One thing has stayed consistent throughout John Petruccis long and
successful career: the DiMarzio® pickups in his guitars. John has been
pushing the envelope of progressive metal since the late eighties, and
the DiMarzio® LiquiFire 7 Neck Model resulted from our most recent
collaboration with John. He used it throughout Dream Theaters tenth
studio album, Black Clouds & Silver Linings. John swears this is
the best live and studio sound he has ever had. He wanted a neck pickup
with a flowing, singing solo tone when used with a heavily overdriven
amp and a clear chord sound with a clean amp setting.
The sound John likes in the neck position of his 6-string translates
very well to the 7-string, with fat highs and clean lows for smooth
solos and tight bass lines. The LiquiFire 7 isn't an exact duplicate of
the 6-string version. The attack is a little more focused and the
voicing is shifted down about 500Hz to bring out the sound of the
seventh string.
- Recommended For Neck position. Can also be used in bridge position
- Wiring 4 Conductor
- Magnet Ceramic
- Resistance 11.48 Kohm