How to Find the Right Dimarzio Pickup for You

Replacing pickups often involve many factors that are hard to determine without trying, such as compatibility with your guitar and the gap between your expectations and the actual sound. I have tried various models myself, but with so many options available, it’s impossible to test them all. This time, I would like to introduce some useful features ofDimarzio pickups, which I hope will be helpful to you!

Did You Know About the Convenient Feature: Pickup Picker?

Are you familiar with the Pickup Picker page?
This feature is available on Dimarzio’s official website, but you can also access it from the Sound House product pages!

Clicking on the blue arrow will take you to this page.

⇒ DiMarzio / Pickup Picker

The page is designed for intuitive searching and requires you to simply fill out the steps from 1 to 3 sequentially.

Let’s try searching for a guitar pickup I’ve created.

The specifications are as follows:
Since it’s a guitar that evokes the LA metal sound of the '80s and '90s, let’s try searching for pickups that match that style.

Body

Alder

Neck

Maple

Fretboard

Ebony

Pickups

Duncan Design ×2

The fields are filled out based on the sound I already have in mind.
After looking it up, the suggested pickups are…

This is great!
It suggested pickups that I wanted!
Of course, you’ll need to listen to samples of the sound before making a final decision, but it’s a very useful tool for narrowing down options.
If you get suggestions for pickups that you haven't tried before, it might lead to new insights and choices!

So, I recommend everyone to try Pickup Picker!
It can also be fun to fill out the options of your desired result and then check the outcome (even though that’s not the main purpose of the site…).
See you in the next article!