Description
Andy Timmons doesn’t need a wall of gain to sound like himself — his phrasing and touch do the heavy lifting, and the pickup behind that voice has been the DiMarzio AT-1 since 2001. For years it lived exclusively in his Ibanez signature model. Now you can drop the same bridge humbucker into your own build, dressed here in gold cover and gold bobbins for players who want the tone without hiding it.
Under the hood, the AT-1 shares its core technology with the PAF 36th Anniversary, but DiMarzio wound it hotter and voiced it for rock rather than vintage jangle. The result is a humbucker that stays balanced and clear even when pushed, with enough warmth to keep single-note runs from turning brittle and enough definition to keep chords from turning to mud.
It was engineered around a 25 1/2″ scale mahogany-body guitar, but don’t let that narrow your thinking — it’s a genuinely versatile bridge pickup. Drop it into a brighter-sounding guitar and it fills in the low-mids nicely; put it in a 24 3/4″ scale set-neck and it holds onto its clarity instead of getting woolly.
- Wiring: 4-conductor
- Magnet: Alnico 5
- Output: 320 mV
- DC Resistance: 16.50 kOhm
Whether you’re chasing Timmons’ own lyrical lead tone or just want a hot, clear, PAF-flavored humbucker for the bridge position, the AT-1 delivers real signature-model tone in a pickup you can wire into any guitar.
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