One thing has stayed consistent throughout John Petrucci’s long and successful career: the DiMarzio® pickups in his guitars. John has been pushing the envelope of progressive metal since the late eighties, and the DiMarzio® LiquiFire™ Neck Model resulted from our most recent collaboration with John. He used it throughout Dream Theater’s tenth studio album, "Black Clouds & Silver Linings". John swears this is the best live and studio sound he has ever had. He wanted a neck pickup with a flowing, singing solo tone when used with a heavily overdriven amp and a clear chord sound with a clean amp setting.Since the mid 1990s, John's neck pickup sound has been based on either the standard Air Norton™ or the custom version in his Ernie Ball® guitars. The LiquiFire™ has several significant differences. Its treble response is warmer and smoother while bass response is tighter and brighter. The total sound has a more focused voice which works equally well for highly overdriven solos and complex, clean chords.Recommended for Neck position. Can also be used in Bridge position.Features

• Smooth treble response
• Tight & bright bass response
• 4 Conductor
• Alnico 5 magnet
• 10.75 Kohm resistance
• Output: 300
• Bass: 6.0
• Middle: 7.5
• Treble: 4.5

Item shown: DiMarzio DP227BK LiquiFire PickupModel #: DP227BKUPC: 663334034068