Description
The Sugar Chakra was born from a simple but stubborn question Phil Collen kept asking DiMarzio for decades: what if a single coil could carry the weight and attack of a full-sized humbucker without losing its edge? After 40-plus years of exclusively running DiMarzio pickups with Def Leppard, Collen finally got his answer, and it’s this pickup.
Don’t be fooled by the compact single-coil footprint under that cream cover and gold pole piece — the ceramic magnet and 21.77k resistance push out a thick, creamy voice with crunchy midrange that bites just enough to stay legible in a dense mix. Bass and mids both sit high on the tone guide, while treble is deliberately smoothed off, which is exactly why this one is built for the bridge position in solid body guitars — especially guitars that already run bright and need some low-mid ballast to balance out.
Collen road-tested the Sugar Chakra alongside Joe Satriani and John Petrucci on the G3 tour before it ever reached players, and came away calling it clear and precise with all the balls and firepower of something much bigger. That’s the pickup you’re getting: single-coil size, humbucker attitude.
- 4-conductor wiring for coil-split and phase flexibility
- Ceramic magnet
- No quick connect
- Recommended for bridge position, solid body guitars
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