Description
This DiMarzio pairing takes two pickups born from the same design lineage and puts them to work at opposite ends of the guitar. The DP193BK Air Norton lives in the neck, using DiMarzio’s patented Air Norton magnetic structure to cut down on string pull so notes bloom with better sustain and more expressive pick dynamics. It reads as warm and deep without turning to mud, stays hot without tipping into distortion, and throws off harmonic character that’s genuinely rare in a neck humbucker. Try 500K pots here if you want to keep the treble and harmonics fully present.
Down at the bridge sits the DP160FBK Norton, F-spaced to line up correctly with modern 6-string bridges featuring wider pole spacing. Tonally it sits between FRED and The Tone Zone — you get some of FRED’s snarling harmonic edge combined with Tone Zone-style midrange muscle, thanks to the same dual-resonance winding approach. It’s louder and bigger-sounding than a vintage-output pickup but stops short of full distortion-class output, which is a big part of why DiMarzio considers it one of their most flexible bridge options. 250K controls (or a 500K volume paired with a 250K tone) let you round off the highs slightly if the F-spaced bridge feels a touch aggressive on its own.
Both pickups use 4-conductor wiring and Alnico 5 magnets, so you’ve got full coil-splitting and phase options if your wiring supports it. Suited to solid body and semi-hollow guitars, and built for players chasing a medium-output blues-rock voice with real dynamic range.
- Neck: DP193BK Air Norton — 270mV output, 12.58 Kohm DC resistance
- Bridge: DP160FBK Norton (F-Spaced) — 352mV output, 12.62 Kohm DC resistance
- Both: 4-conductor wiring, Alnico 5 magnets
- Includes a free set of D’Addario EXL117 Medium Top/Extra-Heavy Bottom strings
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