One thing
has stayed consistent throughout John Petrucci’s long and successful
career: the DiMarzio® pickups in his guitars. John has been pushing the
envelope of progressive metal since the late eighties, and the DiMarzio®
LiquiFire 7™ Neck Model resulted from our most recent collaboration
with John. He used it throughout Dream Theater’s tenth studio album,
“Black Clouds & Silver Linings”. John swears this is the best live
and studio sound he has ever had. He wanted a neck pickup with a
flowing, singing solo tone when used with a heavily overdriven amp and a
clear chord sound with a clean amp setting.
Recommended For
Neck position. Can also be used in bridge position
Tech Talk
The sound John likes in the neck position of his 6-string
translates very well to the 7-string, with fat highs and clean lows for
smooth solos and tight bass lines. The LiquiFire 7™ isn’t an exact
duplicate of the 6-string version. The attack is a little more focused
and the voicing is shifted down about 500Hz to bring out the sound of
the seventh string.
Specs
Wiring: 4 Conductor
Magnet: Ceramic
Output mV: 270
DC Resistance: 11.48 Kohm
Year of Introduction: 2009
Patent: 5908998