Not many high-output passive humbucker pickups are capable of the massive
metal tone of Dimebag Darrell. Dime wanted it all: beef, crunch, edge,
and presence, with biting treble and punchy bass, but an overall
smoothness. This was his bridge and neck setup.
Dime’s bridge pickup delivers crunchy pick attack, scooped mids and
just the right amount of saturation. He wanted his signature humbucker
to have a thick crunch that sags just a little when you really lay into
it. Combine that with a full, tight low end response, a ceramic magnet
and dual stainless steel blades, and you have the Dimebucker.
Dime preferred the warm, smooth power of a ’59 bridge pickup in the
neck position to balance with his signature bridge Dimebag pickup. It
gave extra teeth to his solos. In a 2004 interview Dimebag described the
tone of the Dimebucker; “It’s very saturated, not to the point where
its overly fuzzy but it has a smooth and crunchy distortion tone. It
will give you some extra gain, but it won’t go so far that your sound
breaks up and is going crazy. You get that warm tone with the distortion
mixed in and it has the low end that’s kicking you in the butt while
the top end is cutting your face off in the right way, but not ripping
your face off. If you ever listen to a Pantera record, that’s what
you’ll hear through this pickup.”
The complete set is hand built in Santa Barbara, CA. The bridge
Dimebucker uses a ceramic bar magnet, dual stainless steel blades,
4-conductor lead wire for multiple wiring options, and is vacuum wax
potted for squeal-free performance. The 59 Bridge is vintage inspired,
right down to the cloth braid hookup wires. Also wax potted.
DCR: Neck: 7.60k, Bridge: 16.5k
Magnet: Ceramic
Cable: 4c Shielded
Type: Passive