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This is a demonstration of the Dimarzio Heavy Blues 2 pickup, installed in the neck and middle position of my American Standard Stratocaster. The guitar parts are improvised, outlining a fairly simple chord progression with some Jimi-esq chordal fills.

I recorded this in position two (neck and middle) on my Strat, into a Mesa Roadster head and a Recto 4x12 cab loaded with V30s. I was in Channel 1 - Tweed, 100 watts/Diode on the back panel, and with the following settings: Master 12:00, Presence 12:00, Bass 10:00, Mid 12:00, Treble 12:30, Gain 2:15, Output 10:00, and with a THD Hot Plate taking off -8db with the Bright and Deep switches engaged.

I close-mic'd the cab with a SM57 perpendicular to the cab and just on the edge of the dust cap. Post-processing was minimal - I added a light stereo delay and reverb in Reaper, and a -2.1 Low Shelf at 186hz to adjust for some of the proximity effect of the mic. I then normalized/compressed the exported wave to get it up to an appropriate listening volume. Overall, the result is pretty true to the sound of the guitar through the amp (minus of course the reverb and delay).

This pickup might be a little dark for my particular amp - it sounded absurdly good through the clean channel of a friend's Sunn, and I could see them working well with a brighter Fender as well.

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