DiMarzio DP116 HS-2 vs Seymour Duncan Little '59
The DiMarzio DP116 HS-2 and the Seymour Duncan Little '59 are both others.
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DiMarzio DP116 HS-2
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The DiMarzio HS-2, catalogue number DP116, is a humbucker-sized pickup built with a stacked single-coil design, aiming to deliver single-coil clarity and quack while cancelling the 60-cycle hum that plagues true single-coils, without requiring the routing changes a full humbucker conversion demands. That makes it a common upgrade for guitars built around single-coil-sized pickup cavities where players want more noise immunity. Both Phil Collen of Def Leppard and Eric Johnson, known for very different but equally exacting clean and lead tones, are associated with this pickup.
The Seymour Duncan Little '59 is a humbucker in a single-coil-sized format, designed to deliver PAF-style humbucker warmth and output from a Strat or Tele single-coil slot. Used by Bill Frisell in his Telecaster, it gives a fuller, warmer, hum-free tone than a standard single coil while fitting standard routing. It suits players wanting humbucker character in a single-coil guitar.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Blues