DiMarzio Megadrive

Pickup features: 4 Conductor HUmbucker
Impedence or other specs:

Model of guitar or bass: Yamaha RGX421-D
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: Stock
Other pickups on guitar: Stock Humbucker...I took out the single coil in the middle
Artists using this pickup: Not Sure
You musical style(s): Rock, Hard Rock, Metal
Reason for pickup change: This was my main guitar for 5 years and someone suggested I change the pick up to get better sound. It worked

Perceived output level: A little more output the the stock pickups, but eq'd much better
Tone: Crystal Clear
Sonic evaluation: This yamaha sound good when it was stock. I put this pickup in and WOW, I could hear every thing. Shimmering highs, nice mids and lows. I run through a 5150 and it sounds awesome!

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: I'd recomend this pick up for anystyle. Its versitle

Comments: My only pet-peve about it would be that the highs are a little too high. Other then that, it sound good.

Pickup features: Humbucking
Impedence or other specs: unknown

Model of guitar or bass: Ibanez Destroyer 2
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: Duncan Custom
Other pickups on guitar:
Artists using this pickup: Unknown
You musical style(s): Hard Rock
Reason for pickup change: It was a spare I had around and wanted to try.

Perceived output level: Medium-high
Tone: Balanced without a lot of mids
Sonic evaluation: GSP-2101 pre-amp, into Peavey 50/50 tube power amp with EL-84's, into 4x12's with Carvin VL-12's.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: It is very well suited in my opinion for hard rock and similar styles

Comments: I LOVE this pickup except for the fact that it is a little bit microphonic in HIGH gain (It was used so I dont know why). I am going to wax pot it though and that should solve that. It has BITE that makes it really cut through the mix. I called DiMarzio and they said it had a mid scoop because they deigned it with 2 non-matching coils, so that is what seems to give it that cutting through character. It is my favorite pickup for the rig I have now. Keep in mind that the entire setup has a bearing on the sound. It is mounted into a great sounding piece of wood too.

Pickup features: Passive humbucker
Impedence or other specs:

Model of guitar or bass: My own custom built guitar
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: this is the first pickup I put on my guitar
Other pickups on guitar: just two DiMarzio Megadrive
Artists using this pickup: you tell me
You musical style(s): Intrumental (Satriani, Vai), Metal, Blues, Rock, Jazz, fusion and funk
Reason for pickup change: Like I said, these are the first I put in my guitar. I looked in the DiMarzio catalogue and I said "I wants these monsters in my guitar".

Perceived output level: A very high output humbucker with a lot of tone. A little too heavey for clean, but can be easily split
Tone:
Sonic evaluation: I use a Marshall VS100H valvestate 3 channel head and a Marshall MkII 100w tube head from '76 and a Valvestate 8412 120w cabinet and a 1960 4x12" 300 watt cabinet also from '76. I use a Zoom 3000S effectprocessor, but will be soon replaced by a Digitech 2120.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: For the styles I play it's teh best humbucker I know. Because of the posibility to split the humbucker you can create clear clean sounds. You can use it for both possitions, but for the neck it's maybe a little too heavy.

Comments: Because of the mahogany body of my guitar, I think it's too heave for playing clean. So If I ever make another mahogany guitar I would use it anymore. Maybe for the bridge position.

Pickup features: Passive Humbucker
Impedence or other specs: 350mV, around 13Kohms.

Model of guitar or bass: Aria Pro II RS Knight Warrior (Lefty)
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: Evolution
Other pickups on guitar: Fast Track 2 in neck, one Schaller single in the middle
Artists using this pickup:
You musical style(s): EVH, AC/DC, GNR, mostly metal and hard rock.
Reason for pickup change: I'm building another guitar, and I wanted to put the evolution
in the bridge with another evolution in the neck (they're
matched to each other). So, I bought the megadrive to put
in place of the bridge pickup in the Aria Pro.

Perceived output level: Same output as the evolutions, and most other pickups I guess.
Tone: Tons of Bass, and mids, with some rolled back highs.
Sonic evaluation: This pickup rocks. Too bad it's discontinued! If you're looking for
that EVH sound in Unchained, this is it! Kind of an "aw" sounding
pickup that's VERY sensitive to harmonics. I'm not used to being able
to do them so easily, so I do them all the time without trying now.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: This is suitable for all metal and rock styles. Even clean with a bass pickup is good.

Comments: Yes, I'd buy this one again (if I could find it). I like the EVH
quality it has, and the harmonics. Sustain is pretty long. Also has
fully adjustable pole pieces.