DiMarzio DP193BC Air Norton Pickup, Black/Cream

Main Features

• 4 conductor wiring
• Alnico 5 magnets
• Works well in Neck or Bridge positions
• Colour: Black/Cream

The DiMarzio Air Norton™ Humbucker Guitar Pickup is a versatile and responsive pickup for the electric guitar.

The Air Norton™ started out simply to be the Airbucker™ version of the Norton®. DiMarzio thought it would make a distinctive-sounding bridge pickup with high-gain amps, but they soon discovered that it's a radically neat neck pickup, too. The tone is deep and warm, but not muddy. It's hot, but not distorted. It's even got cool harmonics, which are really unusual for a neck humbucker. The patented Air Norton™ magnetic structure reduces string-pull, so sustain is improved and pick attack and dynamics are tremendously controllable and expressive. Combine the Air Norton™ with an Air Zone™, The Tone Zone® or Steve's Special™ in the bridge position for a perfect blend of power and tone, or use an Air Norton™ in the bridge position with an Air Classic™ Bridge model in the neck position for a distinctive medium-output blues-rock sound.

Recommended For
Solid body and semi-hollow body guitars.

When the Air Norton™ is in the neck position, it's a warm, open-sounding pickup with enough power to balance with all bridge humbuckers. Try it with 500K pots for maximum treble and harmonic presence. In the bridge position, the sound is medium output with solid lows and biting harmonics. You can try it here with 250K controls, or a 500 K volume and 250K tone to fatten the highs up a little. Combines well with Air Classic™ in neck, and also with The Cruiser®, The Chopper™, and Blue Velvet™ single-coils.


DiMarzio Air Norton Specifications

Wiring: 4 Conductor
Magnet: Alnico 5
Output mV: 270
DC Resistance: 12.58 Kohm
Year of Introduction: 1995
Patent: 4,501,185 & 5,399,802