DiMarzio DP217 HS-4 - "Yngwie, refined!"
(This is sort of a continuation of my DiMarzio HS-3 review...) After messing around with a project Strat with dual HS-3s and then selling that rig off, I got the itch for that Yngwie tone again. C…
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…
Seymour Duncan SSL-1 Vintage Staggered Strat - "Great vintage sounding single"
The Seymour Duncan SSL-1 single coils are one of the most well known single coils that Seymour Duncan has to offer. The SSL-1 is a low output single coil that features staggered Alnico 5 magnets and…
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…
EMG SX - "More open EMG S"
The EMG SX is one of the pickups that is part of the newly revised EMG X series. The X series features a brand new, revised preamp to help combat some of the issues people had with active pickups. …
EMG SAX - "Revised EMG SA"
The EMG SAX is part of the newly revised EMG X series. The X series features a brand new, revised preamp to help combat some of the issues people had with active pickups. Outside, the pickup looks …
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 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 …
EMG SA - "Thick and fat single"
The EMG SA is very similar to being a single coil sized version of the EMG 85. This is the Alnico magnet version of the pickup, and it’s an active pickup which means it runs off of a power source – …
EMG S - "Bright and powerful single"
The EMG S is very similar to being a single coil sized version of the EMG 81. This is the original ceramic magnet version of the pickup, and it’s an active pickup which means it runs off of a power …
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…
Van Zandt Pickups Texas - RedMeister's review
translatedThis will do several years that I use microphones for Van Zandt Stratocaster. I could compare them with Fender pickups * Vintage (~ 1970) and Contemporary * (~ 1990). At the sound, they are as I…
Lace Music Sensor Hot Gold - Le Taz's review
translatedI use it for quite some time on a musicman Axis Sport swamp ash, maple fingerboard. I had already turned the neck pickup for a custom kami Route 66, very good, but not noiseless. I already use on…