Description
Some signature pickups chase a player’s reputation; this one chases the exact sag and snarl Dimebag Darrell wanted under his fingers. The bridge Dimebucker is built around a ceramic bar magnet and dual stainless steel blades, tuned to hit hard without turning to mush — think tight low end, scooped mids, and a top end that cuts without shredding your face off entirely. Dime described it himself back in 2004: saturated, but not fuzzy; crunchy, but still smooth; the kind of gain that pushes a solo without letting it spiral into chaos. If you’ve spent time with any Pantera record, you already know the target tone.
For the neck, Dime skipped anything flashy and went with the warm, rounded push of a ’59 Bridge model — built vintage-correct with cloth braid hookup wire — to counterbalance the ceramic bite up front and add extra teeth to lead lines without stepping on that low-end thump.
Both pickups are hand-built in Santa Barbara, CA, and vacuum wax potted for squeal-free performance at stage volume. The bridge Dimebucker uses 4-conductor lead wire, so you’ve got flexibility for series, parallel, or split wiring if you want to get creative down the line.
- Zebra bobbin finish
- Ceramic bar magnet with dual stainless steel blades (bridge)
- 4-conductor lead wire (bridge)
- Cloth braid hookup wire (neck)
- Vacuum wax potted, hand-built in Santa Barbara, CA
- Includes a free set of Ernie Ball EB2223 Super Slinky strings
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