Steve’s Special™ is a non-traditional approach to high-output bridge humbucking pickup design. Hot humbuckers usually concentrate most of the pickup’s power in a narrow frequency bandwidth for maximum impact. Using our patented dual-resonance design, Steve’s Special™ takes the opposite path, spreading the sound over a broad range. Bass and treble frequencies are boosted while the mids are pulled back, so the pickup’s power doesn’t kick a high-gain amp into overdrive as easily. This makes Steve’s Special™ a good choice for both fast soloing and clean chords, because individual notes won’t smear together with heavy overdrive, and clean sounds have an almost “hi-fi” quality.
Clean overdrive with high-gain amps. Steve's Special™ is very effective in Dual Sound® and coil-splitting clean modes. For soloing, this is a very good pickup to play with a midrange-heavy amp: the mid-scoop in the pickup's sound keeps the initial pick attack clean, and the notes don't run together as much with legato playing, even with heavy overdrive.
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ROB BALDUCCI
“DiMarzios are the only pickups I have ever used. They complete my sound and give me the tone I need. DiMarzio pickups have the unique quality of picking up every slight nuance in your playing as well as making your guitars scream.”
ART RODRIGUEZ
“Versatility, clarity and tone. DiMarzio pickups give me all that a modern guitarist needs to get a perfect sound in any situation.”
CHRIS BROUELETTE
“I've been using DiMarzio pickups for about 6 years now and they are still the only pickups that can make my guitars respond just the way that I want them to, no matter how dynamic the song may be. You guys know what the hell you're doing!”
STEVE'S SPECIAL™ DP-161 F
Steve’s Special™ is a non-traditional approach to high-output bridge humbucking pickup design. Hot humbuckers usually concentrate most of the pickup’s power in a narrow frequency bandwidth for maximum impact. Using our patented dual-resonance design, Steve’s Special™ takes the opposite path, spreading the sound over a broad range. Bass and treble frequencies are boosted while the mids are pulled back, so the pickup’s power doesn’t kick a high-gain amp into overdrive as easily. This makes Steve’s Special™ a good choice for both fast soloing and clean chords, because individual notes won’t smear together with heavy overdrive, and clean sounds have an almost “hi-fi” quality.
Clean overdrive with high-gain amps. Steve's Special™ is very effective in Dual Sound® and coil-splitting clean modes. For soloing, this is a very good pickup to play with a midrange-heavy amp: the mid-scoop in the pickup's sound keeps the initial pick attack clean, and the notes don't run together as much with legato playing, even with heavy overdrive.
Recommended
ROB BALDUCCI
“DiMarzios are the only pickups I have ever used. They complete my sound and give me the tone I need. DiMarzio pickups have the unique quality of picking up every slight nuance in your playing as well as making your guitars scream.”
ART RODRIGUEZ
“Versatility, clarity and tone. DiMarzio pickups give me all that a modern guitarist needs to get a perfect sound in any situation.”
CHRIS BROUELETTE
“I've been using DiMarzio pickups for about 6 years now and they are still the only pickups that can make my guitars respond just the way that I want them to, no matter how dynamic the song may be. You guys know what the hell you're doing!”
Steve’s Special™ is a non-traditional approach to high-output bridge humbucking pickup design. Hot humbuckers usually concentrate most of the pickup’s power in a narrow frequency bandwidth for maximum impact. Using our patented dual-resonance design, Steve’s Special™ takes the opposite path, spreading the sound over a broad range. Bass and treble frequencies are boosted while the mids are pulled back, so the pickup’s power doesn’t kick a high-gain amp into overdrive as easily. This makes Steve’s Special™ a good choice for both fast soloing and clean chords, because individual notes won’t smear together with heavy overdrive, and clean sounds have an almost “hi-fi” quality.
Clean overdrive with high-gain amps. Steve's Special™ is very effective in Dual Sound® and coil-splitting clean modes. For soloing, this is a very good pickup to play with a midrange-heavy amp: the mid-scoop in the pickup's sound keeps the initial pick attack clean, and the notes don't run together as much with legato playing, even with heavy overdrive.
Recommended
ROB BALDUCCI
“DiMarzios are the only pickups I have ever used. They complete my sound and give me the tone I need. DiMarzio pickups have the unique quality of picking up every slight nuance in your playing as well as making your guitars scream.”
ART RODRIGUEZ
“Versatility, clarity and tone. DiMarzio pickups give me all that a modern guitarist needs to get a perfect sound in any situation.”
CHRIS BROUELETTE
“I've been using DiMarzio pickups for about 6 years now and they are still the only pickups that can make my guitars respond just the way that I want them to, no matter how dynamic the song may be. You guys know what the hell you're doing!”
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