Area Hot T Bridge Telecaster Single Pickup - Black Review

Great Sounding Pickup

I put this in my 7/8 scale Warmoth build, along with an Area T in the neck. It's actually really versatile. With low gain amps/settings, it sounds just like a Tele, but if I dial up a high gain sound and roll the tone back 1/4 turn, it really does sound like a PAF. When I run it in the middle position with the Area T in the neck, I get a really cool lead tone that cuts right through,… read more but the pickup sounds great on its own for leads too. My only gripe isn't actually with this pickup, it's that DiMarzio doesn't make a hot enough complement for the neck to go with it. I have an Area T in the neck, and the output difference is pretty noticeable when I switch. Fixable with a a boost pedal, but still.

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Smooth bridge sound with just enough bite

I got this to replace a Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro Tele which was a little brighter than I had hoped for and just a little too noisy. This one is nearly dead quiet and has zero harshness on attack even worth the tone control on 10. It matches perfect with the Dimarzio Area T neck pickup. The middle position sound of the two pickups is stellar. Easy install: solder two wires.… read more Tip: go ahead and set pickup height before you install the bridge at 1/4 inch above the bridge of the base. Worked perfect for me:). This is a nearly zero noise pickup with excellent tone. Get it! Look up Bloody Shins on SoundCloud for demo.

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DiMarzio Area Hot T

I recently bought a used G&L ASAT Love the guitar but the bridge pickup was microphonic when played loud with gain.. I am a rock guy, not a tele guy so I am not an expert on tele tone and wasn't overly concerned with nailing a specific era of vintage tele sound. Just wanted a great sounding pickup, something a little fatter than standard but still sounded like a tele. After a… read more lot of research I bought this pickup along with the Area T neck. They sound great through my Friedman Dirty Shirley! Got the two to balance well. I wired the tone control to the bridge only . I like em!

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Area Hot

Amazing pickups! I'm sold on them. I didn't lose my telecaster twang. The only thing I lost was the noise! Awesome!

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Classic Tele sound with a kick.........

I installed this pickup and an Area T neck model in my American Standard Tele to replace a set of Lace Sensor Tele pickups that I tried for a while. The Lace pickups are very good, but I had some issues with the e string being soft on my bridge pickup. In addition, while the tone was good I felt that my guitar was lacking some of the traditional Tele vibe, which I wanted to get… read more back. As far as the bridge pickup goes, I wanted a hot rodded vintage tone that still maintained some of the Tele snap and twang, but with stronger mids and more rounded highs. That's exactly what the Area Hot T does. It sounds more like a single coil than a humbucker. It has the mids and rounded highs of a humbucker but yet still possesses the Tele twang as well. The output is very strong, much stronger and punchier than my Lace T-150 bridge pickup but more vintage sounding at the same time. The Hot T responds very well to height changes and the tone and output vary a lot with small adjustments. I had to lower it quite a bit to balance with the Area T neck model, but the two pair very well together. Overall, I am extremely happy and this pickup is staying in my guitar. DiMarzio did a superb job of blending some humbucker like characteristics into the Hot T without making it lose its identity as a Tele style pickup.

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