DiMarzio DP190 Air Classic Neck Pickup Black Neck Classic humbucker tone, modernized DiMarzio set out to make a pickup with the sound of the late 1950s humbuckers without simply imitating them with Alnico 2 or aged Alnico 5 magnets Airbucker technology was created to capture all of the best sonic qualities of vintage humbuckers while avoiding the technical problems The Air Classic has the same sweet sound as a classic humbucker, but Airbucker technology uses more reliable full-strength Alnico 5 magnets and still reduces string-pull to increase sustain and sensitivity The result is an almost vocal, three-dimensional sound that jumps off the string faster and stays true as it sustains