Monthly Archives: November 2010

Florida rockers Anberlin, known for songs like “Feel Good Drag” and “Impossible”are up to it again with the release of their fifth studio album entitled Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place.  And, they are hitting the road fully loaded with Duncan pickups.  All three guitar players of Anberlin rely on Seymour Duncan for…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups After The Burial – In Dreams After the Burial, the band known for their technical eight string guitar proficiency, is releasing a new album. This much anticipated work of brutal art entitled In Dreams will be available on Nov. 23. Guitar masters Justin and Trent some how managed to out do them selves…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups John Butler   Photo: Paul Smith American-born and Aussie-raised John Butler has become a fixture on the alternative-jam-roots scene. The multi-instrumentalist front man of the John Butler Trio is adept at banjo, didgeridoo, drums and harmonica. But it’s his unique fingerstyle work with an amplifed acoustic guitar that draws…

Prestige Guitars is giving away a gorgeous semi-hollow Musician PRO, with a carved top and back, Bigsby vibrato, and a pair of gold-covered Seymour Duncan humbuckers—a ‘59 in the neck and a JB Model in the bridge. Enter at www.prestigeguitars.com/contest.html or click here for a chance to win! Good luck and Happy Holidays!

After the Burial, the band known for their technical eight string guitar proficiency, is releasing a new album. This much anticipated work of brutal art entitled In Dreams will be available on Nov. 23. Guitar masters Justin and Trent some how managed to out do themselves again in creating a masterpiece that will wake the…

With the holidays quickly approaching, we at Seymour Duncan are very grateful for all of you.  Because of this, we are running a Thanksgiving Seymour Duncan Giveaway!  To enter this contest, click the orange “WIN” button to the left OR go to our Facebook page and click on the sweepstakes tab.  Here are the prizes:…

Congratulations to our randomly selected winner, Stephen Koehler, for winning the JB pickup from our Freebie Friday Contest! His first song played was: The basic rhythm to “In My Darkest Hour” by Megadeth.  The JB will give you the same heavy crunch heard in the rhythm. Thank you to all who entered.  We really enjoyed…

If you want “Sweet, warm tones to raw rock ’n’ roll” and “great harmonics”, enter to win our Freebie Friday Contest on our Facebook page! This Freebie Friday, we are giving away the JB, the world’s most popular humbucker.  We were so thrilled with all of the great feedback from Frank’s post on his first…

Last Friday, Thievery Corporation’s bassist Ashish “Hash” Vyas and guitarist Rob Myers stopped by Seymour Duncan for a tour of the factory.  Here at Seymour Duncan, they learned the finer points of winding pickups by the legendary Maricela “MJ” Juarez.  With her help, they were each able to wind a Seymour Duncan pickup and learn…

Have you noticed that the baseplates on all of our passive humbuckers are silver in color? They’re made of nickel silver—and there’s a reason. Seth Lover used nickel-silver baseplates when he invented the humbucker in 1955. We think he did a pretty good job, and we like to respect the way he did things. We…