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Super Distortion®
DP100 & DP100F
Dual Sound®
DP101 & DP101F
X2N®
DP102
Super 2™
DP104 & DP104F
Super 3™
DP152 & DP152F
Evolution® Neck & Bridge
DP158 & DP158F • DP159 & DP159F
Steve’s Special™
DP161 & DP161F
The Breed™ Neck & Bridge
DiMarzio®
DP165 & DP165F • DP166 & DP166F
The Tone Zone®
High Power Humbuckers
DP155 & DP155F
D Sonic™
DP207 & DP207F
Larry DiMarzio invented the replacement pickup concept in 1971 with the introduction of the Super Distortion® and Dual Sound® pickups – meeting the demand
Evo 2™
to drive British and American tube amps into stinging overdrive. Players could finally replace their stock pickups, opening a new world of drive and power without
DP215 & DP215F
the necessity of gouging a hole in the guitar body and ruining their instrument’s intrinsic value. DiMarzio® pickups allow guitarists to take a stock instrument and
Steve Morse Model™ Bridge
personalize it – customizing its sound to suit their individual tastes and playing styles. DiMarzio® now offers a wide range of high-power humbuckers with
DP200 & DP200F
unmatched versatility and sonic range to cover all styles of playing. Many of these models were designed to meet the specific requirements of some of the world’s
D Activator™ Neck & Bridge
top players.
DP219 & DP219F • DP220 & DP220F
D Activator-X™ Neck & Bridge
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DP221 • DP222
Super Distortion® DP100 & DP100F
The Tone Zone® DP155 & DP155F
If you love the sound of a Super Distortion® in
the bridge and you like hot neck pickups too, try
a Super 2™. The Super 2™ takes the classic
Super Distortion® sound and slides the EQ up in
favor of the high-end, so its brighter top and
lighter bottom work to balance out the darker,
overtone-heavy information up by the fingerboard. The Super 2™ is just the pickup to clean
up the overdrive sound of a mud-heavy 24¾’’
scale, two-humbucker guitar or to add snap to a
dark sounding 25½” bolt-on. It works great in
the bridge or the neck.
Have you ever heard a bridge pickup that made
a guitar sound like a giant mosquito attack? If
you’ve run into this problem, The Tone Zone® is
the solution. The Tone Zone® is hot enough to
qualify as a high-output pickup, but it has a wider
dynamic range – hard picking will produce a lot
of power, and softer picking will be much cleaner
and quieter. It’s got tremendous bass and
low-mid response to reinforce the bottom end
and make the overall sound bigger. The highest
single notes have depth, and chords sound huge.
Patented dual-resonance coils reproduce more
overtones than you’d expect from such a
fat-sounding pickup. It makes a great match with
an Air Norton™, PAF Joe™ or PAF Pro®, and
split-coil mode produces an excellent single-coil
sound as well.
Evolution® Neck DP158 & DP158F
Evolution® Bridge DP159 & DP159F
The Evolution® Neck and Bridge humbuckers are
the result of two years of research to come up
with the right sound for a very demanding player:
Steve Vai and his Ibanez® Jems. Both pickups are
designed for maximum impact and power. The
neck pickup is fat, punchy and loud. The bridge
pickup is tight, aggressive and louder. Both pickups
have our patented dual-resonance configuration
to reproduce more harmonic overtones than
conventional humbuckers. Evolution® pickups are
not polite-sounding, and they’re not for the
inexperienced, but – if you’ve got the chops and a
hot amp – your sound will burn. The Evolution®
pickups were originally designed with live gigs in
mind, but they have so much presence and
definition that they’re great recording pickups,
too; they slice right through even the densest mix.
Steve’s Special™ DP161 & DP161F
Dual Sound® DP101 & DP101F
Steve’s Special™ is a non-traditional approach
to high-output bridge humbucking pickup design.
Hot humbuckers usually concentrate most of
the pickup’s power in a narrow frequency bandwidth for maximum impact. Using our patented
dual-resonance design, Steve’s Special™ takes
the opposite path, spreading the sound over a
broad range. Bass and treble frequencies are
boosted while the mids are pulled back, so the
pickup’s power doesn’t kick a high-gain amp into
overdrive as easily. This makes Steve’s Special™
a good choice for both fast soloing and clean
chords, because individual notes won’t smear
together with heavy overdrive, and clean sounds
have an almost “hi-fi” quality.
Take a Super Distortion®, include a push-pull pot
for series-parallel or single-coil operation and
you have the Dual Sound®. The extra flexibility
puts cleaner, crisp tone choices at your control.
Lighten up on the lead tone in parallel operation,
then roar back in with the standard series
position. Use the single-coil mode along with
your neck or middle pickup for chopping rhythm
tones. If you need brighter, more transparent
sounds from your bridge or neck pickup without sacrificing wide, singing crunch, the Dual
Sound® nicely fills the bill.
X2N® DP102
The X2N® is a “take - no - prisoners, in - your - face”
humbucker. Twin, wide-bar pole pieces give the
X2N® a nasty, dangerous look – and rightly so.
Our highest gain pickup was created to push
tube amps into total overdrive. Put one in the
bridge position for a powerful jolt to the voltage
the amp sees from your guitar. The result is a
sound that can only be described as blistering.
The magnetic field of the X2N® is very powerful
and focused. It captures the character of
whichever guitar it’s in. If your guitar is warm
sounding, the X2N® will act like a sledgehammer.
A bright-sounding guitar will go into total
scream mode. And the X2N® still has versatility:
single-coil and series-parallel modes are
particularly effective, because the X2N® pickup’s
power gives these sounds more authority than is
possible with weaker humbuckers.
The Breed™ Neck DP165 & DP165F
The Breed™ Bridge DP166 & DP166F
If you’re a fan of Steve Vai, you’ve probably seen
him playing an Ibanez® Jem guitar with the word
“Pogo” taped on the face. Steve wanted one of
his instruments to have a fat, classic humbucker
sound to contrast with the hotter, screaming
Evolution®-equipped guitars. These are the pickups we developed for him. The neck pickup is a
bit louder and fatter-sounding than the PAF Pro®
pickups that Steve used on his earliest Jems. The
bridge pickup is not as hot as the Evolution®, but
it’s got a warm and punchy mid-range coupled
with a fat low end that rolls off before it can get
muddy. Harmonics are easy to get, and the
4-conductor wiring enables cool “notch tone”
coil-splitting.
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D Sonic™ DP207 & DP207F
Our first heavy humbucker of the 21st century,
the D Sonic™ is a high-output bridge humbucker
designed for the extended low end and heavy
chords that dropped tuning delivers; with serious
treble response for single-note solos and
standard tuning. The D Sonic™ is more than just
a one-sound pickup, too. In addition to the
standard series humbucking sound, our patented
design utilizes 4-conductor wiring to access two
different single-coil sounds plus parallel humbucking mode, for three additional sounds that
are distinctive and versatile.
Evo 2™ DP215 & DP215F
The original Evolution® Bridge model did exactly
what Steve Vai wanted it to do: kick butt and
produce serious scream. Then he wanted
something a little more complex – the same
basic tone with increased headroom and
dynamics, so that the sound kills on 10 and
cleans up when the volume is rolled down. With
a little less power than the original Evolution®,
Evo 2™ balances perfectly with the Evolution®
Neck model and performs equally well with high
gain and vintage amps.
Steve Morse Model™ Bridge
DP200 & DP200F
Steve Morse has a unique approach to playing
guitar, and we designed his pickups to match his
technique. Steve commonly switches between
pickups mid-solo – playing the neck pickup on
the high notes and the bridge pickup on the lows
– so both pickups must be evenly-balanced over
the entire fingerboard.The Steve Morse Model™
Bridge delivers high output and a strong attack
centered on the mids. It is also designed to give
more definition when Steve plays harmonics.
D Activator™ Neck DP219 & DP219F
D Activator™ Bridge DP220 & DP220F
when played hard, and the need for batteries.
The end results are the D Activator™ Neck and
Bridge. They use coils tuned to specific
frequencies. The purpose is to shift the resonant
points of the pickups to the fundamentals and
harmonics that you want to accentuate from the
guitar, and they respond instantly to hard or light
pick attack. The sound is powerful, clean, and
open, with excellent harmonic overtones and
very tight lows. The best way to describe the D
Activator™ Neck pickup is that it is big, bright,
and open sounding with surprising string - to string balance. The D Activator™ Bridge has an
enriched harmonic quality and the notes want
to sing. Both the D Activator™ Neck and Bridge
pickups were designed to eliminate the sterile
edginess commonly associated with active
pickups. The D Activator™ Bridge pickup is
about 25% louder than the D Activator™ Neck.
