Notable Users Past and Present
- Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi used a DiMarzio PAF Pro humbucker in his now discontinued Fender Stratocaster signature model.
- Kurt Cobain of Nirvana used a Dimarzio Super Distortion and a Dimarzio PAF in both of his 1965 Fender Jaguar dual humbuckers.
- Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins uses DiMarzio pickups, and his signature stratocaster uses DiMarzio pickups as standard.
- Eddie Van Halen (used on his discontinued Ernie Ball signature series guitars. Now produced as the Axis and Axis Super Sport. These pickups are custom made for Ernie Ball only).
- Dave Sharman (The Tone Zone, Super Distortion)
- Steve Vai (PAF Pro, The Breed, Evolution, Evo 2, Blaze II)
- Billy Sheehan (Model One, Model P, Will Power)
- Andy Timmons (AT1 Custom (bridge), Cruiser (middle), Cruiser (neck))
- Joe Satriani (PAF Joe, PAF Pro, FRED, Mo' Joe, Pro Track)
- Eric Johnson (EJ Custom, HS-2)
- Greg Howe (Air Norton S Neck and Custom GH5 Bridge)
- Paul Gilbert (PAF Pro, Super Distortion, Humbucker From Hell, Air Classic Neck & Bridge, Tone Zone, Area 67, The Injector)
- Steve Morse (Steve Morse Model)
- David Gilmour of Pink Floyd (FS-1)
- Sam Totman of DragonForce (Evolution, HLM)
- Herman Li of DragonForce (Evolution, Blaze, FS-1, HLM)
- John Petrucci of Dream Theater (Humbucker From Hell, Tone Zone, Air Norton, Steve's Special, Custom Modded Air Norton and Steve's Special, D-Sonic, LiquiFire and Crunch Lab)
- Rob Caggiano of Anthrax and The Damned Things (Tone Zone, Humbucker From Hell, Air Norton, FRED)
- Ian MacKaye of Fugazi (Super Distortion)
- Randy Rhoads (Super Distortion, PAF)
- Jerry Garcia (SDS-1, Super 2, Dual Sound)
- Jason Becker (PAF Pro, HS-2, Tone Zone)
- Ace Frehley of KISS (Super Distortion)
- Pete Townshend of The Who (Dual Sound)
- "Fast" Eddie Clarke of Motörhead (X2N, SDS-1, Super Distortion)
- Leslie West of Mountain (Megadrive, Fast track II)
- Buckethead (X2N, Air Norton, ToneZone)
- Frank Zappa
- Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden (Super Distortion)
- Dave Murray of Iron Maiden (Super Distortion, PAF DP-103 (neck))
- Chuck Schuldiner of Death (band) (X2N)
- Terrance Hobbs of Suffocation (band) (Super Distortion (bridge))
- Chris Broderick of Megadeth (D Activator Bridge, D Activator Neck, D Activator 7 Bridge, D Activator 7 Neck)
- John 5 (D Activator Bridge, D Activator Neck)
- Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (Tone Zone, Chopper)
- Phil Collen of Def Leppard (Super Distortion, Super 3)
- Michael Romeo of Symphony X ( Tone Zone, X2N)
- Yngwie Malmsteen (previously used HS3 and HS4)
- James "Munky" Shaffer of Korn (Blaze)
- J.D. Cronise of The Sword (Super Distortion)
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