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DiMarzio
DiMarzio PAF 57
A neck humbucker with an Alnico 2 magnet and vintage output.
vintage outputsoft & warm
Specs
- DC resistance
- 8.18k
- Inductance
- 4.22 Hmeasured, 1 reading
- Magnet
- Alnico 2
- Coil
- Hum-cancelling
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“The creamy bold low end and the sweetly precise highs.”
“Sound nothing like the Gibson 57 Classic to me…..which I find boxy and blurry sounding. The Dimarzios are really open and clear.”
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