMarzio Area ‘67 is a new evolution of the Virtual Vintage series. It’s a single coil pickup that features an Alnico 2 magnet, staggered pole pieces and four conductor wiring. The Area ’67 i…
DiMarzio DP416 Area '61 - "Awesome vintage SRV-esque tone"
The DiMarzio Area ‘61 is a new evolution of the Virtual Vintage series. It’s a single coil pickup that features an Alnico 2 magnet, staggered pole pieces and four conductor wiring. The Area ’61 …
DiMarzio DP415 Area '58 - "Great boutique sound"
The DiMarzio Area ‘58 is a new evolution of the Virtual Vintage series. It’s a single coil pickup that features an Alnico 2 magnet, staggered pole pieces and four conductor wiring. The Area ’58 …
DiMarzio DP175 True Velvet Neck - "Fairly clear single"
The DiMarzio True Velvet Neck is part of a trio of single coil pickups that DiMarzio developed for the strat. They are all true single coils, so they have a vintage pole piece stagger, Alnico 5 magn…
DiMarzio DP420 Virtual Solo - "Extremely fat and powerful single"
The DiMarzio Virtual Solo is probably my absolute favorite single coil that DiMarzio offers. It’s basically a combination of the Virtual vintage Solo and Virtual Vintage Solo Pro that DiMarzio used …
DiMarzio DP402 Virtual Vintage Blues - "Fat but with some nice overtones"
The DiMarzio Virtual Vintage Blues is a single coil that’s meant to be thicker than most single soils. Why they gave it the blues name instead of the jazz name, I’m not sure. Either way, even thoug…
DiMarzio DP217 HS-4 - "Revised HS-3"
The YJM is now called the HS-4 since Yngwie left DiMarzio to go to Seymour Duncan. Basically, this is the revision of the HS-3 that Yngwie used for quite awhile in his career. It features an Alnico…
DiMarzio DP111 SDS-1 - "Beefy single coil"
The DiMarzio SDS-1 is a pretty beefy single coil. It’s unlike most single coils in that it actually has adjustable pole pieces. You almost never see that on single coils today. The pickup has two …
DiMarzio DP110 FS-1 - "Somewhat dated single coil"
The DiMarzio FS-1 is a regular single coil (meaning no hum canceling technology) that’s designed to be fatter and more powerful than regular single coils. It features staggered pole pieces, two cond…
