The DiMarzio Super Distortion is one of DiMarzio's earliest pickups, and it's designed to send your tube amp straight into overdrive, courtesy of its ultra-high output! Guitarists at Live Music are impressed with the power and tone that this classic pickup delivers — both single notes and chords are huge, with humbucker-signature thick, boosted mids; fat highs; and killer lows.    Generally a bridge-position pickup, but great in the neck with lower-gain guitar amplifiers, the DiMarzio Super Distortion was designed to make the most out of solidbody guitars. Need it fat? Pick up the DiMarzio Super Distortion.   FEATURES Humbucker F-spacing  High-output pickup Best for solidbody guitars Generally used in the bridge position Great as a neck pickup with lower-gain amplifiers 4-conductor wiring Ceramic magnets Output: 425 DC resistance: 13.68   SPECIFICATIONS Type:Humbucker Active/Passive:Passive Magnet Material:Ceramic Position:Bridge, Neck Number of Conductors:4 Number of Strings:6

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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.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For : Bridge position for all solid body guitars. Quick Connect : No Wiring : 4 Conductor Magnet : Ceramic Resistance : 12.95 kOhm Year of Introduction : 2020

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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.   FEATURES Humbucker Standard-spacing  High-output pickup Best for solidbody guitars Generally used in the bridge position Great as a neck pickup with lower-gain amplifiers 4-conductor wiring Ceramic magnets Output: 425 DC resistance: 13.68 SPECIFICATIONS Type:Humbucker Active/Passive:Passive Magnet Material:Ceramic Position:Bridge, Neck Number of Conductors:4 Number of Strings:6

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DiMarzio's Air Norton began as a bridge humbucker for high-gain amps with a distinctive sound, but it soon found favor as a pretty cool neck pickup, as well. At the bridge, it's hot but not too hot; in the neck slot, the Air Norton is deep and warm, but not muddy.    The magnetic structure is designed to reduce string-pull, which improves sustain, and it yields picking attack and dynamics that are easily controlled and expressive. Capture the tone you've been looking for with the Air Norton, a truly unique humbucker.   FEATURES Recommended For :  Solid body and semi-hollow body guitars. Quick Connect : No Wiring : 4 Conductor Magnet : Alnico 5 Resistance : 12.58 Kohm Year of Introduction : 1995  

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DiMarzio's DP102 X2N humbucker may be the most aggressive passive pickup out there. By dropping this power plant into the bridge position of your guitar, you'll be able to pulverize the front end of any amplifier or dirt box. And the X2N's balanced response pushes a good amount of low mids for a meaty sound that is never shrill.    On top of that, it's surprisingly versatile, singing with an organic single-coil tone when utilizing its 4-conductor wiring for coil splitting. Hit your amp hard while having wide tonal options with the DiMarzio X2N humbucker.   FEATURES High-output passive bridge-position humbucker Sounds particularly organic in single-coil mode Wiring: 4 conductor Magnet: ceramic Output mV: 510 DC resistance: 15.83 Kohm   SPECIFICATION Type:Humbucker Active/Passive:Passive Magnet Material:Ceramic Position:Bridge Number of Conductors:4 wire DC Resistance:15.83K Number of Strings:6

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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 7™ 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.   The Crunch Lab 7™ is noteworthy (bad pun alert) for what it doesn't do — it's not a screamer, and it's not about thundering lows. Its physical appearance is identical to the D Sonic 7™, but the internal design is a lot different. It's louder, and the highs have more depth.   The lows and mids are more open, and this is crucial for playing chords with body and presence through a gained-out amp. The way the pickup attacks a note is both sharper and stronger, and this allows the Crunch Lab 7™ to be installed with the solid bar towards the neck.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For: Bridge position Quick Connect: No Wiring: 4 Conductor Magnet: Ceramic Resistance: 11.07 Kohm Year of Introduction: 2009

