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.

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The PAF Pro® was created when chops-intensive playing was first starting to happen, and high-gain amps and rack systems were becoming 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 to produce highs that 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.

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High quality Mono/Stereo Acoustic Endpin Jack made by Switchcraft.Made in USA

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They feature the same audio taper as our Custom Taper Potentiometers, and ultra-smooth rotation. The paired DPDT switch and push/pull functionality gives you the added wire points to create series/parallel switching, coil-tapping, and phase switching. We even include a convenient solder point for grounding at the switch base, so that all of your wires will cleanly run in one direction, eliminating the need for any soldering to the pot itself.

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Standard guitar pots limit your musical expression, only starting to deliver sound at about “3” on the dial and then never getting much louder above “7”. DiMarzio’s custom taper pot is made to solve that problem by precisely delivering the same ratio of signal-to-turn as an actual 10-position actuator. This provides players with audiophile-like control over dramatic volume swells and signal gain, so you can truly use the guitar’s total range. And don’t worry about wearing these out — each pot is rated to 10,000 cycles at 2,000 cycles per hour and is individually tested by DiMarzio to meet our rigid standards.

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Output jacks are the only electrical part on a guitar that rely on a mechanical connection, making their design and build quality critically important. They must maintain a firm grip and keep delivering uninterrupted sound even when we bump the guitar plug, step on the cable, or get ourselves wrapped around a mic stand. And we need them to withstand these daily rigors for years without fail. That’s why DiMarzio only offers Switchcraft® jacks to our customers, the best built, truest-sounding, time-tested jacks on the market. We use them in our personal guitars and the shop instruments, because their sound is right and the grip is tight … enough said.

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With so many company offering replacement parts for your electric guitardoesn it make sense to stick with one of the industry leaders in electric guitar and bass electronics? DiMarzio knows a thing or two about getting the best possible tone and performance from electric guitar pickups. They wouldn offer you anything other than products that will do the same for your instruments. So buy electric guitar hardware made by one of the companies that knows guitar electronics best with DiMarzio.

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Custom pot controls volume or tone! Use this DiMarzio Custom Taper Split Shaft Pot for volume or tone control. Rated at 250KOhm, potentiometer comes with mounting hardware and has an integral DPDT switch.

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Here’s why you should pick this pickup switch: DiMarzio builds their typical quality into this 3-Way Pickup Selector Switch for Fender Telecaster guitars. Like other DiMarzio pickup switches, it comes with installation screws and black and white knobs. Just the thing if you’ve finally worn out the pickup switch on your Tele.

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With so many company offering replacement parts for your electric guitardoesn it make sense to stick with one of the industry leaders in electric guitar and bass electronics? DiMarzio knows a thing or two about getting the best possible tone and performance from electric guitar pickups. They wouldn offer you anything other than products that will do the same for your instruments. So buy electric guitar hardware made by one of the companies that knows guitar electronics best with DiMarzio.

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Here’s why you should pick this pickup switch: DiMarzio builds their typical quality into this 3-Way Pickup Selector Switch for Fender Telecaster guitars. Like other DiMarzio pickup switches, it comes with installation screws and black and white knobs. Just the thing if you’ve finally worn out the pickup switch on your Tele.

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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 Model 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.

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DP423 Paul Gilbert Injector Bridge Pickup White. DiMarzio heard about Paul Gilbert in the 1980s. Billy Sheehan told them about an amazing 18-year-old who had recently arrived in California and had blown everyone away with his musicianship, speed, and awesome technical ability in Racer X. DiMarzio immediately asked Paul to become a DiMarzio endorser. Recently, Paul has been heavily into DiMarzio’s Area pickups. He’s also been playing a lot of Racer X-style instrumentals, so the time was right for signature Paul Gilbert single-coil sized DiMarzio pickups. The outcome of their teamwork are the new Injector Neck and Bridge Model pickups. Paul loves the results, and you can hear them on his latest CD, “Fuzz Universe”. The Paul Gilbert Injector Bridge Model is one of DiMarzio’s hottest hum-canceling models (185mV output) with six individual Alnico magnets. The DP423 sound is not like a vintage single-coil – highs are bright but not glassy, and lows are solid and defined. The Injector Bridge pickup was designed to work equally well with rapid single-note arpeggios and power chords without becoming muddy or compressed.