Since we were developing both pickups as a set
from the ground up, we adjusted the volume
levels on the pickups so they are balanced. That
way when you switch from the neck to the
bridge, you don’t hear a drop in volume – also a
frequent problem with active pickups. And they
don’t use batteries.
D Activator-X™ Neck DP221
D Activator-X™ Bridge DP222
For nearly 30 years, the DiMarzio® X2N® has
been the top choice for all-out power. In the last
couple of years, we've developed totally new
ways to combine power with clarity, which first
resulted in the D Activator™. Now we bring you
the D Activator-X™ Neck and Bridge models.
They feature the same striking look as the
X2N®, but we've adjusted the output and tuned
the coils to different frequencies to create a
powerful sound wide open with a surprisingly
clean sound when the volume control is rolled
down, even with extreme metal and high-gain
amps. The Neck model is designed to produce a
highly focussed attack centered on the upper
mid-range, with less magnet pull and output in
order to balance perfectly with the Bridge
model. The D Activator-X™ Neck and Bridge
models feature universal spacing for both
standard and F-spaced applications.
Super 3™ DP152 & DP152F
Think of the Super 3™ as a Super Distortion®
with more mid-range grind and chopped treble.
If you play your amp with scooped mids and
intense overdrive, this is your pickup. The Super
3™ pickup’s smooth highs allow you to turn up
your amp's treble and presence without fear of
thinning out your sound, and the crunchy mids
ensure you won't get lost in the mix. It's also a
great pickup to use with distortion pedals – it
drives them hard and allows full use of their
tone controls.
In 2006, we took a close look at the most
popular active neck and bridge humbuckers to
see if we could capture all of the good qualities
and eliminate the disadvantages: cold sound,
limited dynamics, running out of headroom
Strat ® is a Registered Trademark of Fender Musical Instruments Corp., with which DiMarzio, Inc. is not affiliated.
This pickup started a sound revolution.
Replacement pickups simply didn’t exist before
the invention of the Super Distortion® in the
early Seventies. The Super Distortion® (and its
original 3-conductor version, the Dual Sound®)
was the first pickup specifically designed to kick
a tube amp into total overdrive, and is still the
standard by which all other high-output pickups
are measured. The Super Distortion® has a
perfect blend of power and tone: both
single-notes and chords jump out of the amp
and fill the room (or the track) with a wall of
sound. The balance of tones is classic – thick,
boosted mids, big lows and fat highs. This is the
sound you’ve heard for over three decades on
platinum records, from players as varied as Ace
Frehley, Al Di Meola and Paul Gilbert. It’s also
versatile: 4-conductor wiring allows instant
access to Strat-like split and series-parallel
modes. Discover what thousands of great
players know: the Super Distortion® is the best
all-round high-power pickup ever made.
Super 2™ DP104 & DP104F
PAF® 36th Anniversary Neck &
Bridge
DP103 & DP103F • DP223 & DP223F
The Humbucker from Hell®
DP156 & DP156F
Bluesbucker®
DP163 & DP163F
Air Classic™ Neck & Bridge
DP90 & DP190F • DP191 & DP191F
EJ Custom™ Neck & Bridge
DP211 & DP211F • DP212 & DP212F
DiMarzio®
Vintage Output
Humbuckers
Vintage output humbuckers are clean, well defined, and open sounding. Though not high in output, they have great dynamics, with the ability to go from clean
to overdriven sound by pick attack alone. If pure tone is your goal, these are the pickups to play. The PAF® and Air Classic™ models set the standard for the
classic 1950s humbucker sound, while pickups like the Bluesbucker®, The Humbucker From Hell®, and EJ Custom™ were designed for the player seeking
different and original tones.
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DP103 & DP103F
PAF® 36th Anniversary Bridge
DP223 & DP223F
Here are the characteristics that make a great
vintage humbucker: a soft magnetic field, sweet
tone, perfect balance between warmth and
clarity, the ability to go from clean to distorted
by pick attack alone. For our PAF® 36th
Anniversary Neck & Bridge we wanted to continue in the path of pioneers such as Seth Lover
(designer of the original Patent Applied For
humbucker) and create pickups that combine all
of the characteristics of great vintage humbuckers. These pickups are not merely clones.
We re-engineered the PAF® using our patented
technology and Larry DiMarzio’s own 1959
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The Humbucker from Hell®
DP156 & DP156F
Because a conventional humbucker senses the
string at two different places, it cancels some
frequencies along with the hum.What if there was
a humbucker that cancelled fewer frequencies? It
would be brighter and cleaner: almost glassysounding. In other words, it would sound a lot like
a Strat® pickup, but with about the same power as
a PAF®. We created The Humbucker From Hell®
primarily as a neck pickup.You won’t believe how
much it will open up the sound in the neck
position of a Les Paul®, and it has an almost
acoustic quality in the neck spot of a bolt-on
guitar. Why is it called The Humbucker From
Hell®? Try it in the bridge position with a bright
amp – but put in your earplugs first, and don’t say
you weren’t warned.
Bluesbucker® DP163 & DP163F
And now for something completely different:
the Bluesbucker® looks like a standard humbucker, but sounds like a P90 and cancels
60-cycle hum as effectively as the average
humbucker. This means any guitar with standard
size humbuckers can now have the sound of
P90s without altering the guitar in any way and
without noise. Patented Virtual Vintage® and
Airbucker™ technology let the Bluesbucker®
“see” a narrow string window like a true singlecoil, making it extremely sensitive to playing
dynamics. When a pair of these pickups are on
together, they achieve the open, slightly hollow
sound that two single-coils produce. Splitting the
pickup produces a sound similar to that of a
Strat® pickup, with very little drop in output.
Air Classic™ Neck DP190 & DP190F
Air Classic™ Bridge DP191 & DP191F
We love the sound of late 1950s humbuckers,
but we didn’t want to simply imitate them by
using Alnico 2 or “aged” Alnico 5 magnets.
Airbucker™ technology was created to capture
all of the best sonic qualities of vintage
humbuckers while avoiding the technical
problems. The Air Classic™ has the same sweet
sound as a classic humbucker, but Airbucker™
technology permits us to use a more reliable
full-strength Alnico 5 magnet and still reduce
string-pull to increase sustain and sensitivity. The
result is an almost vocal, three-dimensional
sound that jumps off the string faster and stays
true as it sustains. The sense of touch and
control this provides will offer you an
unequalled ability to create your own sound.
EJ Custom™ Neck DP211 & DP211F
EJ Custom™ Bridge DP212 & DP212F
Although Eric Johnson is best known as a Strat®
player, he has always played humbuckerequipped guitars as well. After getting a new Les
Paul® 1959 re-issue, Eric asked us if it could be
made to sound like an old Gretsch® Country
Gentleman guitar. We said, “No problem!” The
pickups we designed are exact replacements for
standard, full-size humbuckers. They’re bright
and have great presence without sounding thin.
When Eric tried them, he said they were almost
as clear-sounding as Strat® pickups. He was
surprised at how well they sounded with heavy
distortion, because no matter how overdriven
the sound, it did not become muddy. The EJ
Custom™ is available with exposed coils in all
standard DiMarzio® colors and plated or
unplated nickel covers at additional cost.
Strat ® and Gretsch ® are Registered Trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corp., with which DiMarzio, Inc. is not affiliated.
Les Paul ® is a registered trademark of Gibson Guitar Corp., with which DiMarzio, Inc. is not affiliated.
PAF® 36th Anniversary Neck
cherry sunburst Les Paul® as the reference.
Larry’s Les Paul® has a uniquely amazing sound
and it’s not only due to the pickups – it’s the
total fusion of many elements of the guitar itself.
