DiMarzio created the Breed Neck Pickup in response to a request from Steve Vai for a fat, classic humbucker sound to contrast with the hotter, screaming Evolution-equipped guitars. 

The neck pickup is a bit louder and fatter-sounding than the PAF Pro pickups that Steve used on his earliest Jem guitars. Harmonics are easy to get, and 4-conductor wiring coil enables cool "notch tone" coil-splitting.

The guitar part is recommended for the neck position on bolt-on trem guitars and bridge position on set-neck fixed-bridge instruments.

As a neck pickup, the Breed has more than enough power to balance with high-output bridge pickups: it will work with the Tone Zone, Super Distortion and Evolution as well as The Breed bridge model. In the bridge position, it has a very warm, hot PAF tone--really smooth, with nice harmonics.

SPECIFICATIONS:

• Wiring: 4 Conductor
• Magnet: Alnico 5
• Output: 325
• DC Resistance: 10.14
• Standard spacing
• Developed by DiMarzio for Steve Vai
• A hot pickup with classic PAF Pro-like tones
• Adds versatility to high-output bridge pickups
• Warm, musical lows and a contoured midrange
• Coil tapping enabled
• Alnico V magnets for a strong output and warm midrange