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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.

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We first heard about Paul Gilbert in the 1980s. Billy Sheehan told us about an amazing 18-year-old who had recently arrived in California and had blown everyone away with his musicianship, speed, and awesome technical ability in Racer X. Naturally, we immediately asked Paul to become a DiMarzio® endorser. It was the start of a great relationship. Recently, Paul has been heavily into our Area™ pickups. He’s also been playing a lot of Racer X-style instrumentals, so the time was right for signature Paul Gilbert single-coil sized DiMarzio® pickups. The outcome of our teamwork are the new Injector™ Neck and Bridge Model pickups. You can hear them on Paul’s album “Fuzz Universe”

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Paul Gilbert Injector Bridge Pickup White. DiMarzio heard about Paul Gilbert in the 1980s. Billy Sheehan told them about an amazing 18-year-old who had recently arrived in California and had blown everyone away with his musicianship, speed, and awesome technical ability in Racer X. DiMarzio immediately asked Paul to become a DiMarzio endorser. Recently, Paul has been heavily into DiMarzio’s Area pickups. He’s also been playing a lot of Racer X-style instrumentals, so the time was right for signature Paul Gilbert single-coil sized DiMarzio pickups. The outcome of their teamwork are the new Injector Neck and Bridge Model pickups. Paul loves the results, and you can hear them on his latest CD, “Fuzz Universe”. The Paul Gilbert Injector Bridge Model is one of DiMarzio’s hottest hum-canceling models (185mV output) with six individual Alnico magnets. The DP422 sound is not like a vintage single-coil – highs are bright but not glassy, and lows are solid and defined. The Injector Bridge pickup was designed to work equally well with rapid single-note arpeggios and power chords without becoming muddy or compressed. It has about 40% less magnet-pull than standard single-coils, and this is essential for the superior speed and dynamic range with which this pickup responds to pick attack. Paul’s setup on the guitar he played on Fuzz Universe was Injector Neck Model in the neck, Area 67 in the middle, and Injector Bridge Model in the bridge. The Injector is a lot louder and warmer than the Area 67 but the combination produces varied tonal colors in the 2 and 4 positions, with the Area 67 alone providing vintage tone and the Injector Neck and Bridge for heavier sounds.

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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.   Strat® pickups in the late 1960s used full-strength Alnico 5 magnets. The patented magnetic field of the Area™ models is more efficient and focused than it is on “true” single-coils, which allows us to use Alnico 2 instead. There's much less magnet pull, but no loss of output.   This is a major advantage in the neck and middle positions, where sustain and intonation can both suffer if the strings are exposed to strong magnetic fields. In the bridge position, the patented technology of the Area 67™ produces a sound that's very bright but not brittle.     SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For: All positions, especially neck and middle Quick Connect: No Wiring: 4 Conductor Magnet: Alnico 2 Resistance: 5.86 Kohm Year of Introduction: 2008

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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.   Strat® pickups in the late 1960s used full-strength Alnico 5 magnets. The patented magnetic field of the Area™ models is more efficient and focused than it is on “true” single-coils, which allows us to use Alnico 2 instead. There's much less magnet pull, but no loss of output.   This is a major advantage in the neck and middle positions, where sustain and intonation can both suffer if the strings are exposed to strong magnetic fields. In the bridge position, the patented technology of the Area 67™ produces a sound that's very bright but not brittle.     SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For: All positions, especially neck and middle Quick Connect: No Wiring: 4 Conductor Magnet: Alnico 2 Resistance: 5.86 Kohm Year of Introduction: 2008

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We believe the Area 58™ and Area 61™ are a major step forward in the performance of hum-canceling Strat® replacement pickups. The research and technology that went into these models has allowed us to make a similar advance with Telecaster® replacement pickups. 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.

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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.

