Description
The Cruiser Neck (DP186) is DiMarzio’s answer for Strat players who want single-coil character without the noise baggage. Built with side-by-side coils instead of a traditional blade or stack-and-cancel design, it kills 60-cycle hum and the string drop-outs that come from excessive magnet pull – all while keeping the harmonic overtones exactly where a real single-coil player expects them.
Plug it in and the unwound strings (G, B, E) sound convincingly close to a vintage single-coil, while the wound strings (low E, A, D) come through noticeably fatter and more chunky. That contrast opens up chord voicings beautifully, since the highs and lows feel more spread apart from each other rather than smeared together. It also runs hotter than a standard single-coil, and because its total magnet pull is roughly 40% lower than a stock pickup, you can set it much closer to the strings for extra output without choking sustain.
This makes The Cruiser a natural partner for medium-output humbuckers – it holds its own tonal identity even under high-gain amps and a pedalboard’s worth of effects. DiMarzio recommends it in the neck position paired with the DP187, or running neck and middle alongside a hotter bridge pickup or full-size humbucker.
- Wiring: 4-conductor
- Magnet: Ceramic
- Output: 140 mV
- DC Resistance: 3.13 kOhm
- Introduced: 1994
- Patent: 4501185
- Finish: White
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