D Activator™ Bridge

DP220

The D Activator™ Bridge has an enriched harmonic quality and the notes want to sing. Both the D Activator™ Neck and Bridge pickups were designed to eliminate the sterile edginess commonly associated with active pickups. The D Activator™ Bridge pickup is about 25% louder than the D Activator™ Neck. Since we were developing both pickups as a set from the ground up, we adjusted the volume levels on the pickups so they are balanced. That way when you switch from the neck to the bridge, you don’t hear a drop in volume — also a frequent problem with active pickups — and they don’t use batteries.

Recommended For

Bridge position

Tech Talk

An interesting fact about the most popular active bridge pickups is that they aren’t incredibly loud. Instead, they have a strong, focused attack that hits the amp very hard and makes them ‘feel’ more powerful than they actually spec out to be. This is an important characteristic that we needed to capture with the D Activator™ bridge pickup. We also wanted to avoid the limiting effect that can occur with active pickups when they are played hard. Our pickup is passive with a lot of headroom, and it responds quickly and accurately to changes in pick attack. A hard pick attack doesn’t cause the signal to flatten out, and picking more softly or rolling the volume control down lets the sound clean up naturally. Like all passive pickups, D Activator™ pickups require controls with a minimum value of 250Kohms. 500K is the standard all around value, and our 1Megohm tone control is best for long cable runs.

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Specs

Wiring: 4 Conductor
Magnet: Ceramic
Output mV: 470
DC Resistance: 11.41 Kohm
Year of Introduction: 2007
Patent: 4,501,185

Pickup Dimensions

Tone Guide

Treble: 6.5

Mid: 6.0

Bass: 6.0

Color Options

Players & Soundbytes

Blake Martin
Charlie Bellmore
Eddie Ojeda
John 5
John Comprix
Kyle Odell
Phil Collen
Dustie Waring
Joey Concepcion
Rikk Beatty
Tom Kopyto

Blake Martin

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Song: Malevolence
Album: Depravity
Band: A Plea for Purging
Guitar Used: Schecter ATX Blackjack
Pickup Used: D Activator™ Bridge - Bridge

Malevolence

Charlie Bellmore

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Song: Enlightened to Extinction
Album: Behind the Blackest Tears
Band: Kingdom of Sorrow
Guitar Used: LTD Eclipse
Pickup Used: D Activator™ Bridge - Bridge

Enlightened to Extinction

Song: From Heroes to Dust
Album: Behind the Blackest Tears
Band: Kingdom of Sorrow
Guitar Used: LTD Eclipse
Pickup Used: D Activator™ Bridge - Bridge

From Heroes to Dust

Eddie Ojeda

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Song: Big Bottom
Album:
Band: Solo Band
Guitar Used: Eddie Ojeda Bullseye Guitar
Pickup Used: D Activator™ Bridge - Bridge

Big Bottom

John 5

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Song: The Nightmare Unravels Clip 1
Album: The Art of Malice
Band:
Guitar Used:
Pickup Used: D Activator™ Bridge - Bridge

The Nightmare Unravels Clip 1

Song: The Nightmare Unravels Clip 2
Album: The Art of Malice
Band:
Guitar Used:
Pickup Used: D Activator™ Bridge - Bridge
Pickup Used: D Activator™ Neck - Neck

The Nightmare Unravels Clip 2

Song: The Nightmare Unravels Clip 3
Album: The Art of Malice
Band:
Guitar Used:
Pickup Used: D Activator™ Bridge - Bridge
Pickup Used: D Activator™ Neck - Neck

The Nightmare Unravels Clip 3

Song: War Zone
Album: Punisher
Band: John 5 and Rob Zombie
Guitar Used:
Pickup Used: D Activator™ Bridge - Bridge
Pickup Used: D Activator™ Neck - Neck

War Zone

John Comprix

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Song: Scream Machine
Album: Beyond Fear
Band: Beyond Fear
Guitar Used: Carvin Ultra V
Pickup Used: D Activator™ Bridge - Bridge
Pickup Used: D Activator™ Neck - Neck

Scream Machine

Kyle Odell

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Song: Buried Alone
Album: Martyr To The Flames
Band: Vanisher
Guitar Used: Fernandes DragonFly Elite
Pickup Used: D Activator™ Bridge - Bridge

Buried Alone

Song: Martyr To The Flames
Album: Martyr To The Flames
Band: Vanisher
Guitar Used: Fernandes DragonFly Elite
Pickup Used: D Activator™ Bridge - Bridge