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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.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For : All positions. Quick Connect : No Wiring : 4 Conductor Magnet : Alnico 2 Resistance : 6.43 Kohm Year of Introduction : 2006

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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.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For : All positions. Quick Connect : No Wiring : 4 Conductor Magnet : Alnico 2 Resistance : 6.43 Kohm Year of Introduction : 2006

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Tremendous mid-range, bass response, and harmonics. The DiMarzio DP389 Tone Zone T Tele Humbucker Bridge Pickup brings the performance of the famous Tone Zone to a humbucking Tele replacement pickup. Built-in is 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. Recommended For: Bridge position, Telecaster-style guitars.

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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.   The Area 58™ has obvious similarities to the Virtual Vintage® 2.1 it replaces, but there are several non-visible performance factors that have changed. Dynamic range and string definition are greatly increased, leading to improvements in both clean chord-playing and overdriven soloing.    The Area 58™ is very sensitive to small height adjustment differences: close to the strings produces a fatter, slightly compressed blues tone and further away yields crystal clean sounds. The final improvement is in noise reduction. All of the Virtual Vintage® pickups have better hum cancellation than full-size humbuckers. Area 58™ and Area 61™ are even quieter.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For: Neck and middle, can also be used in bridge. Quick Connect: No Wiring: 4 Conductor Magnet: Alnico 2 Resistance: 6.15 Kohm Year of Introduction: 2006

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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.   The Area 58™ has obvious similarities to the Virtual Vintage® 2.1 it replaces, but there are several non-visible performance factors that have changed. Dynamic range and string definition are greatly increased, leading to improvements in both clean chord-playing and overdriven soloing.    The Area 58™ is very sensitive to small height adjustment differences: close to the strings produces a fatter, slightly compressed blues tone and further away yields crystal clean sounds. The final improvement is in noise reduction. All of the Virtual Vintage® pickups have better hum cancellation than full-size humbuckers. Area 58™ and Area 61™ are even quieter.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For: Neck and middle, can also be used in bridge. Quick Connect: No Wiring: 4 Conductor Magnet: Alnico 2 Resistance: 6.15 Kohm Year of Introduction: 2006

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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.

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The DiMarzio DP318 Super Distortion T Tele Humbucker Pickup offers the performance of the famous Super Distortion in humbucking Tele bridge direct replacement-size pickups. Built-in is the same blend of power and tone that made the original Super Distortion the worldwide standard for high-output humbuckers. DiMarzio 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.

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Designed for Steve Vai’s signature Ibanez PIA guitar, the UtoPIA Bridge pickup features a custom, laser cut baroque style cover over a gold patterned layer.   Using the Evolution Bridge as the basic platform, the UtoPIA Bridge was designed to focus more on the low-end response of the guitar while adding thickness and body to the top end. The challenge was to still deliver the harmonics for which the Evolution is known.    Upper midrange frequencies were also dialed back to produce a less aggressive attack and provide more control. The UtoPIA Bridge boasts a big, bold low end, high output, and thick top end.Available in F-spacing only.

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The DiMarzio PAF 59 humbucking electric guitar pickup is all about nailing that vintage humbucker tone. With a design based on the tone of Larry DiMarzio’s own ’59 Les Paul’s pickups, the PAF 59 is engineered to pour on the cream. Sweetwater players love how its 42 AWG undipped, scatter-wound enamel wire coils re-create the creamy distortion of a vintage PAF ‘bucker in the bridge position. It also has Double Cream butyrate bobbins on a long-leg nickel/silver base plate — just like the originals. Get that vintage PAF pickup tone with the modern reliability of updated manufacturing processes with the DiMarzio PAF 59 electric guitar humbucking pickup.

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The DiMarzio PAF 59 humbucking electric guitar pickup is all about nailing that vintage humbucker tone. With a design based on the tone of Larry DiMarzio’s own ’59 Les Paul’s pickups, the PAF 59 is engineered to pour on the cream. Sweetwater players love how its 42 AWG undipped, scatter-wound enamel wire coils re-create the creamy distortion of a vintage PAF ‘bucker in the bridge position. It also has Double Cream butyrate bobbins on a long-leg nickel/silver base plate — just like the originals. Get that vintage PAF pickup tone with the modern reliability of updated manufacturing processes with the DiMarzio PAF 59 electric guitar humbucking pickup.

