Monthly Archives: October 2010

Happy Halloween! If you haven’t seen our Seymour Duncan Halloween Boo-Buckers yet, check them out in the post below.  We are giving away ten sets through Facebook and Twitter (check out the Facebook competition below).  You can enter both competitions to double your chances of winning.  Here is how to enter the Twitter contest that…

Just in time for Halloween, the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop has created ten sets of “Boo-Bucker” pickups. Throughout the weekend, ten lucky winners will receive a set of these brilliant humbuckers—a Custom Shop ’78 humbucker for the bridge and a Pearly Gates humbucker for the neck—wound by the legendary Maricela “MJ” Juarez of Seymour Duncan…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups Kenny Lewis Superstar Brad Paisley has delivered one of the year’s hottest country events with his H2O World Tour. Now Paisley’s live chops are on display as performances from the tour are featured on the new double-disc Hits Alive which hits the streets November 2, 2010. The album includes…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups Vernon Neilly Multi award winning guitarist/producer/actor and long time Seymour Duncan endorser Vernon Neilly recently returned from a successful South America tour where he performed concerts, did TV performances, and taught master classes. He is pictured above performing and giving a master class on recording and production techniques to…

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month when we are reminded of the devastating impact of this disease. Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women with one-in-eight developing the disease in their lifetime. According to the Centers for Disease Control breast cancer is second leading cause of death in women (40,000 deaths…

Adjusting Your Pickups: Fine-Tune Your Sound Most guitars have screws around the pickups for adjusting pickup height. Most guitar factories adjust the pickups to a median height, but why not find the best height for your tone? While you can’t change the character of a pickup, you can make small adjustments that will fine-tune your…

Thank you to all of you who participated in our Bass Player Live! online giveaway.  And big congrats to our two winners who will receive their choice of Seymour Duncan bass pickups: Lloyd Plum Timothy Brisson Stay tuned for our Halloween Seymour Duncan giveaway this week!

Bass Player Live! 2010 starts today!  In addition to giving away Jaco Pastorius pickups, we are giving away Steve Harris pickups!  Just like the Jaco pickups, these Steve Harris pickups were wound by Seymour W. Duncan himself.  Read Seymour’s story about working with Steve Harris below. These pickups are one of a kind collectibles and…

Weekend Giveaway: Seymour Duncan Bass Pickup of YOUR choice! This weekend, Seymour Duncan will be at Bass Player Live! For those of you who can’t attend the event, we wanted you to be able to participate in the action! So, we are giving away a set of Seymour Duncan Bass pickups of YOUR choice. All…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups Patrick – Weezer From the seminal hits “Buddy Holly” and “Beverly Hills” to their latest album Hurley, Weezer has been been making great music to rock out for more than 15 years. With a worldwide following of dedicated fans, their sound has, to many, become the definition of what…