One reason the first mini-humbuckers were relatively quite pickups was the small space inside the cover for the coils and magnet. Louder mini-buckers can sound muddy, as if the sound itself were crowded inside the pickup. We wanted a hotter, thicker sound, but we also wanted the pickup to "speak" clearly. The DiMarzio Hot Minibucker accomplishes this. It's both very warm and open-sounding and 4-conductor wiring offers effective split and dual-sound options. Like all of our covered pickups, the DiMarzio Hot Minibucker is wax potted both before and after cover installation to eliminate microphonic squeal.