DiMarzio DP216 Mo Joe BK F-Spaced

Installed in my Ibanez JS100 along with a DiMarzio PAF Joe and what a great pair they make.

The Mo Joe really complements the softer sounding PAF Joe and with the toggle switch at the bridge gives a great crunch sound at mild distortion levels. Pushing it through high gain really allows the guitar to sing and gives a real punch when playing tight percussive riffs.

The mids are pushed through nicely offering a counter to my often scooped played EQ on the amp.

The pickup was easy to install following the DiMarzio custom wiring diagrams for the Ibanez. Altogether an excellent upgrade adding a much needed refresh to an ageing budget guitar.

After running through a plethora of stock/boutique pickups for my strat style guitars, I was amazed to find that the DiMarzio Mo Jo was one of the very best that worked for me.

I generally play a mix of rock/jazz-funk, so I needed a pickup that could go from soaring lead guitar to slightly dirty funk when coupled with the neck on a HH strat through a Marshall/Plexi style amp.

It has plenty of mids and bass with an articulate but smooth top end (as opposed to a Seymour 59 for example) despite not being a super high output pickup. It sounds great clean or distorted with some decent coil-tap tones to boot, as I found myself loving the combination with a PAF Joe in the neck.

Honestly this is a fantastic pickup for the money. You don't have to be a Joe Satriani fan to enjoy this pickup, as its one of his most balanced and lowest bridge humbuckers to date. DiMarzio once again prove you don't have to spend "Boutique" prices to get a great sounding pickup!