Although the pickups have a weak magnetic field,
the sound is well defined – almost like a
single-coil. We duplicated the weaker magnetic
field in order to allow the strings to vibrate
longer, as well as focus and articulate the attack
and output. We use computer-controlled
winders to consistently layer the 42-gauge
custom-coated wire, achieving the exact
frequency response we want. Then it’s dipped in
our custom formula to eliminate squeal and
microphonics. The cover is made from nickelsilver and our new plating makes it more
magnetically transparent than the originals. The
PAF® 36th Anniversary Neck is smooth but not
muddy. It performs equally well in the neck or
bridge, just as the best humbuckers from the 50s
did. The PAF® 36th Anniversary Bridge is hotter
than the Neck. It is not only for set-neck 24-3/4”
scale guitars, but it’s also an excellent bridge
pickup for trem-equipped bolt-ons. We’ll build
the PAF® 36th Anniversary any way you want it.
Choose the bobbin style – vintage glossy or
modern matte, the type of base – traditional,
long-legged or standard, short-legged, and the
type of cable – vintage single-conductor or
4-conductor. The PAF® 36th Anniversary Neck
and Bridge are available uncovered, and we also
offer three types of covers – standard polished
and plated, buffed with no plating, and our
vintage worn cover that looks so authentic and
broken in that you’ll swear it’s been hanging
around since 1959.
PAF Pro®
DP151 & DP151F
FRED®
DP153 &DP153F
Norton®
DP160 & DP160F
Air Zone™
DP192 & DP192F
Air Norton™
DP193 & DP193F
Steve Morse Model™ Neck
DP205 & DP205F
PAF Joe™
DP213 & DP213F
Mo’ Joe™
DP216 & DP216F
DiMarzio AT-1™
DP224 & DP224F
DiMarzio®
Medium Power Humbuckers
Medium-power humbuckers are the workhorses of the pickup world. They have both the power to overdrive a vintage amp and the clarity to define all of the
notes with higher gain amps. There’s a very wide range of sounds in this category – from the attack and unique harmonics of Fred® to the sweet sound of
the Air Zone™. Some of these models were specifically designed for the neck or bridge positions, but most can be used in either position with great results.
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Steve Morse Model™ Neck
DP205 & DP205F
Steve Morse has a unique approach to playing
guitar, and we designed his pickups to match his
technique. Steve commonly switches between
pickups mid-solo – playing the neck pickup on
the high notes and the bridge pickup on the lows
– so both pickups must be evenly-balanced over
the entire fingerboard. We engineered the Steve
Morse Model™ Neck specifically for this purpose, with a dark, smooth sound that is clean
and uncompressed.
PAF Joe™ DP213 & DP213F
Norton® DP160 & DP160F
The PAF Pro® was created when chopsintensive playing was first starting to happen, and
high-gain amps and rack systems were getting
popular. A pickup was needed that combined a
lot of presence and “cut” with an open-sounding
PAF® vibe. The transparency of its sound lets the
PAF Pro® slice through heavy processing, where
darker-sounding pickups get lost in the mud of
the effects chain. Low notes have both snap and
chunk, and there is a spike in the mid-range that
gives the pickup a subtle “aw” vowel sound, like
a wah-wah pedal stopped in the middle. Treble
response is tweaked, so high notes stand out
without getting brittle. The PAF Pro® makes an
outstanding neck pickup in almost any guitar, and
it’s an exceptional bridge pickup when high
output isn’t required.
The sound of a Norton® is right between
FRED® and The Tone Zone®. It’s got some
FRED®-like harmonic overtones that can only
be described as nasty, with more of the power
and mid-range of the heavyweight Tone Zone®.
The same patented dual-resonance design used
in FRED® and The Tone Zone® delivers a sound
that’s hotter and “bigger” than any vintage
model, but not as loud as a distortion-class
humbucker. Norton® might be our most
versatile bridge pickup. Combine it with a wide
choice of neck pickups like the Air Classic™,
PAF®, PAF Pro®, and Air Norton™.
Mo’ Joe™ DP216 & DP216F
Air Zone™ DP192 & DP192F
Air Norton™ DP193 & DP193F
The best way to describe the Air Zone™ is to
say it’s a vintage version of The Tone Zone®. It’s
got the same low string-pull as our other
Airbuckers™ for singing sustain, plus it has the
big bass response and cool harmonics of The
Tone Zone®, with extra sensitivity and control.
It’s a great match for very hot amps, allowing the
player to take full advantage of massive preamp
gain without turning the sound to mud or fuzzy
noise. It’s also a great neck pickup for jazz
players who need to get the hollow-body
archtop sound from a solid body, and it offers
exceptionally good split and series-parallel
capability.
The Air Norton™ started out simply to be
the Airbucker™ version of the Norton®. We
thought it would make a distinctive-sounding
bridge pickup with high-gain amps, but we soon
discovered that it’s a radically neat neck pickup,
too. The tone is deep and warm, but not muddy.
It’s hot, but not distorted. It’s even got cool
harmonics, which are really unusual for a neck
humbucker. The patented Air Norton™
magnetic
structure reduces string-pull, so
sustain is improved; and pick attack and
dynamics are tremendously controllable and
expressive. Combine the Air Norton™ with an
Air Zone™,The Tone Zone® or Steve’s Special™
in the bridge position for a perfect blend of
power and tone, or use an Air Norton™ in the
bridge position with an Air Classic™ Bridge
model in the neck position for a distinctive
medium-output blues-rock sound.
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FRED® DP153 & DP153F
We designed FRED® to bump the mid-range of
the PAF Pro® EQ up a notch, but in the process,
something unusual happened. Harmonics that
humbuckers usually don’t reproduce started
popping out, particularly with overdriven amps
and distortion units. FRED® has about the same
power as the PAF Pro®, but the unusual
overtones create a sound with more crank and
growl. Joe Satriani was the first player to
discover and exploit these qualities, and it’s been
his main bridge pickup ever since. FRED® is
really sensitive to changes in pick attack and
control settings, and its distinctive tone makes a
great recorded sound for both penetrating solos
and tight rhythm tracks.
Joe Satriani has used Fred® as his main bridge
pickup for years. In 2005, Joe asked us for a
hotter and bigger version to replace the FRED®
in his new Ibanez® guitars. The new model called
the Mo’ Joe™ is all about tone and definition. Its
name says it all. It has more power than FRED®
but it doesn’t sacrifice clarity or dynamics.
Additionally, all the harmonics that made FRED®
so good are all there ready to jump out at the
touch of a guitar pick. Having more output
makes the Mo’ Joe™ a perfect match for the
PAF Joe™ in the neck position. The combination
delivers great versatility and control from
rhythms to solos.
DiMarzio AT-1™ DP224 & DP224F
“A player’s player” is a perfect description for
Andy Timmons. He has great touch, phrasing,
and tone. Since 2001, he has been playing a
DiMarzio custom bridge humbucker that has
only been available on his signature Ibanez®
guitar, and it has been his first-line pickup ever
since. The outstanding characteristics of the
DiMarzio AT-1™ are balance, warmth, and clarity.
It achieves this blend with the same patented
technology as the PAF® 36th Anniversary, but
the sound is hotter and the focus is rock.
Mo’ Joe™ is used by permission of Mojo Musical Supply, with whom DiMarzio, Inc. is not affiliated.
PAF Pro® DP151 & DP151F
The PAF Joe™ is the latest neck pickup we
developed for Joe Satriani. Joe wanted a neck
position humbucker that combined the best
qualities of the PAF Pro® with those of a late
50s Gibson® humbucker. Joe describes this
tone as being “tubular”. Through the use of
Virtual Vintage® technology, clear-sounding low
frequencies are blended with warm-sounding
mids and high frequencies, which makes the
PAF Joe™ equally good for chords and single
notes. Joe first used it throughout the 2003 G3
tour.
DiMarzio Minibucker™
DP168
DiMarzio Hot Minibucker™
DP198
DLX Plus™ Neck & Bridge
DP162 • DP154
DiMarzio Soapbar™ & Dog-ear
DP167S • DP167D
Virtual P90™
DP169
P90 Super Distortion™
DiMarzio®
7-String Pickups •Soapbars
•Mini-Humbuckers
DiMarzio® started the 7-string pickup market when we made the first Blaze™ models for Steve Vai’s 7-string, the Ibanez® Universe. Since then, we’ve introduced a
wide range of models, from the vintage chime of the PAF® 7 to the all-out attack of the X2N® 7.
DP209
The Tone Zone® P90
DP793
Mini-Humbuckers and P90s occupy a middle ground between humbuckers and Strat®-style single coils. Brighter and cleaner than most humbuckers but hotter and
warmer than most Strats®, they are often the top choice for blues and country players.
