I put this in the neck of my peavey strat. The stock neck pick up didn't sound bad and I was in the yngwie tone ballpark. When I installed the yjm I noticed I lost sparkle, sustain and it didn't feel as free or open. The yjm also had more bass and the note dropped off too quick and lower stings were too bassy. I was actually more satisfied with my stock pickup and soldered it back in.

I bought this for the neck position and was pretty upset after I heard it. Ive wired a few pickups, so I know how to work the wires. This was by far the weakest pickup I've heard with distortion. Now if your looking for ultra clean tones with no gain, then this can produce some of the sweetest cleans. Just dont be looking for a decent distortion experiance. I was however impressed with how much wire room they give you on this thing though. So if you want some pink floyd clean tones or even beatles tone then this would be right for you. But I'm happy I didnt spend over $70...

You have never heard a sweep pick untill you've heard it on this baby! I'm not kidding, the clarity of the arppegios will bring tears to your eyes. however, I do not recommend this pick-up for beginners, it has to clean a sound and requires percision. So if your good enough, then buy this pick-up, you will not regret it.

I recently overhauled my Ibanez RG 2550 with an eveolution set to replace the stock V7, V8 & Ls pickups. But when it came time to choose a middle pickup I was a bit lost. I knew the YJM was a powerhouse and a dream for tone, but honestly I thought putting it in the middle might be almost an abuse of sorts and mis use to the pickup. I WAS WRONG. This baby holds it's own between the 2 Evo's and when I wanna go from shred to strat, I kick my 5 blade halfway and this pickup does the rest. It really is versitile, powerful, and yet delicately agressive.

I'll admit I'm a "Vintage Strat" snob. I have several Pre CBS including my #1 a restored 1960. I could not be seperated from the tone of this guitar for anything ,till the advent of "Wi-Fi"computer signals the millions of cell phones with "Blue Tooth" and all the other garbage in the air these days.The hum had gotten ,unbearable even with a noise gate. I tried several brands of stacked "Humbuckers" all did the job of eliminating the hum,BUT,none except for the Di Marzio DP217 YJM, gave me the tone that I had come to love in this guitar. The closest,about 90 % there, were the Kinnmans. I Recommend the DP217 YJM to anybody looking for some quiet between notes and "Tone to the Bone" The DiMarzio DP217 YJM is the pickup solution for you.