EJ Custom™ Bridge DP212
Although Eric Johnson is best
known as a Strat® player, he has always played humbucker-equipped guitars as
well. After getting a new Gibson® Les Paul® 1959 re-issue, Eric asked us
if it could be made to sound like an old Gretsch® Country Gentleman guitar. We
said, “No problem!” The pickups we designed are exact
replacements for standard, full-size humbuckers. They’re bright and have great
presence without sounding thin.
When Eric tried them, he said
they were almost as clear-sounding as Strat® pickups. He was surprised at how
well they sounded with heavy distortion, because no matter how overdriven
the sound, it did not become muddy. The EJ Custom™ is available with exposed
coils in all standard DiMarzio® colors and plated or unplated nickel covers at
additional cost. Gibson® and Les Paul® are registered trademarks of Gibson
Guitar Corp., with which DiMarzio, Inc. is not
affiliated.
Recommended For: Bridge
posiition, solid, semi-solid and hollow-body electric
guitars.
Tech Talk: If you look at the
DC Resistance specs for these pickups, you will see they're very similar to
PAF®-style models. However, their performance is very different in two important
areas. They have less power and much more treble response than “vintage”
humbuckers. In fact, treble response is comparable to that of typical
single-coils, but since bass response is still very solid,
the EJ Custom™ isn't thin-sounding. It's outstanding for chords and
finger-picking, and has exceptional definition for soloing, even with extreme
amounts of distortion.
Specs: Wiring: 4
Conductor Magnet: Alnico 5 Output mV: 200 DC Resistance: 7.85 Kohm
F-spaced for guitars with tremolos or wider nut and fixed bridges.
Tone Guide: Treble: 8.5 Mid: 4.5 Bass:
5.5