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The Satchur8™ is smooth yet bright, with plenty of clarity and distinction.It’s loaded with dynamics, and notes have weight and authority. Joe says the Satchur8™ is the richest, most complete sounding pickup he’s ever used. “I wish we could just say, ‘This pickup sounds effing great!'”

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DiMarzio offers separate bridge and neck versions of the Sonic Ecstasy. Both are only available with F spacing (for guitars with a Floyd Rose tremolo bridge) and feature a passive, high-output design with a ceramic magnet, four-conductor wiring, one row of six flathead screw-adjustable polepieces and another row of six flat polepieces, and a distinctive custom cover with a graphic black and matte silver metal engraved design. The bridge pickup is hotter, providing 420mV output and 15.3Kohm DC resistance, while the neck pickup has 300mV output and 13.8Kohm DC resistance.

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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 focused 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.

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DiMarzio offers separate bridge and neck versions of the Sonic Ecstasy. Both are only available with F spacing (for guitars with a Floyd Rose tremolo bridge) and feature a passive, high-output design with a ceramic magnet, four-conductor wiring, one row of six flathead screw-adjustable polepieces and another row of six flat polepieces, and a distinctive custom cover with a graphic black and matte silver metal engraved design. The bridge pickup is hotter, providing 420mV output and 15.3Kohm DC resistance, while the neck pickup has 300mV output and 13.8Kohm DC resistance.

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We love working with Steve Vai. As an artist, he’s constantly evolving and expanding the limits with his playing, composing, and instruments. So when he approached us about pickups for a new incarnation of his signature JEM, we developed Dark Matter 2™ Neck, Bridge, and Middle models. These pickups are specifically EQed to match the earthy, organic aura of the new guitar. High output pickups can sometimes have anomalies in the high register, meaning they have some sharp edges. While they’re definitely high output like Steve’s other pickups, the new Dark Matter 2™ pickups are engineered with a slight softness on the top end.

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We love working with Steve Vai. As an artist, he’s constantly evolving and expanding the limits with his playing, composing, and instruments. So when he approached us about pickups for a new incarnation of his signature JEM, we developed Dark Matter 2™ Neck, Bridge, and Middle models. These pickups are specifically EQed to match the earthy, organic aura of the new guitar. High output pickups can sometimes have anomalies in the high register, meaning they have some sharp edges. While they’re definitely high output like Steve’s other pickups, the new Dark Matter 2™ pickups are engineered with a slight softness on the top end.

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One thing has stayed consistent throughout John Petrucci’s long and successful career: the DiMarzio pickups in his guitars. John has been pushing the envelope of progressive metal since the late eighties, and the new DiMarzio Crunch Lab Bridge Model ensued from our most recent collaboration with John. He used it throughout Dream Theater’s tenth studio album, “Black Clouds & Silver Linings”. John swears this is the best live and studio sound he has ever had, and the name says it all – “crunch” is what it’s all about with a big, tight sound that’s neither muddy nor thin.

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One thing has stayed consistent throughout John Petrucci’s long and successful career: the DiMarzio® pickups in his guitars. John has been pushing the envelope of progressive metal since the late eighties, and the new DiMarzio® Crunch Lab™ Bridge Model ensued from our most recent collaboration with John.    He used it throughout Dream Theater’s tenth studio album, “Black Clouds & Silver Linings”. John swears this is the best live and studio sound he has ever had, and the name says it all — “crunch” is what it’s all about with a big, tight sound that’s neither muddy nor thin.   FEATURES Recommended For: Bridge position Quick Connect: No Wiring: 4 Conductor Magnet: Ceramic Resistance: 11.03 Kohm

