Description
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 7™ 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.
The sound John likes in the neck position of his 6-string translates very well to the 7-string, with fat highs and clean lows for smooth solos and tight bass lines. The LiquiFire 7™ isn’t an exact duplicate of the 6-string version. The attack is a little more focused and the voicing is shifted down about 500Hz to bring out the sound of the seventh string.
Recommended for Neck position of a 7-string guitar. Can also be used in Bridge position.
Features
- Smooth treble response
- Tight & bright bass response
- 4 Conductor
- Ceramic magnet
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11.48 Kohm resistance
- Output: 270
- Bass: 6.0
- Middle: 7.5
- Treble: 4.5
Item shown: DiMarzio DP707BK LiquiFire 7 Pickup 7-String
Model #: DP707BK
UPC: 663334034105
3tailedrabbit (verified owner) –
I’ll start by saying I went for the Liquifire and Crunchlab to replace stock pickups in my Ibanez since they sounded microphonic. I’m a clean player and I love the tone profile and output of the Liquifire and I really enjoy the warm tones that compliment the guitar and suits my playing style. I don’t listen to Petrucci but I’d recommend these pickups for anyone wanting a solid aftermarket neck pickup option since there’s not a lot of cost effective options for the extended range player.