DP700 • DP701 • DP702
Evolution® 7
DP704
The Tone Zone® 7
DP755
PAF® 7
DP759
Air Norton 7™
DP793
D Activator™ 7 Neck & Bridge
DP719 • DP720
D Sonic 7™
DP706
X2N® 7
DP705
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Blaze™ Neck, Middle & Bridge
Model
Blaze™ Neck Model DP700
This is the model originally designed for the neck
position of the Ibanez® Universe. The neck
position needed to be warm, but not too fat
(nobody wants the low “B” sounding like a tuba,
right?), so we scooped out some of the mids to
brighten up the low notes and we kept the power
down to a reasonable level to avoid unnecessary
sludge. You can get everything from a good jazz
sound with a clean amp to a wall - of - sound with
heavy overdrive. Many players have discovered
the Blaze™ Neck is also a very good bridge
pickup when playing with a serious amount of
distortion – power chords retain more openness,
and single notes have a lot of clarity.
Blaze™ Middle DP701
DiMarzio Minibucker™ DP168
The classic miniature humbucker had a sound
that was a cross between a vintage single-coil
and a PAF®. Not a hot pickup, the mini substituted articulation and openness for power.
We’ve retained these qualities and utilized our
patented dual resonance design to add even
more clarity and musical character, and we dip
the DiMarzio Minibucker™ in wax after the
cover has been installed to eliminate microphonic
squealing. We’ve also included 4-conductor
wiring for greater sound options.
DiMarzio Hot Minibucker™ DP198
One reason the first mini-humbuckers were
relatively quiet pickups was the small space
inside the cover for the coils and magnet.
Louder mini-buckers can sound muddy, as if the
sound itself were crowded inside the pickup. We
wanted a hotter, thicker sound, but we also
wanted the pickup to “speak” clearly. The
DiMarzio Hot Minibucker™ accomplishes this.
It’s both very warm and open-sounding, and
4-conductor wiring offers effective split and
dual-sound options. Like all of our covered
pickups, the DiMarzio Hot Minibucker™ is wax
potted both before and after cover installation
to eliminate microphonic squeal.
DLX Plus™ Neck DP162
DLX Plus™ Bridge DP154
When DiMarzio® first decided to introduce a
humbucking replacement for the “soapbar” and
mini-humbucker, we found that many players
wanted a pickup with more power and
definition. We wanted to preserve some of the
clean and open character of the original soapbar,
so we reduced the mids on the DLX Plus™ a
little while making the lows tight and punchy and
the highs strong and defined. The result is that
the DLX Plus™ has power, but it’s not muddysounding. The Neck model has almost as much
power as the Bridge model, with a leaner bass
response so low notes sound more defined.
Both come with 4-conductor cable for
coil-splitting and parallel options.
DiMarzio Soapbar™ & Dog-ear
DP167S • DP167D
Why do so many players love the old “soapbar”
pickup? Probably because it’s the friendliest
sounding single-coil ever. High notes are always
fat, with just enough bite to cut through the mix.
Low notes are bright, but not thin, and the tone
stays even – all the way up the neck. Our version
of this classic pickup also punches up the mids and
tightens up the lows. The DiMarzio Soapbar™
comes in “soapbar” and “dog-ear” versions. The
cover is included.
Virtual P90™ DP169
The original single-coil “soapbar” design had a
special sound; low notes were solid and not
tubby – they had an almost “piano” tone
quality – while high notes were fat all the way up
the neck. We’ve always thought this was a
devastating combination, and we naturally wanted
to reproduce this sound without 60-cycle hum.
In the end, we found the best approach was to
use our patented Virtual Vintage® technology
to create the Virtual P90™. The two coils are
tuned to different frequency ranges and output
voltages, so tone and balance can be tuned by
adjusting pole piece heights. It’s almost the
same effect as adjustable high-fidelity speaker
crossovers.
P90 Super Distortion™ DP209
A Super Distortion® in a P90 cover? Cool!
DiMarzio’s Super Distortion® has been the
industry standard since its introduction in the
early 70s. The new P90 Super Distortion™ is
our highest-output humbucking “soapbar” replacement, and it gives players with guitars routed for
P90-style pickups the ability to upgrade their
pickups without any modification to the guitar.
Like the original Super Distortion®, it has 12
adjustable pole pieces and 4-conductor wiring
for split and parallel humbucking modes.
The Tone Zone® P90 DP210
The Tone Zone® P90 is a high-output, humbucking soapbar pickup with the same sound and
power as The Tone Zone® humbucker. Because
of their plastic cover, “soapbar” pickups usually
can’t be adjusted quite as close to the strings as
standard humbuckers, and compared to full-size
humbuckers, soapbars have a slightly narrower
magnetic window to “see” the strings. We’ve
taken both factors into account by slightly
increasing power and broadening the magnetic
field around the coils to allow The Tone Zone®
P90 to sound as great as the original Tone
Zone®. Designed for the bridge position, it
comes with 4-conductor wiring enabling seriesparallel humbucking or split-coil modes.
Seven-string guitars are hard to amplify. Most
players tune the seventh string to a low “B” (or
even “A”), and it's a real trick to get a big, solid
tone from the other strings without the seventh
turning to mud. The Blaze™ Middle single-coil is
exceptionally tight, and is designed to be a
match for the Blaze™ humbuckers in split
mode. Both lows and highs are bright and clean.
Blaze™ Bridge Model DP702
The Blaze™ Bridge Model bears a strong
resemblance to the Steve’s Special™. The mids
are scooped out, and both treble and bass are
boosted.The hot bass response gives the seventh
string a lot of impact, while opening up the
midrange keeps it from getting muddy. This
enables the Blaze™ Bridge Model to handle both
fast soloing and clean chords, because individual
notes won’t smear together with heavy overdrive,
and clean sounds have an almost “hi-fi” quality..
Evolution® 7 DP704
The basic characteristics of the 6-string
Evolution® Bridge model sound like a perfect
description for a 7-string lead pickup: power,
attack and presence. Combining the basic
Evolution® design with Virtual Vintage® technology results in a 7-string pickup possessing
crunching lows and intense highs. The output of
the Evolution® 7 is concentrated towards the
upper mids and treble, so there’s a lot of cutting
power, and the low end stays hot and clear.
The Tone Zone® 7 DP755
The Tone Zone® 7 is not merely an adaptation of
the original Tone Zone®, but a new design from
the ground up for 7-string guitars. It incorporates
lower magnet pull and coils specifically calibrated
to reproduce the full impact of the low “B” string
without any loss of tone quality or fidelity. The
Tone Zone® 7 comes with 4-conductor cable.
PAF® 7 DP759
As the popularity of 7-string guitars has grown,
so has the demand for a clean-sounding,
lower-output pickup that performs like the
classic humbuckers of the late 50s. Far from
being a modification to a 6-string design, the
PAF® 7 is specifically designed for 7-string guitars,
and incorporates some of the same technology
employed in the Virtual Vintage® pickup series to
produce a sound that’s both clean and open on
the low notes and warm and rounded on the
highs. The PAF® 7 comes with 4-conductor cable.
Air Norton 7™ DP793
The 6-string version of the Air Norton™ has
proven to be an effective, versatile pickup in
both neck and bridge positions, and the Air
Norton 7™ extends the same qualities to
7-string guitars. In the neck position, the sound
is warm and well-defined – equally useful with
clean or overdriven amps. In the bridge position,
the sound is very solid and harmonically rich. In
overdrive mode, it has a very distinctive voice
that has both vintage and modern qualities. The
Air Norton 7™ comes with 4-conductor cable.
D Activator 7™ Neck DP719
D Activator 7™ Bridge DP720
Active humbuckers have a distinctive sound:
powerful, clean, open-sounding, with excellent
harmonic overtones and very tight lows. This
also fits the description of a great 7-string pickup,
if the problems associated with active pickups –
sterile sound and limited headroom – could be
eliminated. The D Activator 7™ models do just
that.The Neck model has both power and clarity
– the low “B” string stays solid and doesn’t sound
like mud with extreme overdrive, and the high
strings sing all the way up the neck. The D
Activator 7™ Bridge has the same loud yet clean
sound as the best active humbuckers, and killer
harmonics. The low “B” string is all about attack,
not mud. It responds instantly to hard or light
picking. In a word: it rocks. No batteries required.
