A full-bodied, balanced take on the single-coil offering exceptional string balance.

The Blue Velvet overcomes the problem of string balance that afflicts most single coils. The vintage magnet stagger wasn't made for light strings with a plain G, so DiMarzio recalibrated it in order to make the strings balance better. The Blue Velvet guitar pickup also features a new winding technique that gives the guitar attack, while keeping that famous single-coil sound.

Recommended for all positions but particularly recommended for neck and middle positions on rosewood fingerboard guitars.

The 1950s and early '60s produced a wide range of subtly different single-coils. One particular flavor that DiMarzio modeled the Blue Velvet on has a unique tonal balance - very clean and bright bass strings with relatively warm-sounding treble strings. Strictly speaking, the calibrated magnet stagger isn't authentic vintage and neither is the Blue Velvet's ability to reverse phase by wiring black hot and white ground. But both of these are important factors that will improve performance for many players.

DiMarzio DP170 Blue Velvet Neck Pickup Features:

• 2 conductor classic wiring
• Alnico 5 magnet
• 153mV output
• 7.05K DC resistance

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DiMarzio DP170 Blue Velvet Neck Pickup

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Freakin sweet clean tones and stuff

Posted by Patrick from Houston, TX on Jan 25, 2007

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, 80s metal, modern, blues etc

I don't have much experience with pickups, but I took a chance and bought this based upon peoples thoughts on it. It makes everything way better especially in the middle of a strat. beautiful clean tones and it doesnt have magnet pull which rules also.

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Properly named

Posted by Sometimes Stratman from Florida on Mar 5, 2006

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Blues, Jazz

I sold my Texas Specials and replaced them with the Blue Velvet and Red Velvet pickups. These pickups have the proper magnet stagger if you use a plain G string. They also sound much better to me - less midrange and clearer but not overly bright. Perfectly named.

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DiMarzio DP170 Blue Velvet Neck Pickup

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