Description
DiMarzio didn’t just clone a late-50s PAF for this one — they measured Larry DiMarzio’s own 1959 Les Paul and reverse-engineered the magnetic behavior that made it sing. The result is a bridge humbucker with a deliberately weak magnetic field, letting strings ring out longer while keeping pick attack sharp and articulate, almost single-coil in its definition.
Inside, 42-gauge custom-coated wire is laid down on computer-controlled winders for consistent, repeatable coils, then dipped to kill squeal and microphonic feedback. The nickel-silver cover uses a newer plating process that’s more magnetically transparent than vintage originals, so nothing gets in the way of the tone underneath.
Compared to the matching PAF 36th Anniversary Neck, this Bridge version is hotter — built to balance out a set-neck 24 3/4″ scale guitar, but equally capable as a bridge pickup on trem-equipped bolt-ons. It splits cleanly in 4-conductor wiring, going bright and lively in single-coil mode without turning thin or harsh.
- Position: Bridge (works in neck with higher-output bridge pickups)
- Magnet: Alnico 5
- Output: 285 mV
- DC Resistance: 8.60 kOhm
- Wiring: 4-Conductor (1-Conductor optional)
- Year Introduced: 2008
- Patents: 5,399,802 & 5,908,998
Finish: Black cover.
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