The output level is not too loud, when used with my 500k pots. I have not tried it with any other pots, but it's just the right output with a 500k.

POSTED: 08/23/2010 - 05:00 am

This is the single coil size of the DiMarzio Air Norton. It has a lot of output, sustain and an amazing thickness. Everything you want in a neck pickup.

POSTED: 05/21/2009 - 03:16 am

The DiMarzio Air Zone DP192 is a medium output passive humbucker. It is generally seen as a bridge pickup and is marketed as such by DiMarzio. The pickup cannot give you what other active or high output passive pickups can but the lack of brutality is compensated by its natural sounding, organic tone.

POSTED: 03/14/2012 - 05:12 am

Overall except for the little annoyance about the quality of silicon board used for the back plate, I am happy with this pickup.

POSTED: 01/18/2013 - 02:28 am

Love the power it delivers and the bluesy tones. Doesn't have much response when playng with tone pot, but it's enough treble to carry its own tones.

POSTED: 12/14/2010 - 03:27 am

This pickup sounds incredible - it's a high output pickup, but it is on the lower side of the higher output pickups.

POSTED: 09/05/2011 - 07:09 am

The DP220 pickup has the same loud yet clean sound as the active humbuckers players are familiar with, and killer harmonics. They also respond instantly to hard or light pick attack. In a word, the DP220 pickups rock.

POSTED: 08/07/2009 - 04:39 am

It is a nice, clear, transparent sounding pickup that will open up the sound of a guitar that you like the sound of to start with.

POSTED: 08/07/2009 - 04:23 am

The D-Sonic is a fairly high output pickup at 390 mV of output. It's meant to be loud and clear. The sound, overall, is defined and middy, though not boxy.

POSTED: 02/19/2010 - 03:41 am

It provides all of the chunky goodness I was expecting from a pickup with the name Dominion. I also enjoyed the accented mids. The Dominion has an extremely punchy response, but is also smooth and warm.

POSTED: 02/08/2012 - 03:58 am

Overall, I love the crunch these pickups give. The clarity, the crunch, and just the punch they give out in general. I don't hate anything about them, they've given me everything I could ever want in terms of tone, I've never heard a tighter set of pickups than these.

POSTED: 04/11/2012 - 04:04 am

The pickup has a pretty tight bass response, and the highs and mids seem pretty balanced. Sound is very punchy and loud, which I like. I highly recommend this pickup for any playing that requires both high gain and articulation, sounds fine in any genre that I've tried.

POSTED: 12/05/2011 - 02:50 am

This pickup sounds phenomenal for leads, but lacks somewhat in the rhythm department and it is just not punchy enough for the good ol' chugging rhythms.

POSTED: 05/25/2009 - 05:00 am

It definately does its job as a humbucker, deleting any hum sound coming from the amp.

POSTED: 06/25/2009 - 04:27 am

I love this pickup because of its versatility. You can get an amazing metal tone with the right settings, and then it mellows right down and plays smooth jazz if you lower the gain.

POSTED: 10/03/2012 - 03:22 am

This is a pretty high output pup. I like it because its great for soloing. The Gravity Storm is just as good if not better than the top neck pickups.

POSTED: 01/23/2013 - 06:22 am

Being someone who is into a lot of progressive rock/metal, I knew this pickup would be perfect for me. Yes, this is John Petrucci's signature neck pickup, and let me tell you, it delivers.

POSTED: 04/19/2012 - 03:29 am

The Norton humbucker is a lesser known model by DiMarzio. It's output is around 350 mV, and the DC resistance is about 11k. This means that it is a medium-hot pickup.

POSTED: 11/10/2011 - 03:34 am

The pickup sounds great. It's in the neck of an all-mahogany Gibson Les Paul. It sounds similar to a Super Distortion, but a bit more balanced. It's exactly what I wanted.

POSTED: 01/16/2012 - 03:45 am

This is a great pickup. The only thing that I would have changed is a warmer treble response.

POSTED: 12/09/2011 - 07:11 am

If you love the sound of a Super Distortion® in the bridge and you like hot neck pickups too, try a Super 2. The Super 2 takes the classic Super Distortion sound and slides the EQ up in favor of the high-end, so its brighter top and lighter bottom work to balance out the darker, overtone-heavy information up by the fingerboard.

POSTED: 03/05/2008 - 01:39 am

It was, as DiMarzio put it, designed for those who like to scoop their mids but wanna keep the mid range boom.

POSTED: 04/06/2011 - 03:55 am

The Super Distortion sounds much better in my Fat Strat than the Fender humbucker it came with, and it gives the guitar a lot more versatility.

POSTED: 03/02/2011 - 03:16 am

Output level is very high, very hot. Something like a PAF when ur tone is zero. Something like synyster's pickup when in high gain. It don't sound weird in clean. It still makes you feel that you forget to off distortion when you are playing clean.

POSTED: 11/20/2008 - 03:16 am

The Breed bridge pickup is not as hot as the Evolution, but it's got a warm and punchy mid-range coupled with a fat low end that rolls off before it can get muddy.

POSTED: 07/14/2008 - 02:05 am

Output is fairly high (385). The tone is a good load of mid and bass range, with the treble significantly lower.

POSTED: 02/28/2011 - 03:04 am

This isn't a pickup you're going to get a crisp clean sound from.

POSTED: 09/09/2009 - 03:25 am

This is probably most roaring passive pickup in DiMarzio production line, probably thanks to ceramic magnet bars inside.

POSTED: 05/12/2009 - 03:01 am