DiMarzio PAF Joe DP 213 BK

When I think about a neck pickup, one of the first things that I think is: "Is it able to deliver a nice and warm clean sound?". And I think this pickup was a really good choice.

It delivers a wonderful and warm clean sound without losing quality at the higher notes. This pickup is really well balanced and smooth. And this is really important to me.

For lead tones, this pickup is even more amazing. The qualities I mentioned in the last paragraph become even more alive with an overdrive or distortion. It has a full and warm sound, but also delivers good sounding higher notes. And it's not a muddy sounding pickup, definitely. It distorts well and also cleans up well when rolling the volume knob down.

Probably it's not the best choice for extreme metal styles, but for my main playing style (mainly hard rock and some metal styles), it does an impressive job. And it is completely able to deliver a wonderful blues tone if necessary.