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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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The Rainmaker 7™ Neck and Dreamcatcher 7™ Bridge were developed for John Petrucci of Dream Theater. John says, “From the moment I plugged in the guitar and played the first note, I knew that we achieved Holy Grail-level results. With these pickups, the Majesty’s inherent tonal complexities and beauty are brought out in a way that gives the guitar an expressive, intense, fearless, creamy, gorgeous, pure, unobstructed, and addictively powerful voice. It literally feels like the guitar is alive and ready to jump out of my hands!”   Although designed specifically for John’s neck-through signature Ernie Ball Music Man Majesty guitar, the basic performance shows the overall direction John said he wants to follow in pursuit of his personal sound. This pickup has an increased sensitivity to pick attack and more dynamic range overall.    The Rainmaker 7™ Neck has an interesting blend of both warmer highs and more open mids to blend classic and modern approaches to the neck pickup. John claims, “These pickups are truly inspirational, and I look forward to hearing them roar on stage and in the studio night after night!”   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For    Neck position in solid and semi-solid guitars. Can also be used in the bridge position. Quick Connect    No Wiring    4 conductor Magnet    Ceramic Resistance    11.53

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The Rainmaker™ Neck and Dreamcatcher™ Bridge were developed for John Petrucci of Dream Theater. John says the new Rainmaker™ and Dreamcatcher™ neck and bridge pickups are “the quintessential tone-monsters we’ve been working on together since our very first collaboration, and the end result is absolutely mind-blowing.   Although designed specifically for John’s neck-through signature Ernie Ball Music Man Majesty guitar, the basic performance shows the overall direction John said he wants to follow in pursuit of his personal sound. This pickup has an increased sensitivity to pick attack and more dynamic range overall.    The Rainmaker™ Neck has an interesting blend of both warmer highs and more open mids to blend classic and modern approaches to the neck pickup.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For : Neck position in solid and semi-solid guitars. Can also be used in the bridge position. Quick Connect : No Wiring : 4 conductor Magnet : Ceramic Resistance : 11.62

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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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“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.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For: Bridge position Quick Connect: No Wiring: 4 Conductor Magnet: Alnico 5 Resistance: 16.50 Kohm Year of Introduction: 2001  

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Jake Bowen is one of the new generation of guitarists on the cutting edge of progressive rock. His sound is helping to redefine rock guitar, and his pickups play a major part.    The Titan™ Neck and Bridge Model pickups were developed for his new signature guitar by Ibanez. The Titan™ Neck Model pickup is punchy and fat sounding, yet can handle multiple layers of effects without getting muddy.    Jake says, “When I switch to leads, I go to the neck pickup which gives me more rounded notes and more attack. I also go to the neck pickup for cleans, depending on what my needs are”.   SPECIFICATIONS  Recommended For : Neck position. Quick Connect : No Wiring : 4 Conductor Magnet : Ceramic Resistance : 10.37 Kohm  

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One variation that’s highly sought after by vintage PAF® players is a pickup that is quiet, bright, and very dynamic. The PAF® Master Bridge Model has all that combined with real rock and roll character. It reacts to playing, and sounds good when playing more than one note at the same time. Picked hard, it has a beautiful, snarly, thick, rockin’ tone. The PAF® Master Bridge Model: vintage just got better.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For : Can also be used in neck position Quick Connect ; No Wiring : 4 Conductor (1 Conductor optional) Magnet : Alnico 4 Resistance : 69 Kohm

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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.   FEATURES Made in response to Joe Satriani's request for a hotter pickup, with power, clarity, and dynamics Enhanced harmonics and output make a perfect match with a PAF Joe,, in the neck Joe Satriani asked us for a hotter and bigger version of the Fred for his new Ibanez guitar The new Mo' Joe has more power than the Fred, but it doesn't sacrifice the clarity, dynamics or the unique guitar The new Mo' Joe has more power than the Fred, but it doesn't sacrifice the clarity, dynamic or the unique harmonics that made the Fred famous   SPECIFICATIONS Wiring: 4 Conductor Magnet: Alnico 5 Output: 320 DC Resistance: 9.76  

