DiMarzio has been working on
serious vintage single-coil design with no hum for twelve years. Our
goal has always been to capture the best qualities of pickups we heard
from the 1950s and early 60s. We’ve played several pickups from the
early 60s that had a unique tonality: they were steely, yet
woody-sounding. Naturally, we wanted to nail this sound, and we wanted
to do it with no hum and less magnet-pull. The Area 61 does it. It’s
good in all three positions. It’s the perfect bridge pickup with a
pair of Area 58 pickups if you want to go all the way from Nashville to
Texas in one guitar.
Over the last 10 years we've gotten
literally hundreds of requests from guitarists asking for the Texas
blues sound. This sound is centered on single-coils from the early
1960s, but it's also based on heavy strings and strong hands. We can't
change your strings or your hands, but the Area 61 captures the tonal
bedrock this sound is based on. Like the Area 58, the Area 61 really
responds to different pick attacks: played hard, it sounds louder and
tougher than you'd expect from a vintage pickup, but it cleans up
immediately by picking softer or rolling down the volume control. And
like the Area 58, its ability to cancel hum is superior to full-size
humbuckers.
Recommended For: All positions.
Quick Connect: No
Wiring: 4 Conductor
Magnet: Alnico 2
Resistance: 6.43 Kohm
Year of Introduction: 2006
Color: Aged White
