It's not difficult to make a vintage single-coil pickup that's clean and bright, but not so easy if you also want the high strings to sound sweet above the 12th fret. The True Velvet™ was designed to make this happen by tuning the coil to a frequency range that’s bright but not thin. DiMarzio combined this with a magnet stagger specifically designed to enhance string balance, which produces great clarity, even with full chords. The neck and middle models have the same specs except for reverse polarity on the middle pickup for hum cancellation in the 2 and 4 positions. The True Velvet™ Middle comes standard with hand-ground magnets and vintage cloth covered wire.

Recommended For: Middle position

Tech Talk: The True Velvet™ is a further development of DiMarzio's Blue Velvet™ line. DiMarzio has retuned the basic frequency response to hone in on the strongest aspects of vintage single-coil tone. The best vintage single-coils emphasized a "sweet spot" where the sound is bright but not piercing. The True Velvet™ is tuned to this spot, making it equally effective for many playing styles, from the clarity of country music to the grit of Texas blues. For technically-minded players, reverse polarity on DiMarzio's true single-coil Strat® replacements is south up.

Specifications:

Wiring Two conductor
Magnet Alnico 5
Output 130mV
DC Resistance 6.21K
Year of introduction 2008
Patent # n/a

Wiring Diagrams

• Humbucker-Single-Humbucker