DiMarzio PAF Pro DP151 Humbucker – Black

Description

The PAF Pro DP151 showed up right as chops-heavy playing and rack-based high-gain rigs were taking over, and DiMarzio built it to solve a real problem: how do you keep the openness and character of a classic PAF-style tone while still slicing through walls of gain and effects without turning to mush? Its transparent voice does exactly that, staying articulate where darker-wound pickups just disappear into the mix.

Low end has real snap and chunk without getting flabby, and there’s a distinctive mid-range bump that gives the pickup a subtle vowel-like quality, almost like a wah caught halfway through its sweep. The top end is dialed in for presence and sparkle without tipping into harshness, which is why DiMarzio recommends it for essentially any position on the guitar.

As a neck pickup, it’s hard to beat in nearly any guitar. As a bridge pickup, it shines in situations where you want clarity and character over raw output, particularly when paired with single-coils elsewhere in the guitar since it won’t overpower them or clash tonally. It also works great as a foundational neck pickup alongside a hotter bridge humbucker, anything from a Norton up to an X2N will complement it well.

• Wiring: 4-Conductor
• Magnet: Alnico 5
• Output: 300 mV
• DC Resistance: 8.4 Kohm
• Introduced: 1986
• Patent: n/a
• Finish: Black