Description
Born from a two-year collaboration to nail Steve Vai’s tone on his Ibanez JEMs, the Evolution Neck (DP158) isn’t a subtle pickup — it’s built for players who want their neck position to roar rather than whisper. Expect a fat, punchy voice with serious loudness on tap, driven by DiMarzio’s patented dual-resonance design that pulls out far more harmonic overtones than a standard humbucker.
This isn’t background rhythm tone. The Evolution Neck was engineered for the stage, where presence and definition matter most, but it translates just as well in the studio, slicing cleanly through dense, layered mixes instead of getting buried. Feed it a hot amp and some real technique, and it rewards you with fire; feed it timidity, and it’ll expose every weak note. This is a pickup for players with chops.
While it was voiced around JEM-style solid-bodies, the Evolution Neck is versatile enough to work in almost any solid-body guitar and most semi-hollow builds too. Drop it into a Gibson Les Paul or similar set-neck guitar and you’ll notice the low end tightens up and jumps forward, while feedback becomes easy to summon across a wide harmonic spectrum — great for players who like to lean into sustain and squeal on demand.
This listing is the F-Space version in white, wired with 4-conductor cable for full coil-splitting and phase flexibility.
- Wiring: 4-Conductor
- Magnet: Ceramic
- Output: 294 mV
- DC Resistance: 13.04 kΩ
- Introduced: 1993
- Patent: 4501185
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