Description
The Fred started life as an attempt to push the mid-range of DiMarzio’s PAF Pro® up a step, but something odd happened along the way. Overtones that humbuckers normally swallow started leaping out of the mix, especially through a cranked or overdriven amp. Power-wise, The Fred sits right around the PAF Pro®, but those extra harmonics give it a snarling, vocal quality that regular humbuckers just don’t have.
Joe Satriani was the one who first dug into what The Fred could do, running it as his primary bridge pickup for years before the Mo’ Joe™ came along. It’s a pickup that rewards touch — pick attack and amp/volume settings shape the tone dramatically, which makes it equally at home nailing a searing solo tone or holding down a tight, articulate rhythm part in the studio.
This listing is the F-spaced version in black/cream, built for bridge routing where the pole pieces need to line up with wider string spacing.
- Alnico 5 magnet
- DC resistance: 10.38 kOhm
- 4-conductor wiring for series/parallel/coil-split options
- Recommended for neck and bridge positions in solidbody, hollowbody, and semi-hollow guitars
- Introduced in 1989
If you want humbucker output with an unpredictable, harmonic-rich edge that only reveals itself under gain, The Fred is worth the experiment.
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