D Sonic 7™ DP706
Clarity, warm tone, and high output are the
qualities that define the D Sonic™. John Petrucci
agrees. He's had a lot of experience playing the
D Sonic™ on his 6-string guitars, so – when he
wanted the same sound from his 7-string — we
couldn't say no. The D Sonic™ combination of
clean and heavy that works so well with high
gain amps for both chords and soloing makes a
great choice for a 7-string bridge pickup. The
high strings sing and the low strings growl.
X2N® 7 DP705
What’s the story with 7-string guitarists? They
always want more: more strings, more bass
response, more notes to play with and, of course,
more power. Okay, we got the message. The
X2N® 7 is the answer. If you’re looking for pretty
sound, don’t go here. If you’re looking for pretty
crazy, this is it. Like the original 6-string model, the
X2N® 7 is ridiculously loud, but we’ve totally redesigned the coils to capture the entire frequency
response of all seven strings. And for players who
experience occasional moments of sanity, the
parallel humbucking and split-coil modes are
available for cleaner and quieter sounds.
Virtual Vintage® Blues
DP402
Virtual Vintage® 54 Pro
DP408
Virtual Vintage® Heavy Blues 2
DP409
Area 58™
DP415
Area 61™
DP419
Area 67™
DP419
Virtual Solo™
Strat ® and Tele ® are Registered Trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corp., with which DiMarzio, Inc. is not affiliated.
DP420
Pre B-1™
DP112
True Velvet™ T Neck & Bridge
DP177 • DP178
Super Distortion® T
DP318
Air Norton T™
DP380
DiMarzio®
Fast Track T™
Virtual Vintage & Area
Strat Replacement •
Tele Replacement
DP381
®
The Chopper T™ Bridge
DP384
™
®
The Tone Zone® T
DP389
Area T™ Neck (chrome cover)
& Bridge
®
DP417 • DP418
DiMarzio® Virtual Vintage® and Area™ Strat® and Tele® replacement pickups are much more than mere copies of forty - year - old pickups. We’ve kept the classic
Area Hot T™ Bridge
vintage looks and tone, while making many technological advances and improvements over the originals. For one thing, we’ve almost totally eliminated 60-cycle
DP421
hum. We’ve also reduced magnet-pull on most models by almost 40 percent, which improves sustain and intonation.
Twang King™ T Neck & Bridge
We haven’t forgotten Tele® players with different tastes, either. Traditional single-coil pickers will love the True Velvet T™ and Twang King™ models, and Tele®
DP172 • DP173
players looking for a heavier humbucking sound should check out the Super Distortion® T and the Tone Zone® T.
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Super Distortion® T DP318
Area 58™ DP415
Pre B-1™ DP112
What do you need in order to play blues with a
Strat®? The Virtual Vintage® Blues has more
power and warmth than a typical single-coil. You
can really hear these qualities when you’re playing
the Virtual Vintage® Blues. It withstands hard
picking and opens up when you’re playing with an
overdriven amp. Instead of shrinking away, the
sound jumps out of the speakers. These qualities
are really useful for getting a fat neck position
sound, but they’re outstanding for the bridge
position – particularly if you have a thin-sounding
guitar or use light-gauge strings. It’s a tough
sounding bridge pickup with warmer guitars, and
makes a good neck and middle choice to match
with a full-size bridge humbucker. As the rest of
the Virtual Vintage® family, it’s dead quiet; there’s
practically no hum at all.
There are two major differences between a
great vintage Strat® pickup and an average one:
treble response and dynamics. A great pickup is
clear and bright, but not thin-sounding. A great
one makes the sound jump out of the amp when
you pick hard and drop way down when you play
softly, and the tone varies when the string is
picked at different spots. The best pickup we’ve
ever heard like this was from 1958, and that’s
what inspired the Area 58™, with two major
differences. Our pickup has way less magnet pull,
and virtually no hum.
There are two kinds of Tele® players: country
pickers for whom twang is king (we don’t make
Twang King™ pickups for nothing, right?), and
players of blues and rock who need less
high-end snap and more low-end muscle. We’re
not talking imitation humbucker-sound here.The
Pre B-1™ maintains a lot of the basic character
of the Tele® bridge position, but the sound is
bigger. It can still cut through a mix, but it will fill
more space, as well. It also has about 25% more
power than a stock Tele® bridge pickup. That
means thicker overdrive and more sustain from
your favorite tube amp.
Virtual Vintage® 54 Pro DP408
Area 61™ DP416
The Virtual Vintage® 54 Pro uses the same
ground breaking technology as our Area 58™
and Area 61™ pickups. The Virtual Vintage® 54
Pro replaces the Virtual Vintage® 54 and VirtuAL
2® middle pickups. It has a warm, smoky sound,
fattens up when you pick hard, and has a special
grade of Alnico 2 magnet to reduce string pull.
Like all of the Virtual Vintage® models, it’s dead
quiet.
Virtual Vintage® Heavy Blues 2 DP409
If you’ve heard the cliché that Alnico 2 means
warm, soft sound, prepare to be surprised. This
is not a polite pickup, and the closer it’s adjusted
to the strings, the more raw it gets. In particular,
the Alnico 2 magnetic field opens up all of the
attack and definition of the low strings. It’s a hot
pickup with a strong attack in the bridge
position, and its Alnico 2 magnets allow it to
work very well in the neck position as well, for
players who want a very warm, round sound.
If you want an in - your - face - and - proud - of it sound, the Virtual Vintage® Heavy Blues 2 is
the top pick.
Virtual Solo™ DP420
Air Norton T™ DP380
The Air Norton T™ is the Tele® bridge position
version of the full-size Air Norton™. It’s warm
sounding, very well balanced, and has the same
unique tonal characteristics as the original.
Fatter and louder than a vintage humbucker but
not as overwhelming as a metal pickup, it’s a
great way for Tele® players to get into all types of
rock. The combination of medium output and
harmonic bite are very effective for single-note
soloing as well as chords. In addition, the split
and parallel humbucking modes are very useful,
with a glassy sound closer to a stock Tele®.
Fast Track T™ DP381
DiMarzio® has been working on serious vintage
single-coil design with no hum for twelve years.
Our goal has always been to capture the best
qualities of pickups we heard from the 1950s
and early 60s. We’ve played several pickups from
the early 60s that had a unique tonality: they
were steely, yet woody-sounding. Naturally, we
wanted to nail this sound, and we wanted to do
it with no hum and less magnet-pull. The Area
61™ does it. It’s good in all three positions. It’s
the perfect bridge pickup with a pair of Area
58™ pickups if you want to go all the way from
Nashville to Texas in one guitar.
Area 67™ DP419
The Monterey Pop Festival of 1967 was a
watershed event in American music. When it
was over, the world had heard and felt the sound
of a Strat® in the hands of a master. Single-coils
in 1967 were bright and very clean. And, of
course, they hummed. We've captured the
classic bright and clean sound but totally
eliminated the hum with our patented Area™
technology. We've also reduced magnet pull by
40% for improved sustain and clarity. The Area
67™ has the chime of 60s pickups, and the 2 and
4 positions are light, bright and quack-happy.
True Velvet™ T Neck DP177
True Velvet™ T Bridge DP178
Tele® neck pickups are finicky creatures. Players
have often complained that they’re too weak,
too muddy, and just don’t sound good. The
Twang King™ Neck solved these problems, and
we’ve taken it to the next level with the True
Velvet™ T Neck. The low strings are as big and
clean sounding as they are with the Twang
King™, the highs are smoother, and the attack is
stronger.This combination of qualities allows the
True Velvet™ T to sound both pretty and tough.
The sound of a great vintage Tele® bridge pickup
– if you can find one – is almost magical. It blends
elements that shouldn’t be able to coexist: sizzle
and warmth, sharp attack, and smooth sustain. In
other words, it has depth. Single notes have
weight and presence, and chords have detail and
dimension.This was our goal for the True Velvet™
T Bridge. Controlled-tension coil-winding, custom wire and hand-calibrated magnets give the
True Velvet™ T real vintage sound, and double
wax potting ensures that it’s squeal-free.
