Although the DiMarzio Virtual Vintage® Solo is DiMarzio's hottest Virtual Vintage® model, it was designed to be compatible with any of the other Virtual Vintage® pickups. The top end is very smooth, and there's a lot of mid-range punch, more like a P90 than an overwound Strat®. A great bridge pickup with a Tubescreamer® and a hot amp, or a buttery-smooth neck pickup for jazz.

Recommended For: Bridge position primarily, but can be used in neck and middle.

Tech Talk: This is an excellent pickup for fattening up the Strat bridge position without sounding like a standard humbucker. The Solo has enough power to balance with standard-output pickups in the neck and middle positions, but it will still clean up with an overdriven amp when the volume is rolled down. DImarzio strongly recommends a 500K volume control to get maximum performance from the Solo. If it's wired to a tone control as well, try DiMarzio's 1 Meg tone (EP1202).

Specifications:

Wiring Four conductor
Magnet Alnico 5
Output 200mV
DC Resistance 10.85K
Year of introduction 1998
Patent # 4,442,749,  5,811,710, 5,908,998

Instructions

• Virtual Vintage Solo

• Virtual Vintage

Wiring Diagrams

• Basic Virtual Vintage / Strat Wiring

• Humbucker-Single-Humbucker

• Virtual Vintage / Strat Wiring with Push-Pull Pot