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Larry DiMarzio says his revolutionary bridge tweak pre-empted Van Halen’s own mods
The guitar hero’s mods showed an intimate understanding of what makes a guitar sing, and they echoed thoughts DiMarzio was also having
Why Larry DiMarzio decided to start a pickup line that would change the face of guitar music in the 1970s
DiMarzio started his career as a guitar repairman in New York, when his distaste for stock pickups prompted him to make his own
DiMarzio pulls out of NAMM 2025 in response to L.A. wildfires
The pickup firm has joined Maybach Guitars in publicly announcing they won't be attending the annual trade show
Why the ’70s was a time of innovation and folly for guitar gear
The ’70s gets a bad rep from some guitarists but it's too easy to say this was a bad time for Gibson and Fender and that's the story. There were some real treasures and technological breakthroughs
DiMarzio and Billy Sheehan have reinvented the P-Bass pickup with a new patent
The new DiMarzio design reimagines P-Bass pickup covers, promising improvements in both playability and performance
Khruangbin’s Laura Lee explains how her lack of technical bass training works in her favor
Khruangbin’s Laura Lee says a “limitation” in her technique led to Khruangbin's “fun and bouncy” basslines
NAMM 2024: “If ’80s hair metal on a Gretsch Country Gentleman is your thing, who are we to stop you?” DiMarzio supercharges the Filter’Tron format with 3 new humbuckers – including a Super Distor’Tron
The legendary pickup firm’s New’Tron, PAF® Tron, and Super Distor’Tron aim to deliver a sound in between an ES-335 and a Telecaster while increasing their compatibility with modern amps
Don’t buy a new guitar this Black Friday – give your existing one a tonal upgrade with 25% off all DiMarzio pickups
Humbuckers, single-coils, straps, switches, pots, guitar cables, patch cables, you name it – Sweetwater's DiMarzio sale has it
Used by everyone from Kurt Cobain to Ace Frehley, the DiMarzio Super Distortion pickup changed the sound of rock – and the future of electric guitar tone
Larry DiMarzio’s Super Distortion not only presented players in the ’70s with a high-output option, it started a culture of players swapping out pickups in search of better tone
“In a funny way, the Super Distortion is the SM57 of the guitar pickup business. It’s got a s***-ton of hits”: Larry DiMarzio on the humbucker that changed the game
In the early ’70s, Larry DiMarzio single-handedly kickstarted the entire aftermarket pickup industry with his hot-output Super Distortion. We met NYC’s king of tone to find out how he did it
