[mi2tom]

Who says the HFH is too silent? I've played it and I installed it on my yamaha, it can be louder than the tone zone.

[Echad]

Oh, so it can be used with anything - as long as the heights are concerned... Thanks for the info.

[Jerryman]

Its funny all the Humbuckers from Hell up for sale on Ebay from people thinking it was an all out brutal humbucker.

[CityofBlindingLights]

Its funny all the Humbuckers from Hell up for sale on Ebay from people thinking it was an all out brutal humbucker.

Actually, all of the HfH's on eBay seem to be from authorized DiMarzio dealers that sell on eBay. Banjomikez ALWAYS has a huge stock of pickups available.

[slugworth]

I was poking around looking at hollowbody Ibanezes and found this sound clip that was share-worthy.  Ibanez AS73 hollowbody with dual HFHs.  I'm not a jazz player but could really appreciate the jazz tone he's got going on.

http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=6995632&q=hi&newref=1

[seedlings]

HFH sounds very much like a single coil.  Snappy and bright with an inductance of 2.47H.

Brief sound sample:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMS8ykeyP14

CHAD

[jazzfromhell]

It's funny with people thinking its a weak pickup, or doesnt balance well with a hotter pickup like the TZ. IMO Petruccis best tones (I&W and Awake) was a Tone Zone and a HFH. Killer epic progressive metal tones.

[Octacoil]

I had bad experience with humbucker from hell in a 22 fret alder strat. Sounds muddy and doesn't cut through live. That guitar have steve's special bridge. Its like the guitar switches off whenever I use the neck pickup clean or overdriven.

[RayBarbeeMusic]

My experience with it over the years is that it is nothing like a single coil and 100% just a low wind humbucker tone.   The duncan full shred neck does a better job at what dimarzio describes, especially with the pole piece mod I posted in the mod forum. 

Wish that wasn't true, because I'm generally a dimarzio guy and I can get them in more colors and cheaper.  Sadly, this pickup just does not cut it as a bright/tight single coilish humbucker, there are better options.

The ultimate, though it only comes covered, is the fralin twangbucker.  Wound to 9k turns in the neck position it has enough power to play nicely with a bridge humbucker, and it is bright and tight in the way the hfh claims, but sadly, is not.  Tracks fast playing like a champ.  Can still sound 'traditional' with a .0022uf tone control rolled back as well.

[KH Guitar Freak]

My experience with it over the years is that it is nothing like a single coil and 100% just a low wind humbucker tone.   The duncan full shred neck does a better job at what dimarzio describes, especially with the pole piece mod I posted in the mod forum. 

Wish that wasn't true, because I'm generally a dimarzio guy and I can get them in more colors and cheaper.  Sadly, this pickup just does not cut it as a bright/tight single coilish humbucker, there are better options.

The ultimate, though it only comes covered, is the fralin twangbucker.  Wound to 9k turns in the neck position it has enough power to play nicely with a bridge humbucker, and it is bright and tight in the way the hfh claims, but sadly, is not.  Tracks fast playing like a champ.  Can still sound 'traditional' with a .0022uf tone control rolled back as well.

Would sound single coil like IMO if you dial in a bright tone, and then pick and strum harder

[RayBarbeeMusic]

Would sound single coil like IMO if you dial in a bright tone, and then pick and strum harder
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The high end might, but it would still lack the tight low end.

There are much better options if a single coil ish bucker is what you're after.  Hfh is a really old design, would like to see dimarzio take another crack at it.

[Ayrton]

The HFH is by far my favorite neck DiMarzio. Works very well in the neck of a vintage style Telecaster.

[darkbluemurder]

Overall it definitely does not sound like a single coil - way too much bottom end. To me it sounds like a PAF with an extended treble and high end (which is fine btw), and that extended high end may be what some perceive as "single coil tone".

Cheers Stephan

[mmmguitar]

Overall it definitely does not sound like a single coil - way too much bottom end. To me it sounds like a PAF with an extended treble and high end (which is fine btw), and that extended high end may be what some perceive as "single coil tone".

I had a similar impression of the EJ Custom. I get that EJ asked Steve to wind a PAF-style HB that would make his Les Paul sound like a Gretsch but it, the HFH, and Bluesbucker each have their own vibe, rather than sounding like facsimiles of a Filtertron, hot single coil, or P90 (as the marketing dept has variously claimed over the years).