Great single-coil sound with a few improvements: this is the pickup for the player who loves true single-coil sound. DiMarzio wanted to capture that sound and improve the one thing that's always been a problem: string balance. The vintage magnet stagger wasn't made for light strings with a plain G, so we recalibrated it in order to make the strings balance better. The Blue Velvet™ also features a new winding technique that gives the guitar attack, while keeping that famous single-coil sound.

Recommended for: All positions, but particularly recommended for neck and middle positions on rosewood fingerboard guitars.

Tech Talk: The 1950s and early '60s produced a wide range of subtly different single-coils. One particular 'flavor' that DiMarzio really likes has a unique tonal balance - very clean and bright bass strings with relatively warm-sounding treble strings. This is what they modeled the DP170 after. Strictly speaking, the calibrated magnet stagger isn't authentic vintage, and neither is the Blue Velvet™s' ability to reverse phase by wiring black hot and white ground, but both of these are important factors that will improve performance for many players.

Specifications:

Wiring Two Conductor Classic
Magnet Alnico 2
Output 120mV
DC Resistance 6.08K
Year of introduction 1994