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The DiMarzio PAF 36th Anniversary bridge pickup melds precise articulation with impressive output, delivering incredibly sweet tone and a beautiful blend of warmth and clarity. When we tested the PAF 36th Anniversary here at Live Music, we were stunned by how easily you can take this responsive pickup from clean to dirty with a subtle change in your pick attack.    The PAF 36th Anniversary mimics the magnetic field of a 1959 Les Paul's humbuckers, allowing your strings to vibrate longer, while yielding amazing, single-coil-like definition. A 42-gauge custom-coated wire puts this pickup's frequency response right in the sweet spot. The DiMarzio PAF 36th Anniversary bridge pickup has all of the characteristics of the legendary humbuckers of yesteryear.   FEATURES Melds precise articulation with impressive output for sweet tone, warmth, and clarity Responsive enough to go from clean to dirty by pick attack alone Weaker magnetic field allows strings to vibrate longer and yields single-coil-like definition 42-gauge custom-coated wire puts frequency response in the sweet spot Dipped in DiMarzio's custom formula to eliminate squeal and microphonics Performs equally well in the neck or bridge position Single-coil mode is bright without sounding sterile   SPECIFICATIONS Type:Humbucker Active/Passive:Passive Magnet Material:Alnico V Position:Bridge, Neck Number of Conductors:4 Number of Strings:6  

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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 Model. It features 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 Model features universal spacing for both standard and F-spaced applications.

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Designed for renowned Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci’s Music Man JP16, the key features of the Sonic Ecstasy™ models are power, depth, and warmth. They have a broad voicing that emphasizes mids and lows.Petrucci says, ”My new Sonic Ecstasy™ pickups deliver a massive tone that’s incredibly rich, clear, and expressive.”The bridge pickup brings out the guitar’s punch and girth while maintaining a top end that’s musical and smooth as well as a tighter and more articulate low end.

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The DiMarzio PAF 36th Anniversary bridge pickup melds precise articulation with impressive output, delivering incredibly sweet tone and a beautiful blend of warmth and clarity. When we tested the PAF 36th Anniversary here at Live Music, we were stunned by how easily you can take this responsive pickup from clean to dirty with a subtle change in your pick attack.    The PAF 36th Anniversary mimics the magnetic field of a 1959 Les Paul's humbuckers, allowing your strings to vibrate longer, while yielding amazing, single-coil-like definition. A 42-gauge custom-coated wire puts this pickup's frequency response right in the sweet spot. The DiMarzio PAF 36th Anniversary bridge pickup has all of the characteristics of the legendary humbuckers of yesteryear.   FEATURES Melds precise articulation with impressive output for sweet tone, warmth, and clarity Responsive enough to go from clean to dirty by pick attack alone Weaker magnetic field allows strings to vibrate longer and yields single-coil-like definition 42-gauge custom-coated wire puts frequency response in the sweet spot Dipped in DiMarzio's custom formula to eliminate squeal and microphonics Performs equally well in the neck or bridge position Single-coil mode is bright without sounding sterile   SPECIFICATIONS Type:Humbucker Active/Passive:Passive Magnet Material:Alnico V Position:Bridge, Neck Number of Conductors:4 Number of Strings:6  

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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 high-output 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™.

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DiMarzio’s D Activator passive humbucking neck pickup is a great choice for players who call Music Bliss wanting the output of an active pickup but needing the tone and convenience of a passive. The D Activator’s passive nature gives you more dynamic control than most active humbuckers. This lets you hit the amp harder when you want, get a less aggressive tone when picking lightly, and helps your tone clean up when you roll the guitar’s volume back. And this pickup is balanced with the D Activator bridge pickup for seamless pickup switching when both are installed

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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 high-output 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™.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For : Bridge position in solid body guitars, can also be used in neck and middle. Quick Connect : No Wiring : 4 Conductor Magnet : Ceramic Resistance : 13.18 Kohm Year of Introduction : 2005

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The HS-4™ is the vintage magnet-stagger version of the HS-3™. While there is obviously a strong resemblance to the HS-3™, the vintage stagger recreates the string-balance of single-coils from the 50s, producing a unique sound in the neck and middle positions with both chords and single-note soloing. And there’s no 60-cycle hum.

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