Description
The Illuminator is the current evolution of John Petrucci’s signature pickup line, engineered alongside his Music Man JP13™ to cover serious sonic ground without swapping guitars. Petrucci has always been particular about versatility — he wants a pickup that can slam through a tight, articulate rhythm tone one moment and open up into something more fluid and vocal the next, without losing definition in either direction.
That range is baked into the Illuminator’s design. It’s voiced to stay clear and well-defined under heavy gain, so palm-muted riffs and aggressive overdrive don’t collapse into mush, while still leaving enough headroom and dynamic response for expressive, singing lead lines. It’s not a shy pickup — there’s a boldness to how it pushes the front end of an amp, but that push comes with control rather than chaos.
- Signature design developed with John Petrucci
- Built for the Music Man JP13™ platform
- Voiced for tight, aggressive rhythm tones with strong low-end definition
- Retains dynamic, expressive character for lead and solo work
- Part of DiMarzio’s Illuminator series (bridge/neck models)
If you’re chasing that Petrucci sound — rhythmically brutal one minute, melodically expressive the next — the Illuminator is built specifically to bridge that gap in a single pickup.
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