Description
Born from a two-year collaboration between DiMarzio and Steve Vai for his Ibanez JEM guitars, the Evolution set is built for players who want their pickups to talk back. This F-spaced pair — DP158FW neck and DP159FW bridge — comes in a clean white finish and is bundled with a set of Ernie Ball EB2222 Hybrid Slinky strings to get you gigging or recording right out of the box.
The neck Evolution is fat, punchy, and loud, with enough low-end push to carry lead lines without turning to mud. The bridge model steps things up further: tighter, more aggressive, and hotter output than the neck for cutting rhythm work and searing solos. Both use DiMarzio’s dual-resonance design, which pulls out extra harmonic overtones that standard humbuckers leave behind — that’s the difference between a pickup that just sounds loud and one that sounds alive.
These aren’t subtle, laid-back pickups. Evolutions are voiced for players with real technique and an amp that isn’t afraid to be pushed — feed them properly and they respond with a sound that genuinely burns. Originally engineered for the stage, their clarity and presence translate just as well in the studio, cutting through dense mixes instead of getting buried in them.
- Neck (DP158FW): 4-conductor wiring, ceramic magnet, 294mV output, 13.04 Kohm DC resistance
- Bridge (DP159FW): 4-conductor wiring, ceramic magnet, 404mV output, 13.84 Kohm DC resistance
- F-spaced for bridge-position string alignment
- White cover finish
- Includes Ernie Ball EB2222 Hybrid Slinky strings
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