Dimarzio Super Distortion Ceramic

With a measurable output standing tall above pickups of the day the dimarzio super distortion was designed to coax more overdrive out of an amplifier.

Dimarzio super distortion ceramic.

I bought this originally for a neck pickup in a dimebag guitar but needed a pickup for my jackson rhoads so decided to throw it in the bridge. Along side the duncan jb it s one of the most famous and widely used pickups of all time. 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 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 ve built in the same blend of power and tone that made the original super distortion the worldwide standard for high output humbuckers. Replacement pickups simply didn t exist before the invention of the super distortion in the early seventies. Dimarzio dp100 super distortion ceramic magnet small hex pole pieces.

I was very surprised at how nice it sounded. We also tweaked the sound to take into account the fact that the super distortion s will be installed in the. Dimarzio super distortion humbucker larry dimarzio s simple yet major innovation was using a ceramic magnet instead of the period s more popular alnico 5 and alnico 2 magnets. 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.

We also tweaked the sound to take into account the fact that the super distortion t will be installed in the.