Description
The DP720 D Activator 7 is DiMarzio’s answer to a common 7-string problem: you want the aggressive, focused attack of an active humbucker, but not the compressed, sterile feel that comes with it. This bridge pickup is fully passive, yet it’s voiced to punch like an active — hitting the front end of your amp hard and making it feel bigger than it is, without the clipping or squashed dynamics that active circuits can introduce under a heavy hand.
- Passive design with no batteries required
- Voiced for bridge position on 7-string guitars
- Tight, controlled low B response — clear attack instead of mud, whether you’re picking hard or backing off
- Retains plenty of headroom and dynamic touch sensitivity, so rolling back your pick attack or volume actually cleans up the signal naturally
- Black cover with black pole pieces
Because it’s passive, the Activator 7 wants to see the right load: DiMarzio specs a minimum pot value of 250K, with 500K as the all-purpose sweet spot. Running long cable lengths? Their 1 megohm Pitch Control pot is worth a look to preserve top end.
If you’ve been chasing that clean, open, high-headroom active tone but don’t want to deal with batteries, dead-battery gigs, or that slightly flat active character, the D Activator 7 bridge is built to close that gap — full-range harmonics, instant pick response, and low-string clarity that holds up under drop tunings.
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