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Emerging guitar companies like B.C. Rich, Charvel, and Hamer used the Super Distortion in their early guitars. [1] As of 2016, DiMarzio offered nearly 200 pickup models, including traditional passive single coils and humbuckers, battery-powered active pickups, and models for seven- and eight-string guitars. [3]
The DiMarzio "Super Distortion" pickup, introduced in 1972, was the first after-market replacement guitar pickup. With its much-increased output compared to humbuckers installed in guitars of the time, it became an instant favourite of many hard-rock guitarists, and it remains a popular choice for a pickup upgrade decades later.
The Air Norton is the most popular neck pickup in combination with the Tone Zone but this pickup is unknown. The previous references of the Tone Zone being the neck and the Air Norton in the bridge are most likely a mistake, as Dimarzio recommends that the Tone Zone be placed in the bridge position while the Air Norton be placed in the neck ...
The name "Iceman" came later in 1978. The Greco model was named the Mirage and they are basically the same except for the pickup types that were used. Super 2000, Triple Coil and V2 pickups were used for the Ibanez Iceman, depending on the model number. Greco Dry and DiMarzio Super II pickups were used for the Greco Mirage.
The production run model was only built with DiMarzio Super Distortion pickups. This was one of Gibson's best selling artist runs. The more recent 2012 "Budokan" model, intended to pay tribute to the guitar used during the Kiss' first trip to Japan in 1977, features mother-of-pearl block inlays (no signature at the 12th fret), Grover machine ...
Fans can enter to win the Dream Home — along with a new Mercedes-Benz and $100,000 — in this year's HGTV sweepstakes. HGTV's 2025 Dream Home lives up to its name!
While PAF pickups were closely associated with Gibson guitars, the brand never marketed them as such, as selling individual pickups did not become commonplace until DiMarzio pioneered the replacement pickup market in the 1970s. DiMarzio was granted the trademark for "PAF" in 1978, with the company claiming to have been the first to use the term ...
Foot Locker, Inc (NYSE:FL) stock tumbled in the premarket session on Tuesday. The company reported a third-quarter adjusted EPS of $0.33, missing the analyst consensus estimate of $0.41. Quarterly ...