Dimarzio Area 58 Pickup Demo with Carl Roa
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DiMarzio Area 58 vs Fender Vintage Noiseless Strat
DiMarzio Area 58
Strat single-coil
71 match
low confidence
Fender Vintage Noiseless Strat
middle Strat single-coil
Compared with the DiMarzio Area 58, the Fender Vintage Noiseless Strat has hotter output.
Specs side by side
differs marks specs where they part ways| Spec | DiMarzio Area 58 | Fender Vintage Noiseless Strat |
|---|---|---|
| DC resistancediffers | 6.15k | 9.8k |
| Inductancediffers | 2.75 H (compiled) | not measured |
| Magnet | Alnico 2 | Alnico 2 |
| Coil | Hum-cancelling | Hum-cancelling |
| Bass (tone chart)differs | 1.5 / 10 | no chart |
| Mids (tone chart)differs | 2.5 / 10 | no chart |
| Treble (tone chart)differs | 6 / 10 | no chart |
| Slotdiffers | Strat single-coil | middle Strat single-coil |
| Traits | vintage output, bright, scooped mids, tight lows, soft & warm, noiseless | high output, soft & warm, noiseless |
How close on each spec
100 means identical on that spec. The score weighs these, and counts anything we couldn't compare as a typical difference. How scoring works
Output
33
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Alnico 2
Coil
100
same coil type
Not compared: brightness, mids, bass (a spec is missing for at least one of them).
Videos
DiMarzio Area 58
DiMarzio Area 58 and 61 Stratocaster pickups
Fender Vintage Noiseless Strat
No videos of its own collected yet.
What players and reviewers say
On the DiMarzio Area 58
“I still like the tight bass response, bite and balance of the Area 58 in single coil mode, but the Area 58 is not as full and dimensional as the Antiquity..”
“The SSL-1 works the best for me for this neck position test: clean, bright, clear, musical, with the Area 58 coming in second with a more normal but real sound.”
On the Fender Vintage Noiseless Strat
“They're actually designed by Bill Lawrence, and I really like his noiseless Strat pickups (they don't really sound vintage-y, but very clear and articulate)..”