The Fast Track T™ is hotter than most
single-coil Tele® bridge pickups, but it has way
more twang and snap than a humbucking pickup
ought to have. We pulled this trick off by
combining patented dual-resonance coils (less
DC resistance than a standard Tele® single-coil)
with twin-blade poles for less string-pull than
standard rod magnets. It all means more sustain,
cleaner highs and tighter bass. It may not look
like a traditional Tele® bridge pickup, but if
outstanding hum-free performance is the goal,
the Fast Track T™ is a clear winner.
The Chopper T™ Bridge DP384
The Chopper T™ is the louder, punchier
brother of the Fast Track T™. More power is
concentrated in the mids and low end for a
bigger sound with more crunch. It shares the
same side-by-side coils and twin-blade construction as the Fast Track T™, so there are no
string alignment or magnet-pull problems. And
of course, there’s no noise.
The Tone Zone® T DP389
The Tone Zone® T brings the performance of
the famous Tone Zone® to a humbucking Tele®
replacement pickup. We’ve built in the tremendous mid-range and bass response of the
original Tone Zone®, and the same patented
dual-resonance design produces great harmonics. 4-conductor wiring provides parallel
humbucking and split-coil modes, so you can go
from bang to twang at the flick of a switch.
Area T™ Neck (Chrome Cover) DP417
Area T™ Bridge DP418
We believe the Area 58™ and Area 61™ are a
major step forward in the performance of
hum-cancelling Strat® replacement pickups. The
new technology that went into these models has
allowed us to make a similar advance with
Telecaster® replacement pickups. The Area T™
Neck has the combination of clarity and warmth
that Telecaster® players have always sought, and
the new technology allows us to include a
vintage Tele® cover with no sacrifice in sound
quality or power.The Area T™ Bridge does what
a great Tele® bridge pickup is supposed to do:
the highs sing, the lows snap, and the mids have a
punch that’s almost unreal.
Area Hot T™ Bridge DP421
What would a Tele® bridge pickup sound like if it
had the same EQ as a vintage PAF®? If you’re a
Tele® player and you think this is an interesting
question, we have the answer: it’s the Area Hot
T™ Bridge. Because it has the classic Tele®
6-magnet configuration, it’s not simply a PAF®
reduced to Tele® size. The sound is more
detailed and controlled. The plain strings both
sing and sting, and the wound strings have a
dynamic quality that’s halfway between a
humbucker and a P90. The Area Hot T™ Bridge
uses Alnico 2 magnets like our other Area™
models, and works well with either 250K or
500K controls.
Twang King™ Neck DP172
Twang King™ Bridge DP173
When we decided to go for the vintage Tele®
sound, we knew we had to do more than just
copy a forty-year-old design. We wanted pickups
that captured the best elements of our favorite
Broadcaster® and Telecaster® sounds – and then
some. The Twang King™ pickups have unequalled response to pick attack: light playing
produces a soft, quiet tone and hard picking
creates a harder, louder, and more dynamic
sound than any comparable single-coil. We
accomplished this with a combination of
controlled-tension coil-winding, special wire, and
hand-calibrated magnets. The neck pickup
comes with a chrome cover, and the bridge
model has a ferrous base plate. Both pickups are
wax-potted twice for squeal-free performance.
We've combined the best qualities of the Virtual
Vintage Solo™ and Virtual Vintage® Solo Pro™
– high output and a full, warm sound – and
pushed these qualities even further. Treble response is smoother, the lows are tighter, and
there is more pick attack. Play hard, and the
sound jumps out of the amp. Play softer, and the
sound becomes cleaner and quieter. Naturally,
there's no hum.
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Strat ® , Tele ®, Telecaster ®, and Broadcaster ® are Registered Trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corp., with which DiMarzio, Inc. is not affiliated.
Virtual Vintage® Blues DP402
The Super Distortion® T offers the performance
of the famous Super Distortion® in humbucking
Tele® bridge direct replacement-size pickups.
We’ve built in the same blend of power and tone
that made the original Super Distortion® the
worldwide standard for high-output humbuckers.We also tweaked the sound to take into
account the fact that the Super Distortion® T
will be installed in the classic slanted bridge
position. Like the full-size version, the Super
Distortion® T has 4-conductor wiring for
parallel humbucking and split-coil modes.
FS-1™
SDS-1™
YJM™
DP110
DP111
DP217
Red Velvet™
True Velvet™ Neck, Middle & Bridge
HS-2™
HS-3™
Air Norton S™
Fast Track 1™
Fast Track 2™
The Chopper™
The Cruiser® Neck & Bridge
Pro Track™
The Tone Zone® S
Super Distortion® S
DP174
DP116
DP117
DiMarzio®
DP180
Strat Replacement •
Humbucking Strat
®
DP181
®
DP182
DP184
When players think about true single-coil Strat® pickups, they conjure up a liquid, open sound and distinctive shimmering tone. Years of research have
DP186 • DP187
resulted in the True Velvet™ and Red Velvet™, as well as heavier models like the FS-1™ and SDS-1™.
Rock players can make Strats® as hot as they need with humbucking Strat® pickups. We’ve got it covered with performance ranging from the classic
HS™ and YJM™ to modern-sounding pickups like The
Cruiser®
DP188
and Air Norton S™, and heavy-sounding models like the Fast Track 2™, Super
Distortion® S and Tone Zone® S.
DP189
DP218
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DP175 • DP275S • DP176
FS-1™ DP110
Strat®
Some players find the traditional
bridge
pickup sound clear and sparkling, while others
think it’s almost painfully bright. You know who
you are, and the FS-1™ is for you. It’s louder
(about 25% more power) than a stock single-coil,
and smoother and fatter-sounding all-round.
When you combine the FS-1™ in the bridge with
True Velvet™ in the middle and neck, you’ll have a
guitar with calibrated, balanced tone in all five
switch positions. For a bigger, more aggressive
sound by and large, you can also install FS-1™
pickups in all three positions
HS-2™ DP116
It might look like a Strat® guitar pickup, but the
SDS-1™ adds punch, gain, and warmth reminiscent
of the best old soapbar pickups. The adjustable
pole pieces don't pull as hard as regular rod
magnets, so you can get the pickup closer to the
strings for stronger output. The highs are less
exaggerated and the bottom is deeper than most
singles for a rounder, darker tone. If your guitar's
bridge position sound is too edgy, without the
push needed to drive your amp, remedy the
situation with an SDS-1™. Add a pair of True
Velvet™ pickups for sparkle, or a True Velvet™ in
the neck and an FS-1™ in the middle for balanced
tone choices.
The HS-2™ has history behind it. The HS™
series were the first humbucking Strat® replacement pickups we made in the early 1980s. Since
then, the HS-2™ has become popular for two
distinct qualities: in humbucking mode, it’s got a
solid, natural sound that’s cleaner and brighter
than a conventional humbucker, while single-coil
mode creates one of the best vintage tones
around. Because of its patented design, single-coil
mode is not as noisy as a standard single-coil
pickup. Taken together with the dead-quiet
humbucking mode, this is an excellent pickup to
use with rack systems and high-gain amps.
Red Velvet™ DP174
HS-3™ DP117
The difference between a vintage Strat® bridge
pickup sound and a classic Broadcaster® or
Tele® tone is mostly a matter of attack and
definition – the Strat® stings and screams, while
the Tele® punches and sings. We thought it
would be neat to have a Strat® pickup that does
both, and this is it. The punch comes from the
bottom-loaded Power Plate™, the sting from
custom coil-winding and the True Velvet™
magnet stagger, and a unique mid-range “growl”
that’s a result of a hand-calibrated magnet
structure. Try a Red Velvet™ bridge pickup with
a pair of True Velvet™ pickups for a sound that’s
both classic and new.
We originally created the HS-3™ to be a
warmer bridge-position companion to the
HS-2™. Yngwie Malmsteen adopted it for his
standard neck and bridge pickup, and almost
overnight the HS-3™ acquired the reputation of
being a high-powered metal pickup. This isn’t
really the case – the HS-3™ is actually a smooth
and relatively quiet pickup that produces a
sweet overdrive tone without jagged edges.
What Yngwie discovered is that these qualities
combine perfectly with a heavily distorted amp,
because the sound won’t get muddy or messy.
The HS-3™ is also versatile – it’s a noise-free
pickup in a live situation or in the studio.
this is an excellent pickup to combine with
medium-output humbuckers, and it maintains its
tonal identity with high-gain amps and multiple
effects.
