Description
There’s a reason the old soapbar single-coil still gets namedropped in tone forums decades later — it does the impossible trick of sounding fat and cutting at the same time. Highs stay round with just enough edge to poke through a dense mix, lows come through bright without turning thin or flabby, and the whole thing stays consistent whether you’re down on the first fret or way up the neck. DiMarzio’s DP167 takes that beloved recipe and tightens the low end while giving the mids a little extra shove forward, so it sits great in any pickup position on a solid body guitar.
Here’s the clever part: instead of the Alnico magnets found in vintage-style soapbars, DiMarzio built this one around a ceramic magnet combined with iron loading. The result gets you into the same sonic neighborhood as the original — but ceramic doesn’t gradually lose magnetic strength the way Alnico can over the years. Translation: the pickup you install today should sound the same a decade from now, not a slowly-dimmed version of itself.
This is the dog-ear mounting version, finished in black, with the cover included.
- Wiring: 2-conductor
- Magnet: Ceramic
- Output: 270 mV
- DC Resistance: 8.6 kOhm
- Introduced: 1997
- Patent: 5980998
A solid pick for players chasing that classic soapbar warmth who’d rather not think about magnet fade down the road.
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