DiMarzio DP166 The Breed Bridge F-Spaced, Black Overview
DiMarzio DP166 The Breed Bridge F-Spaced Overview by GAK:
If you’re a fan of Steve Vai, you’ve probably seen him playing an Ibanez® Jem guitar with the word “Pogo” taped on the face. Steve wanted one of his instruments to have a fat, classic humbucker sound to contrast with the hotter, screaming Evolution®-equipped guitars. These are the pickups we developed for him. This bridge pickup is not as hot as the Evolution®, but it’s got a warm and punchy mid-range coupled with a fat low end that rolls off before it can get muddy. Harmonics are easy to get, and the 4-conductor wiring enables cool notch tone coil-splitting.
The Breed™ was designed to warm up and smooth out the sound of 25½” scale trem guitars. It's got a lot more power than a PAF®, but it also has a finer "touch" than high-output models. Picking hard will generate a lot of voltage, but a softer attack will clean up the sound of an overdriven amp. Recommended for the bridge position in solid body guitars.
- Wiring: 4 Conductor
- Magnet: Alnico 5
- Output mV: 356
- DC Resistance: 16.32 Kohm
- Tone Guide:
- -Treble: 6.5
- -Mid: 9.0
- -Bass: 8.0