Fast Track 1™ DP181
The Fast Track 1™ is hotter and more muscular
than The Cruiser®, but it’s still very bright and
clean sounding – not at all like a full-size humbucker. The dual-blade continuous magnetic field
creates an even string balance with very little
magnet-pull, eliminating the “out - of - tuneness”
common to rod-magnet designs. The Fast Track
1™ pickup’s power (double the output of a
standard single-coil) makes it highly recommended in combination with medium - to - hot
full-size humbuckers.You can also put a whole set
of Fast Track 1™ pickups in a Strat®-style guitar,
or create custom sets with The Cruiser®, The
Chopper™, and Pro Track™.
Fast Track 2™ DP182
It’s not any bigger than a single-coil pickup, but the
sound of the Fast Track 2™ puts it right in the
wide open, “everything - on - 11” school. It’s got
three times the output of an average single-coil,
with a huge mid-range and bass punch and a
strong resemblance to the Super Distortion®.
This is our hottest single-coil sized bridge
pickup – particularly useful when you need a
tightly focused jolt of power to crank your
amplifier into rich overdrive. Combining it with a
Pro Track™ or The Chopper™ in the neck
position and The Cruiser® or Fast Track 1™ in
the middle makes a guitar with an outstanding,
Pro Track™ DP188
It’s warm, it’s friendly, it sounds like a vintage
PAF® and will drop right into your Strat®. The
Pro Track™ has enough power for any pickup
position, and the twin black blades mean there
won’t be any problems with string-alignment or
dropouts. In the bridge position, this is a great
blues pickup: combine it with The Cruiser®
(neck) and a Fast Track 1™ (middle) for a solid
mix. Pair two Pro Track™ pickups in the neck
and middle positions with a Fast Track 2™ or
any full-size humbucker in the bridge position
for a heavy yet versatile rock sound.
The Tone Zone® S DP189
The Tone Zone® S brings the famous performance of The Tone Zone® to a humbucking
Strat® replacement pickup. We’ve built in the
tremendous mid-range and bass response of
the original Tone Zone®, and the same patented
dual-resonance design produces great harmonics. We also took into account the
likelihood of installing The Tone Zone® S in the
classic slanted Strat® bridge position, warming
up the higher frequencies and brightening the
True Velvet™ Neck DP175
True Velvet™ Middle DP175S
True Velvet™ Bridge DP176
It's not difficult to make a vintage single-coil
pickup that's clean and bright, but not so easy if
you also want the high strings to sound sweet
above the 12th fret.The True Velvet™ Bridge was
designed to make this happen by tuning the coil
to a frequency range that’s bright but not thin.We
combined this with a magnet stagger specifically
designed to enhance string balance, which
produces great clarity, even with full chords. True
Velvet™ Neck and Middle have the same specs
except for reverse polarity on the middle pickup
for hum-cancellation in the 2 and 4 positions.The
True Velvet™ Bridge is just a touch warmer and
louder than the Neck and Middle, so the
transition between pickup positions is very
smooth and natural. The True Velvet™ Neck,
Middle, and Bridge come standard with handground magnets and vintage cloth covered wire.
YJM™ DP217
You might not realize it from his music, but
Yngwie Malmsteen is a vintage Strat® collector,
and he swears by his 50s and 60s axes. He also
swears by our HS-3™, and he’s always wanted a
vintage magnet-stagger version to go with his
best guitars. While there is still a strong resemblance to the HS-3™, the YJM™ has more
presence and brilliance, particularly on the high
strings, and still no 60-cycle hum. Yngwie uses it
in the neck and middle positions of his main
guitars, and it’s also the standard neck pickup on
his signature model Strat®.
Air Norton S™ DP180
The Air Norton S™ is the Strat® replacement
version of the full-size Air Norton™. It’s warm
sounding, very well balanced, and has the same
unique tonal characteristics as the original. The
original Air Norton™ wasn’t designed for a
specific position or type of guitar, but it has
become most popular in the neck position of
trem-equipped guitars for progressive music.
(Thanks, John!) The S version is also a very good
bridge pickup for all types of rock. Its
combination of medium output and harmonic
bite are very effective for single-note soloing as
well as chords.
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low notes a little. It has 4-conductor wiring for
parallel humbucking and split-coil modes, and
makes a great bridge position combination with
the Pro Track™, The Chopper™, and Fast
Track 1™.
broad range of sounds from glassy to dark and
heavy.
The Chopper™ DP184
The Chopper™ is the louder, punchier brother
of the Fast Track 1™. More power is concentrated in the mids and low end for a bigger
sound with more crunch. It shares the same side by - side coils and twin-blade construction as the
Fast Track 1™, so there are no misaligned poles
or string-pull problems. We originally designed it
as a bridge pickup to combine with The Cruiser™
and Fast Track 1™, but it’s also a good neck
pickup when you’ve got a hot humbucker in the
bridge position.
The Cruiser® Neck DP186
The Cruiser® Bridge DP187
If you’re a serious traditional Strat® player, you
probably won’t want to know about pickups
with side - by - side coils. But if you’re the player
who’s up for something more modern with no
60-cycle hum, string drop-outs or sustain-killing
magnet pull, we designed The Cruiser® for you.
Harmonic overtones are right where you
expect them to be from a “true” single-coil,
and the mid-range is open and vocal-sounding.
It’s hotter than the traditional single-coil,
and the bass strings have a bit more chunk;
Super Distortion® S DP218
The Super Distortion® S offers the performance
of the famous Super Distortion® in a humbucking Strat® bridge direct replacement-size
pickup. We've built in the same blend of power
and tone that made the original Super
Distortion® the worldwide standard for highoutput humbuckers. We also tweaked the sound
to take into account the fact that the Super
Distortion® S will be installed in the classic
slanted bridge position. The new model has
4-conductor wiring for parallel humbucking and
split-coil modes, and makes a great bridge
position combination with the Pro Track™, The
Chopper™, and Fast Track 1™.

indicates Humbucking Strat® Replacement
Strat®, Broadcaster®, and Tele® are registered trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corp., with which DiMarzio, Inc. is not affiliated.not affiliated.
SDS-1™ DP111
Fender®, Precision Bass®. P Bass®, Jazz Bass® and J Bass® are registered trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corp., with which DiMarzio, Inc. is not affiliated.
Gibson® EB is a registered trademarks of Gibson Guitar Corp., with which DiMarzio, Inc. is not affiliated.
Model One™ DP120
Originally designed as a direct replacement for
Gibson® EB series neck pickups, the Model One™
has found new life as a woofer/tweeter in multipickup bass setups. By combining the Model One™
with Split P™, DiMarzio Model P® or DiMarzio®
Model J™ pickups, you can effectively turn your
bass into a woofer/tweeter setup with on-board
control of sonic extremes. By sending the Model
One™ to a rig with an 18-inch speaker cabinet
and plugging the other pickup’s output into your
regular gear, you have the makings of a sound with
earth-moving bottom and crisp, transparent
high-end. What’s that sound like? Check out Billy
Sheehan. It’s the monstrous sound he’s pioneered
that’s made Rock shake for years.
DiMarzio Model P® DP122
Breathe new life into any bass by replacing its
stock pickup with a DiMarzio Model P®. This
hum-cancelling two-piece pickup brings big,
punchy sound to Fender® Precision Bass®-style
basses. The DiMarzio Model P® accurately
reproduces the sound of your bass with added
gain and solid tone. DiMarzio Model P® pickups
cut through the band without sacrificing
bottom-end power. Gutsy mid-range provides
growl when the bass is pushed hard. Combine
the DiMarzio Model P® with a bridge position
DiMarzio® Model J™ or Ultra Jazz™ to achieve
any tone from a tight mid-range punch to a
warm bottom-end with bright, clear attack.
DiMarzio Model J™ DP123
DiMarzio Model J™ pickups reproduce the
warmth and roundness of the traditional Fender®
Jazz Bass® sound with increased power and humcancellation. The additional power translates into
a bigger sound that emphasizes the resonant
character of the instrument.The DiMarzio Model
J™ pickup’s sensitivity and deep tone are also the
perfect complement to fretless basses.
