DiMarzio DP 416 Area 61 WH

Jag sökte en stallmik som skulle passa mina Area 67:or som jag hade i hals- och mittläge. Jag hade läst på nätet att 67:an som stallmik kunde vara lite för diskantrik och läste mej till att 61:an skulle passa bra. Så jag beställde den. Jag har funnit att den passar riktigt bra, för att inte säga perfekt till 67:orna. Den är balanserad och passar både med rent ljud och distorsion. Och att den är brum-fri är definitivt ett plus. Fastän jag spelar med volym- och tonkontrollen på gitarren på 10 blir den inte för "ice-picky" som man säger på engelska. Ett val jag inte ångrar! Nu har jag vad jag ville ha.

I have been using this for about a year and it's a wonderful pickup. First installed it in bridge position where it was great (perfect for early Blackmore tone, Hendrix, Gilmour...) but it wasn't powerful enough for heavier music so I moved it to middle position (and put Virtual Solo to bridge position).

To my ears it does sound like a single coil minus the hum. Very sensitive to height adjustments, you can dial in the tone you like. I use this for SRV tones, some hendrix etc. Some people complain that it is "noisy" but mine certainly isn't.

It is so good I have a temptation to buy 3 of these and put them in all strat positions for "vintage" guitar with little lower output compared to modern pickups.

I purchased the Dimarzio Area 61 single coil to use as a set with two Area 67 pickups in a 2006 American Standard Stratocaster (Alder body, Maple neck, Rosewood fret board, 2 post trem with callaham block and saddles). The Area 67s went in the neck and middle positions and I have come to be quite satisfied with their tone. However the Area 61 I have been less impressed with. I find this pickup to be quite bright and in my guitar I find it to sound hard and 'ice pick' like when I dig in. With overdrive I think this pickup sounds ok but as far as classic Strat bridge single coil clean tones go I find this pickup to fall quite short on what I was getting from the stock US Standard pickups. I don't find it to balance well with the Area 67s in the neck and middle in terms of brightness. I also own the Dimarzio Area T set for Telecaster and I find that set to be quite convincing, however the Strat pickups I am less happy with. I personally could only recommend this pickup to someone who wants a hot, bright voiced bridge single for higher gain settings. If you want a convincing clean tone I'd advise looking elsewhere.