DiMarzio DP155 Tone Zone Humbucker Pickup

Boost your lows, mids, and highs with this humbucker pickup. It offers high output tone with a wide dynamic range.

The Tone Zone has the most dramatic tone curve of the Modern Classic Humbuckers. The vowel-like open wah-wah feel of the PAF Pro and FRED is combined with tremendous mid-range and bass for a sound that really kicks hard.

Because the lows, mids, and highs are all boosted, using a Tone Zone feels like cranking up an extra set of tone controls. It adds further dimension to the sound of your amp -- that elusive edge that can make a good-sounding rig into a great-sounding one. Notes seem to get bigger after they're picked, and burn hard as they sustain.

The Tone Zone has the right stuff to wake up your amp. Its ballsy, aggressive tone has plenty of drive in all the right frequencies, abundant gain to push preamps and power amps, and sensitivity to pick attack that gets the most out of any style from Metal to Blues.

Recommended for bridge position in all solidbody guitars.

Tech Talk
The Tone Zone is hot enough to qualify as a high-output pickup, but it has a wider dynamic range -- hard picking will produce a lot of power, and softer picking will be much cleaner and quieter. Many models can be used in the neck position, from the Air Classic to the Air Zone; the PAF Pro and the Fred are also good choices. Higher-output single-coil replacements like the Cruiser and Fast Track 1 are also recommended.

Wiring: Standard 4-conductor

Magnet: Alnico 5

Output: 375mV

DC Resistance: 17.31K

Year of introduction: 1990

Patent #: 4,501,185
Dimensions and Weight in Packaging
Black, DP155, Bridge
Shipping Weight: 0.5 lbs
Shipping Dimensions: 4 x 2 x 2 in
Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): DP155BK
Black, DP155F, F-Spaced Bridge
Shipping Weight: 0.5 lbs
Shipping Dimensions: 4 x 2 x 2 in
Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): DP155FBK

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 718-981-9286

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (32 ratings)
Submitted May 29, 2017 by michael a in Excelsior Springs, MO

"The perfect pickup"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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I've been through dozens of humbuckers over the last 20 years. I never found one that gave me the exact sound I heard in my head, until I got the tone zone. It works clean, slightly overdriven and with over the top overdrive. Country to metal it is responsive to pick attack, responds to volume changes and is the most balanced sound I've experienced. It's very full sounding without being overly compressed. It's very articulate and notes ring out. Great harmonics too. I've paired it with a PAF pro in the neck on my Charvel, but it works great with an air Norton in the neck of my les Paul. I'm probably going to put it in all my guitars now, even the ones that have pickups that cost twice as much. By the way, sounds great if you split the coils too!

Musical Background:

30 years

Musical Style:

Classic rock, blues, metal
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