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Area 61™

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DiMarzio® has been working on serious vintage single-coil design with no hum for twelve years. Our goal has always been to capture the best qualities of pickups we heard from the 1950s and early 60s. We’ve played several pickups from the early 60s that had a unique tonality: they were steely, yet woody-sounding. Naturally, we wanted to nail this sound, and we wanted to do it with no hum and less magnet-pull. The Area 61™ does it. It’s good in all three positions. It’s the perfect bridge pickup with a pair of Area 58™ pickups if you want to go all the way from Nashville to Texas in one guitar.

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Recommended For

All positions.

Tech Talk

Over the last 10 years we’ve gotten literally hundreds of requests from guitarists asking for the Texas blues sound. This sound is centered on single-coils from the early 1960s, but it’s also based on heavy strings and strong hands. We can’t change your strings or your hands, but the Area 61™ captures the tonal bedrock this sound is based on. Like the Area 58™, the Area 61™ really responds to different pick attacks: played hard, it sounds louder and tougher than you’d expect from a vintage pickup, but it cleans up immediately by picking softer or rolling down the volume control. And like the Area 58™, its ability to cancel hum is superior to full-size humbuckers.
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Specs

Wiring: 4 Conductor
Magnet: Alnico 2
Output mV: 142
DC Resistance: 6.43 Kohm
Year of Introduction: 2006
Patent: 4,442,749 & 5,908,802
Pickup Dimensions

Tone Guide

Treble: 8.5
 
Mid: 4.0
 
Bass: 4.0
 

Color Options

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Mint Green
Blue
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Players & Soundbytes

  • Aurelien Budynek
     
    Aurelien Budynek
  • Carl Harvey
     
    Carl Harvey
  • Christopher Occhialini
     
    Christopher Occhialini
  • Eric Wirsing
     
    Eric Wirsing
  • Harry Jacobson
     
    Harry Jacobson
  • Henrik Danhage
     
    Henrik Danhage
  • Neil Citron
     
    Neil Citron
  • Prashant Aswani
     
    Prashant Aswani
  • Serj Buss
     
    Serj Buss
  • Andy Timmons
    Andy Timmons
  • Art Rodriguez
    Art Rodriguez
  • Bo Ramsey
    Bo Ramsey
  • Brad Whitford
    Brad Whitford
  • Carl Rydlund
    Carl Rydlund
  • Dan Lawson
    Dan Lawson
  • Daniele Gregolin
    Daniele Gregolin
  • Ed Vick
    Ed Vick
  • Ethan Meixsell
    Ethan Meixsell
  • Fredrik Pihl
    Fredrik Pihl
  • Jamie Humphries
    Jamie Humphries
  • Jeff Coggins
    Jeff Coggins
  • Joe Cefalu
    Joe Cefalu
  • Joe Matera
    Joe Matera
  • John Czajkowski
    John Czajkowski
  • John March
    John March
  • Magnus Olsson
    Magnus Olsson
  • Mattias Sonnemo
    Mattias Sonnemo
  • Mr. Scott DiGioia
    Mr. Scott DiGioia
  • Rich Robinson
    Rich Robinson
  • Rob Bailey
    Rob Bailey
  • Tim Quick
    Tim Quick
 

Aurelien Budynek

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Song: Streets of Montmartre
Album: Out of the Sun
Band: Dare Devil Squadron
Guitar Used: Fender Stratocaster American Standard 07
Pickup Used: Area 61™ -
 
 
Song: Chronicles of Sorrow Pt. 1
Album: Out of the Sun
Band: Dare Devil Squadron
Guitar Used: Fender Stratocaster American Standard 07
Pickup Used: Area 61™ -
 
 

Carl Harvey

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Song: Waiting for Tomorrow
Album: Unleashed
Band: Carl Harvey Project
Guitar Used: ESP Vintage Plus
Pickup Used: Area 61™ - Neck
 
 

Christopher Occhialini

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Song: Jukebox
Album: Nine
Band: Husky
Guitar Used: Strat
Pickup Used: Area 61™ - Neck
 
 

Eric Wirsing

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Song: Curiosity Demo
Album:
Band:
Guitar Used: Fender American Strat
Pickup Used: Area 61™ -
Pickup Used: Virtual Solo™ -
 
 

Harry Jacobson

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Song: Simple Minor Blues
Album:
Band:
Guitar Used: Strat®
Pickup Used: Area 58™ - Bridge
Pickup Used: Area 61™ -
Pickup Used: Virtual Vintage® Heavy Blues 2 -
 
Song: Rockinareas
Album:
Band:
Guitar Used: Strat®
Pickup Used: Area 58™ - Middle
Pickup Used: Area 61™ -
 
Song: Mary
Album:
Band:
Guitar Used: Strat®
Pickup Used: Area 58™ - Neck
Pickup Used: Area 61™ -
 
Song: Brush with the Blues
Album:
Band:
Guitar Used: Strat®
Pickup Used: Area 58™ -
Pickup Used: Area 61™ -
Pickup Used: Virtual Vintage® Heavy Blues 2 -
 
 

Henrik Danhage

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Song: Mark My Words
Album:
Band: DeathDestruction
Guitar Used: Caparison H Danhage
Pickup Used: Area 61™ -
Pickup Used: Norton® -
 
 

Neil Citron

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Song: Hair of the Dog
Album:
Band: Bang Tower
Guitar Used: Fender Tele
Pickup Used: Area T™ Bridge - Bridge
Pickup Used: Area T™ Neck - Neck
Pickup Used: Area 61™ - Middle
 
 

Prashant Aswani

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Song: DiMarzio Track 3
Album: Demo
Band: Prashant Aswani
Guitar Used: ESP Custom PA OM, ESP PA Natural
Pickup Used: Area 61™ -
 
 

Serj Buss

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Song: Time
Album:
Band:
Guitar Used:
Pickup Used: Area 61™ -
 
 

Andy Timmons

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Art Rodriguez

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Bo Ramsey

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Brad Whitford

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Carl Rydlund

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Dan Lawson

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Daniele Gregolin

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Ed Vick

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Ethan Meixsell

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Fredrik Pihl

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Jamie Humphries

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Jeff Coggins

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Joe Cefalu

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Joe Matera

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John Czajkowski

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John March

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Magnus Olsson

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Mattias Sonnemo

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Mr. Scott DiGioia

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Rich Robinson

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Rob Bailey

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Tim Quick

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