DiMarzio

DiMarzio

DiMarzio, Inc. (original name: DiMarzio Musical Instrument Pickups, Inc.) is an United States manufacturer best known for its revolutionary direct-replacement guitar pickups.(Guitar World Magazine May 1994) The company also produces miscellaneous guitar accessories, such as cables, straps and hardware.

DiMarzio became known for its Super Distortion model, which was the first after market replacement guitar pickup. It was introduced in 1972 [1] and is still one of the most popular models.

The Super Distortion pickup produced a higher electrical output than the pickups normally fitted as standard to guitars at the time. It has around twice the impedance of a PAF type pickup, and a stronger ceramic magnet. This drove the input stage of guitar amplifiers with roughly twice as much voltage as a PAF pickup, so that an overdriven distorted sound was easier to obtain.

Two of the technologies that they are known for are:

  • their patented Dual-Resonance design which uses two asymmetrical coils tuned to different frequencies to produce unique sounds.
  • their Airbucker (tm) design which reduces string pull and increases sensitivity and sustain.

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Notable users past and present

References

  1. ^ DiMarzio Super Distortion Specifications

Lawrence P. DiMarzio holds following US patents:

  • US patent 4133243, DiMarzio, Lawrence P., "Electric pickup", issued 1979-01-09 
  • US patent 4227434, DiMarzio, Lawrence P., "Adjustable soundhole mount for a musical pickup", issued 1980-10-14 
  • US patent 4320829, DiMarzio, Lawrence P.; Altilio, Daniel, "Merchandise display container", issued 1982-03-23  — a special container for merchandising pickups.
  • US patent 4442749, DiMarzio, Lawrence P.; Blucher, Steven L., "Electrical pickup for a stringed instrument having ferromagnetic strings", issued 1984-04-17 

James Munky Shaffer (Korn)

Offline sources

  • Guitar World Magazine, "The 100 Most Important People In Guitar", San Francisco, CA, May 1994.

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