Description
Everybody knows the Super Distortion as the humbucker that put DiMarzio on the map — thick, aggressive, and loud enough to push any amp into breakup. The Super Distortion S takes that same ceramic-magnet punch and packs it into a direct-replacement size for Strat-style bridge routing, so you don’t have to route or rewire your pickguard to get that classic high-output growl.
Because this pickup almost always lands in the angled bridge position of a 25.5″ scale neck, DiMarzio didn’t just shrink the original — they retuned it. Treble is smoothed out so it doesn’t turn harsh at that slant, and the low end is tightened up rather than getting boomy. The result reads as unmistakably Super Distortion, just voiced correctly for where it’s actually going to live.
Dual-blade Strat pickups usually make poor single-coil impersonators thanks to their narrow magnetic window, but DiMarzio gave this one 4-conductor wiring specifically to get around that. Split it and you get a genuinely usable single-coil tone — full and musical rather than thin or ice-picky, so coil-splitting switches actually earn their place on the guitar.
Pair it in the bridge alongside a Pro Track, The Chopper, or Fast Track 1 in the neck or middle for a coherent high-output/splittable set, or drop it into the neck or middle position on its own if you want that Super Distortion character somewhere other than the bridge.
- Wiring: 4-conductor
- Magnet: Ceramic
- Output: 325 mV
- DC Resistance: 13.18 kΩ
- Introduced: 2005
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