Description
The Imperium 7 Bridge pickup was born out of a simple problem: most high-output 7-string humbuckers turn into mud the moment you back off the gain or dig into a dense chord voicing. Dave Davidson of Revocation needed something that could handle his genre-defying playing — brutal riffs, intricate lead lines, and clean passages — without losing definition anywhere on the neck.
What makes this pickup work is its restraint. DiMarzio kept the output at a medium level rather than maxing it out, which means your amp gets pushed into satisfying distortion at full volume, then cleans up naturally as you roll back. Pick attack becomes a real dynamic tool again instead of an afterthought.
On the low B and E strings, the response stays tight and articulate — no flabby, undefined bass. Up top, harmonics ring out with a bell-like sparkle, and complex chords retain separation between notes even when you’re layering on gain. It’s a pickup built for players who move fluidly between aggression and nuance.
Housed under a black metal cover, this bridge-position humbucker uses a ceramic magnet and 4-conductor wiring for coil-splitting flexibility if your wiring setup allows it.
- Position: Bridge
- Wiring: 4-Conductor
- Magnet: Ceramic
- Output: 325 mV
- DC Resistance: 12.61 Kohm
- Introduced: 2016
- Patent: 5,908,998
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