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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 arch top sound from a solid body, and it offers exceptionally good split and series-parallel capability.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For : Bridge position primarily (see Tech Talk for neck position application) in solid body and semi-hollow body guitars. Quick Connect : No Wiring : 4 Conductor Magnet : Alnico 5 Resistance : 17.49 Kohm Year of Introduction : 1995

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 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™ 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. The True Velvet™ Neck and Middle models have the same specs except for reverse polarity on the middle pickup for hum cancellation in the 2 and 4 positions.    The True Velvet™ Middle comes standard with hand-ground magnets and vintage cloth-covered wire.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For : Middle Position Quick Connect : No Wiring : 2 Conductor Magnet : Alnico 5 Resistance : 6.21 Kohm Year of Introduction : 2008

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One variation that’s highly sought after by vintage PAF® players is a pickup that is quiet, bright, and very dynamic. The PAF® Master Bridge Model has all that combined with real rock and roll character. It reacts to playing, and sounds good when playing more than one note at the same time.    Picked hard, it has a beautiful, snarly, thick, rockin’ tone. The PAF® Master Bridge Model: vintage just got better.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For : Can also be used in neck position Quick Connect ; No Wiring : 4 Conductor (1 Conductor optional) Magnet : Alnico 4 Resistance : 69 Kohm

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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.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For: Bridge position when combined with Air Classic™ Neck Model or most single-coils, neck position in combination with higher output humbuckers. For all solid body, hollow, and semi-hollow body guitars. Quick Connect: No Wiring: 4 Conductor Magnet: Alnico 5 Resistance: 8.62 Kohm Year of Introduction: 1995  

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Designed for Steve Vai’s signature Ibanez PIA guitar, the UtoPIA Neck pickup features a custom laser-cut baroque style cover over a gold patterned layer.   Using the Evolution  Neck as the basic platform, the UtoPIA Neck 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 mid-range frequencies were also dialed back to produce a less aggressive attack and provide more control. The UtoPIA Neck boasts a big, bold low end and thick top end.   Available in F-spacing only.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For : Neck or Bridge position for all solid body guitars. Quick Connect : No Wiring : 4 Conductor Magnet : Ceramic Resistance : 12.68 kOhm Year of Introduction : 2020

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Designed for Steve Vai’s signature Ibanez PIA guitar, the UtoPIA Neck pickup features a custom laser-cut baroque style cover over a gold patterned layer.   Using the Evolution  Neck as the basic platform, the UtoPIA Neck 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 mid-range frequencies were also dialed back to produce a less aggressive attack and provide more control. The UtoPIA Neck boasts a big, bold low end and thick top end.   Available in F-spacing only.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For : Neck or Bridge position for all solid body guitars. Quick Connect : No Wiring : 4 Conductor Magnet : Ceramic Resistance : 12.68 kOhm Year of Introduction : 2020

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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 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 10-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 hassle-free, easy-to-use soundhole acoustic pickup, and the natural choice for outstanding acoustic tone.   SPECIFICATIONS Quick Connect : Yes Wiring : 1 Conductor Magnet : Ceramic Resistance : 8.05 Kohm Year of Introduction : 1996  

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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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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.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For : Standard Tele® bridge position. Quick Connect : No Wiring : 2 Conductor Magnet : Alnico 5 Resistance : 8.07 Kohm Year of Introduction : 1995  

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Designed for John Petrucci’s Music Man JP13™ guitar, the new Illuminator™ Neck and Bridge Models are the next generation in John’s signature pickups with DiMarzio.    John says he looks for versatility in his pickups so that he’s able to span a multitude of different sounds within one guitar, going from massive overdrive, very tight, rhythmical and aggressive to “more expressive, dynamic and very liquid” when he plays solos. They’re a bit bold — with more of the clarity and presence that John demands.   John used the Illuminator™ and Illuminator 7™ pickups during the recording of Dream Theater’s self-titled album, released September 24, 2013.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For    Bridge Quick Connect    No Wiring    4 Conductor Magnet    Ceramic Resistance    10.56 Kohm

