DiMarzio Twang King Neck Pickup for Telecaster - Chrome

DiMarzio DP172 Twang King™ Neck Pickup for Telecaster

"When we decided to go for the vintage Tele® sound, we knew we had to do more than just copy a forty-year-old design.

We wanted pickups that captured the best elements of our favorite Broadcaster® and Telecaster® sounds – and then some. The Twang King™ pickups have unequalled response to pick attack: light playing produces a soft, quiet tone and hard picking creates a harder, louder, and more dynamic sound than any comparable single-coil. We accomplished this with a combination of controlled-tension coil-winding, special wire, and hand-calibrated magnets. The neck pickup comes with a chrome cover, and the bridge model has a ferrous base plate. Both pickups are wax-potted twice for squeal-free performance."

Recommended For

Standard Tele® neck position.

Tech Talk

We didn't model the Twang King™ neck pickup after a specific original because, honestly, we never found one we were 100% happy with. We were aiming for big, clean lows and highs, and we wanted the pickup to be able to handle a very wide dynamic range, so the sound would clean up with soft picking and really open up with a harder attack.

Specs

Wiring: 2 Conductor
Magnet: Alnico 5
Output mV: 89
DC Resistance: 6.22 Kohm
Year of Introduction: 1995