Double-stop glissandos and delicate violin-style
vibrato speak with a classic, woody voice simply
by backing off slightly on the tone control. For an
even more varied choice of tones, pair a bridge
position DiMarzio Model J™ with a DiMarzio
Model P® pickup. The warm, fat tone of the
DiMarzio Model P® plus the tight punch of the
DiMarzio Model J™ open up the sound of any bass.
DiMarzio Model P+J™ DP126
The DiMarzio Model P+J™ set is our classic
combination of a DiMarzio Model P® in the
middle and DiMarzio Model J™ in the bridge
position. The middle pickup supplies the punch
and mid-range growl, and the bridge pickup
provides extended treble response that adds
presence and cut.
Split P™ DP127
Widen the sound of your gear with a Split P™
pickup. Each half of this unique double-blade
P-style pickup is a complete humbucker. Split P™
pickups are EQ’d to expand the range of your
bass by extending both low- and high-end
response: a great way to get a broader contemporary sound from mid-rangy one - pickup - in - the
- middle basses. The double-blade design adds
snap for crisp attack and emphasizes cool overtones for big, smooth tone. Blade pole pieces also
make the Split P™ very sensitive to finger- and
pick-attack. Notes seem to ring longer, especially
in the upper registers, as the pickup “hears” the
decaying note practically down to a whisper.
Will Power™ Neck DP145
Will Power™ Middle DP146
Billy Sheehan has used the original DiMarzio
Model P® and Model One™ bass pickups for
many years. Because of the demands Billy puts on
his system, we made several modifications to
existing models in order to deliver even more of
what he wanted.These are the exact pickups Billy
uses in his signature Yamaha® basses. The Will
Power™ neck model is very deep-sounding with
great low-end definition. Its dimensions are the
same as the Model One™, but it’s a little louder
and fatter-sounding, and pole piece spacing is
slightly wider for better string alignment with
long-scale basses.The Will Power™ middle pickup
is a P-style pickup with tremendous punch and
mid-range power. The overall sound is similar to
the DiMarzio Model P®, but a broader magnetic
field lends more impact to individual notes and
harmonic overtones. Both pickups are humbucking with 4-conductor wiring.
Area J™ Neck DP247
Area J™ Bridge DP248
Area J™ Pair DP249
Model One™
DiMarzio Model P®
DiMarzio Model J™
DiMarzio Model P+J™
Split P™
Will Power™ Neck & Middle
Area J™ Neck, Bridge & Pair
Ultra Jazz™ Neck, Bridge & Pair
Ultra Jazz 5™ Neck, Bridge & Pair
Been waiting for a bass pickup that sounds like a
vintage J Bass® pickup and cancels hum? Your wait
is over. Bass pickups are usually described with
aggressive terms such as “amazing punch” and
“thundering lows”, but that’s not the sound of
vintage J Bass® pickups. They’re all about warmth,
sustain, and a clean, singing tone. The Area J™
captures all of those qualities. It is not loud, but it
has a very focussed attack, so it has power where
it counts – at the center of the tone.The lows are
very clear and clean, and the highs are both
smooth and open-sounding. We’ve reduced the
magnet-pull, and included 4-conductor wiring to
allow both series and parallel humbucking modes.
DP120
DP122
DP123
DP126
Ultra Jazz™ Neck DP147
Ultra Jazz™ Bridge DP148
Ultra Jazz™ Pair DP149
DP127
The hum-cancelling Ultra Jazz™ takes a traditional
Fender® Jazz Bass® sound and really opens it up.
Lows are deeper, highs are more percussive, and
the mid-range is round but not muddy. Harmonic
overtones jump off the strings. It’s also quick; with
instant response to either fingers or pick-style
playing.There’s only one word for this combination
of qualities:“musical”. Choose the perfectly matched
Ultra Jazz™ pair, or try an Ultra Jazz™ bridge
pickup with a Split P™ in the middle position.
DP145 • DP146
DP247 • DP248 • DP249
Ultra Jazz 5™ Neck DP547
Ultra Jazz5™ Bridge DP548
Ultra Jazz5™ Pair DP549
DP147 • DP148 • DP149
The Ultra Jazz 5™ has many of the same
qualities as the 4-string Ultra Jazz™, but it’s been
specifically designed to meet the demands of
5-string basses. By means of a unique application
of Virtual Vintage® technology, the Ultra Jazz 5™
both cancels hum and produces balanced power
and frequency response across all five strings.
Although designed for passive operation, the
Ultra Jazz 5™ also performs excellently with
many active onboard preamps.
DP547 • DP548 • DP549
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DiMarzio®
Acoustic Pickups
Acoustic Model™
Acoustic Model™ DP130
Elemental™ DP134
Super Natural Plus™ DP136
The Acoustic Model™ is a piezo-electric transducer that can be mounted in any location on
the guitar’s top. A non-hardening putty is used to
mount the pickup, allowing simple installation
and removal. Every acoustic guitar has its own
balance of highs, mids and lows, and it’s easy to
experiment with the position of the Acoustic
Model™ to determine the spot that achieves
the best tone for your taste. It can also be
semi-permanently mounted on the inside face of
the guitar and connected to an acoustic endpin
jack, so it’s practically invisible. The Acoustic
Model™ works on all steel, bronze, and nylon
string instruments.
What comes to mind when you hear the
Elemental™ are words such as “warm” and
“friendly”. It’s sensitive to differences in picking
attack, and “hears” the change in tone as the right
hand moves along the string length. This makes
the Elemental™ particularly suited to fingerpicking styles with small and medium-size guitars.
Like the Super Natural Plus™, the Elemental™
installs easily with foam-insulated mounting
brackets. Twelve adjustable pole pieces allow
precise string balance, and there’s a convenient
slide volume control and 12-foot cable.
The Super Natural Plus™ is just what its name
implies – it goes beyond ordinary-sounding
acoustic pickups. The Super Natural Plus™ is
voiced specifically for dreadnought-sized guitars,
where our combination of incredibly crisp treble
and tight bass response will allow acoustic players
to deal with real world problems of feedback and
muffled tone. The pickup is built into a plastic
cover molded to look like dark-grained rosewood. It installs easily beneath the strings, with
shock-absorbing foam lining the inside edges of
the mounting brackets to keep the Super Natural
Plus™ in place and protect the soundhole. If
necessary, the foam can be cut down to
accommodate guitars with smaller soundholes.
There are individual adjustable poles for each
string, and the built-in 12-foot cable is thin and
light, constructed to be strong and durable. A
slide volume control is included with the Super
Natural Plus™ for easy adjustment while playing.
Simply put, the Super Natural Plus™ is a hasslefree, easy-to-use soundhole acoustic pickup, and
the natural choice for outstanding acoustic tone.
Virtual Acoustic™ DP138
The Virtual Acoustic™ uses the same
technology as the Virtual Vintage® line to create
a pickup that’s practically noise-free – even
compared to humbuckers. The sound is both
warm and open, reproducing the natural
dynamics and tonality of steel-string guitars and
enabling the Virtual Acoustic™ to capture the
character of the particular instrument it’s
mounted in. Like the Super Natural Plus™, the
Virtual Acoustic™ installs easily with foaminsulated mounting brackets, which can be cut
down in order to accommodate guitars with
smaller soundholes. Twelve adjustable pole
pieces allow precise string balance. It also has a
volume control with a compensated tone
network – to minimize tone changes when the
volume is adjusted – and a 12-foot cable.
DP130
Elemental™
DP134
Super Natural Plus™
DP136
Virtual Acoustic™
DP138
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At the risk of sounding a little puffed up, we can’t say enough about the DiMarzio web site, www.dimarzio.com. Our Pickup Picker will help you explore the
options based on the type of guitar you have, the kind of music you play, and the features you’re looking for in a pickup. Be sure to check out our Players page
with original photos by Larry DiMarzio as well as the lowdown on the various artists’ equipment, music samples, web site information, and a discography. There’s
also a Gallery where you’ll find more of Larry’s photos. We’re especially pleased to bring you FEEDBACK, the DiMarzio web zine. It’s loaded with features about
and interviews with DiMarzio endorsers, behind the scenes glimpses of photo sessions, videos, and sound bytes. We’re always adding new items, so be sure to
check back often.You can find our videos and comment about them on YouTube at www.youtube.com/larrydimarzio. We’re always adding new friends on MySpace
at www.myspace.com/dimarzio_inc. Be sure to send us a friendship request if you visit.
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