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The DiMarzio Evolution humbucking pickup gives you plenty of output and a tight, aggressive tone, and now Live Music offers it to you! F-spaced for Floyd Rose trem-equipped guitars, the Evolution features 4-conductor wiring, ceramic magnets, and DiMarzio's patented dual-resonance configuration, which produces more harmonic overtones than conventional humbuckers.    A great pickup for pushing your amp to its full tonal potential, this humbucker is ideal for high-octane live performance applications - while giving you plenty of definition for the studio, too. Take your axe's performance to the next level with the Evolution!   FEATURES Color: Black Type: Bridge position humbucker F-spacing,  Wiring: 4-conductor Magnet: Ceramic Output: 404 DC resistance: 13.84 Tone guide: Treble - 6.5; Mid - 7; Bass - 6   SPECIFICATIONS Type:Humbucker Active/Passive:Passive Magnet Material:Ceramic Position:Bridge Number of Conductors:4 Number of Strings:6

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The Rainmaker™ Neck and Dreamcatcher™ Bridge were developed for John Petrucci of Dream Theater. John says the new Rainmaker™ and Dreamcatcher™ neck and bridge pickups are “the quintessential tone-monsters we’ve been working on together since our very first collaboration, and the end result is absolutely mind-blowing.    The Dreamcatcher™ Bridge reflects John Petrucci’s continuing process of refining and expanding his sound. Although designed specifically for John’s neck-through signature Ernie Ball Music Man Majesty guitar, the basic performance shows the overall direction John said he wants to follow in pursuit of his personal sound.    This pickup has an increased sensitivity to pick attack and more dynamic range overall. The Dreamcatcher™ Bridge focuses more power on the low mids to allow the bridge position to cut through the mix without brittle highs or muddy lows.   SPECIFICATIONS  Recommended For : Bridge position in solid body guitars Quick Connect : No Wiring : 4 conductor Magnet : Ceramic Resistance : 14.4

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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.   We designed the Blaze™ Bridge Model with a scooped midrange, to keep the low seventh string as bright and open-sounding as possible. Chords are very clean, and even heavy overdrive retains a lot of definition.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For: Bridge position Quick Connect: No Wiring: 4 Conductor Magnet: Ceramic Resistance: 20.75 Kohm Year of Introduction: 1990

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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.     SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For: All positions Quick Connect: No Wiring: 4 Conductor Magnet: Alnico 5 Resistance: 8.4 Kohm Year of Introduction: 1986

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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.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For : Bridge position Quick Connect : No Wiring : 2 Conductor Magnet :  Ceramic Resistance : 9.36 Kohm Year of Introduction : 1978

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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.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For : Bridge position for all solid body guitars. Quick Connect : No Wiring : 4 Conductor Magnet : Ceramic Resistance : 12.95 kOhm Year of Introduction : 2020

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The DiMarzio Super Distortion is one of DiMarzio's earliest pickups, and it's designed to send your tube amp straight into overdrive, courtesy of its ultra-high output! Guitarists at Live Music are impressed with the power and tone that this classic pickup delivers — both single notes and chords are huge, with humbucker-signature thick, boosted mids; fat highs; and killer lows.    Generally a bridge-position pickup, but great in the neck with lower-gain guitar amplifiers, the DiMarzio Super Distortion was designed to make the most out of solidbody guitars. Need it fat? Pick up the DiMarzio Super Distortion.   FEATURES Humbucker F-spacing  High-output pickup Best for solidbody guitars Generally used in the bridge position Great as a neck pickup with lower-gain amplifiers 4-conductor wiring Ceramic magnets Output: 425 DC resistance: 13.68   SPECIFICATIONS Type:Humbucker Active/Passive:Passive Magnet Material:Ceramic Position:Bridge, Neck Number of Conductors:4 Number of Strings:6

