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DiMarzio

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The DiMarzio DP161F Steve's Special Pickup is a non-traditional approach to high-output bridge humbucking pickup design. Most hot humbuckers concentrate the pickup's power in a narrow frequency range for maximum impact. The DiMarzio Special spreads the sound over a broader range so bass and treble tones are boosted, and midrange is lowered. The result is a sound that's hot, clean, and open at the same time. This is an F-spaced pickup. 390mV output.
DiMarzio DP161F Steve's Special Guitar Pickup F-Spaced Black

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  • Clean overdrive with high-gain amps
  • Very effective in dual sound and coil splitting clean modes
  • For soloing, this is a very good pickup to play with a midrange-heavy amp
  • The mid-scoop in the pickups' sound keeps the initial pick attack clean and the notes don't run together as much with legato playing, even with heavy overdrive

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  • Wiring Standard 4 conductor
  • Magnet Ceramic
  • Output 390mV
  • DC Resistance 17.89K
  • Year of introduction 1995
  • Patent # 4,501,185