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The Rainmaker 7™ Neck and Dreamcatcher 7™ Bridge were developed for John Petrucci of Dream Theater.   The Dreamcatcher 7™ Bridge reflects John Petrucci’s continuing process of refining and expanding his sound. Although designed specifically for John’s neck-through signature Ernie Ball Music Man Majesty guitar, the basic performance shows the overall direction John said he wants to follow in pursuit of his personal sound.    This pickup has an increased sensitivity to pick attack and more dynamic range overall. The Dreamcatcher 7™ Bridge focuses more power on the low mids to allow the bridge position to cut through the mix without brittle highs or muddy lows.   SPECIFICATIONS Quick Connect    No Wiring    4 Conductor Magnet    Ceramic Resistance    12.62

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The DiMarzio PAF 36th Anniversary humbucking electric guitar pickup is all about nailing that vintage humbucker tone. With a design based off of the tone of Larry DiMarizo's own 1959 Les Paul's pickups, the PAF 36th Anniversary is engineered to be smooth but never muddy.    And Live Music players love how it performs equally as well in the neck or bridge position. Get that vintage PAF pickup tone with the modern reliability of updated manufacturing processes with the DiMarzio PAF 36th Anniversary electric guitar humbucking pickup.   FEATURES Humbucking pickup offers true PAF tone Color: Black Standard spacing,  Wiring: 4 Conductor Magnet: Alnico 5 Output mV: 250 DC Resistance: 7.31 Kohm   SPECIFICATIONS Type:Humbucker Active/Passive:Passive Magnet Material:Alnico 5 Position:Bridge, Neck Number of Conductors:4 Number of Strings:6

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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.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For : Standard Tele® neck position. Quick Connect : No Wiring : 2 Conductor Magnet : Alnico 5 Resistance : 6.22 Kohm Year of Introduction : 1995

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  DiMarzio's DP253 Gravity Storm bridge humbucking pickup gives you plenty of output and rich tone. Developed for Steve Vai, it features 4-conductor wiring, Alnico IV magnets, and DiMarzio's patented dual-resonance configuration.    This yields more harmonic overtones than regular humbuckers, and it gives you warm highs and mids that enhance the treble response of your amp.    A great pickup for pushing your amp to its full tonal potential, the Gravity Storm is perfect for live gigs, while also giving you plenty of tone and definition when recording.

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The Chopper T™ Bridge 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.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For : Standard Tele® bridge position. Quick Connect : No Wiring ; 4 Conductor Magnet : Ceramic Resistance : 9.19 Kohm Year of Introduction : 1994

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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.   FEATURES Tone Guide Treble: 9.5 Mid: 4 Bass: 3   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For : All positions Quick Connect : No Wiring : 4 Conductor Magnet : Ceramic Resistance : 9.16 Kohm Year of Introduction : 1994

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Designed for Steve Vai’s signature Ibanez PIA guitar, the UtoPIA Neck pickup features a custom laser-cut baroque style cover over a gold patterned layer.   Using the Evolution  Neck as the basic platform, the UtoPIA Neck 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 mid-range frequencies were also dialed back to produce a less aggressive attack and provide more control. The UtoPIA Neck boasts a big, bold low end and thick top end.   Available in F-spacing only.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For : Neck or Bridge position for all solid body guitars. Quick Connect : No Wiring : 4 Conductor Magnet : Ceramic Resistance : 12.68 kOhm Year of Introduction : 2020

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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.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For: All positions Quick Connect: No Wiring: 4 Conductor Magnet: Alnico 5 Resistance: 8.4 Kohm Year of Introduction: 1986

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Born out of a collaboration with Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci, the DiMarzio LiquiFire 7 DP707 delivers a wide range of clear and articulate tones. Designed to produce fat highs and clean lows, the DP707 is perfect for creating tight bass lines and big solos.    You'll love the focused attack and custom 7-string voicing of this premium pickup. live Music guitar experts have played a lot of pickups over the years, and the DiMarzio LiquiFire 7 is a great all-around neck pickup with a smooth voicing and enough punch to push your amp over the edge.   FEATURES Standard spacing,  Color: Black Type: Neck-position humbucker Wiring: 4-conductor Magnet: Ceramic Output: 270mV DC resistance: 11.48 Kohms Tone guide: Treble - 4.5; Mid - 7.5; Bass - 6   SPECIFICATIONS Type:Humbucker Active/Passive:Passive Magnet Material:Ceramic Position:Neck Number of Conductors:4 Number of Strings:6

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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.   SPECIFICATIONS   Item model number:    DP130BK Wiring:    1 Conductor Quick Connect:    Yes Features:    Stereo Resistance:    N/A Year of Introduction:    1979  

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DiMarzio has designed the new Illuminator Neck humbucker for John Petrucci's Music Man JP13 guitar, offered along with the bridge model to complement John's demands for a versatility that allows the legendary musician to cover a multitude of different sounds with just one guitar.   This requires everything from massive overdrive that's tight, rhythmical and aggressive, to sounds which are more expressive and complex, mostly for solo work. The result is a pickup that's bold and exceptionally clear, boasting the presence necessary to take John's sound to the next level.   John used the new Illuminator and Illuminator 7 pickups during the recording of Dream Theater's self-titled album in 2003, filling his desire for both neck and bridge pickups that occupy separate musical speakers, remaining completely individual and yet harmonious in the way they work together. The neck model is louder than a typical vintage humbucker, featuring much more headroom and a very wide-frequency bandwidth so musicians really have control over their style.   Whatever the sound and situation, this humbucker can be trusted to provide plenty of clarity with a cleam amp, and warmth minus muddiness when it comes to heavy overdrive.

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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.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For : All positions, solid, semi-solid and hollow-body electric guitars. Quick Connect  : No Wiring : 4 Conductor Magnet : Alnico 5 Resistance : 8.26 Kohm Year of Introduction : 2004

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In keeping with its name, The Black Angel? is matte black in color. Like The Angel?, The Black Angel? ?hears? the entire range of the acoustic guitar from top to bottom, with no gaps anywhere. Its ?feel? is just as important. The Black Angel? tracks right- and left-hand dynamics, and responds immediately to the sound coming off the string.   The Black Angel? is quiet, and although it's magnetic, it doesn't sound electric ? there's no hum and no battery. Both coils are on a parallel axis to the strings, featuring a humbucking magnetic circuit that is acoustically isolated to reduce unwanted finger and pick noises.    Players who like to mix two or more pickups together will appreciate the built-in phase switch making The Black Angel? ideal for use in any dual- or multi-source system, and it can be easily combined with any piezo or microphone.

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Born out of a collaboration with Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci, the DiMarzio LiquiFire DP227 delivers a wide range of clear and articulate tones. Designed to produce fat highs and clean lows, the DP227 is perfect for creating tight bass lines and big solos.    You'll love the focused attack and custom voicing of this premium pickup. Music Bliss guitar experts have played a lot of pickups over the years, and the DiMarzio LiquiFire is a great all-around neck pickup with a smooth voicing and enough punch to push your amp over the edge.   FEATURES Standard spacing Color: black Type: neck-position humbucker Wiring: 4-conductor Magnet: ceramic Output: 270mV DC resistance: 11.48 Kohms Tone guide: Treble - 4.5; Mid - 7.5; Bass - 6   SPECIFICATIONS Type:Humbucker Active/Passive:Passive Magnet Material:Alnico 5 Position:Neck Number of Conductors:4 wire DC Resistance:10.75 k Number of Strings:6

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  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.   SPECIFICATIONS Recommended For : Middle position Quick Connect : No Wiring : 4 Conductor Magnet : Ceramic Resistance : 11.54 Kohm Year of Introduction : 1977

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