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Monthly Archives: October 2011
The Ready Set Guitarist Deryck Stanek Brings A Whole Lotta Rock to Pop With Seymour Duncan
Beckoning guitarist, producer and all-around musical hybrid Deryck Stanek was born in Omaha, Nebraska. From his parent’s basement, he launched the band Go Crash Audio whom, within six years, would go from clueless musicians to performing alongside artists like Kevin … Continue reading
Just in time for Halloween – The Boo Bucker is back!
Your choice of a pickup wound by the legendary Maricela “MJ” Juarez of Seymour Duncan Custom Shop. To complete the spooky Halloween look, MJ dyed the bobbins orange and incorporated a jet black “Seymour Duncan” logo. For purchasing information, please … Continue reading
Posted in Product News, Seymour Duncan Company
Tagged '78 model, boobucker, custom shop, guitar pickup, halloween, MJ, Seymour Duncan
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Voices of Metal – Katatonia
The year was 1991, when two teenagers named Anders Nyström and Jonas Renkse decided to have a go at the extreme metal scene. Death metal was at its peak and although they were comfortable with that style they felt an … Continue reading
Posted in Backstage Pass, Voices of Metal
Tagged amps, doom metal, guitar pickups, gutiars, Katatonia, metal, Seymour Duncan, SH-6, swedish death metal, voices of metal
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As the Guitarist for Racer X to ASIA – Bruce Bouillet turns to Seymour Duncan for smooth and even tone
Bruce Bouillet, guitarist from the underground shred metal band Racer X, has played with Paul Gilbert on record and on stage, scored his own record deals with The Scream, and Epidemic. He has performed around the world, including a US and … Continue reading
Seymour Duncan Welcomes new artists for September!
We would like to welcome the following artists to the Seymour Duncan family of players seeking perfect tone. Andy Roberts (guitar) for 3Boxes Conducting From the Grave: John Abernathy (guitar), Jeff Morgan (guitar), & Jackson Jordan (bass) New album … Continue reading
Posted in Artist Interview, Backstage Pass, Seymour Duncan Artists
Tagged 3boxes, andy roberts, Chase fraser, conducting from the grave, iration, jackson jordan, jeff morgan, jesse gabriel, John Abernathy, johnny demarco, johnny hawthorn, micah pueschel, new artists, revenants, Seymour Duncan, toad the wet sprocet
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Nightrage rocks St. Petersburg as part of Frets of Fury
Evan and I recently travelled to Florida to visit the Frets of Fury tour. One band of particular interest to us was Nightrage. Marios Iliopoulos started Nightrage with Gus G. and they are now touring with Gus’s band Firewind. This … Continue reading
Posted in Artist Interview, Backstage Pass, Seymour Duncan Artists
Tagged active pickups, ahb-1, bill, Blackouts, duncan, florida, frets of fury, marios, metal, nightrage, pickups, st. petersburg
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Voices of Metal – Candlemass
Voices of Metal is a new series dedicated to finding the best of Metal. We scour the earth looking for the most intense bands and then we get to the bottom of their story, how they get their sound and … Continue reading
Seymour Duncan Blackouts on Youtube
Seymour Duncan Blackouts are highly regarded among those who need a tone that screams “end of the world”. We searched through YouTube to hear how some of our players were enjoying their Blackouts. Some feature the deep shredding distortion that … Continue reading
Posted in New Product, Pickup Reviews, Product News
Tagged active pickup, active pickups, Blackouts, dino cazares, divine heresy, mick thompson, slipknot, youtube
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Whether writing for a music magazine, lecturing, or performing live, Ravi’s strive for perfection leads him to Seymour Duncan for his guitars.
Ravi is a singer/songwriter who shot to worldwide fame at a young age as the guitarist for the ’90′s band Hanson, playing guitar in front of millions of screaming teenage fans in scenes reminiscent of “Beatlemania.” Hanson’s triple Grammy nominated … Continue reading
Posted in Artist Interview, Backstage Pass, Seymour Duncan Artists
Tagged alnico II, AOPA, Berklee, guitarist, hanson, hum cancelling, humbucker, JB, NAMM, pickup, punchy, pure, ravi, Simon & Schuster, STHR-1, strat, Vintage
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Tenacious D’s electric guitarist John Konesky has found the Pickups of Destiny
The legend of Tenacious D is a long story dating back to early times. John Konesky has played electric guitar for the D, and Kyle Gass’ band Trainwreck. When not shredding out the devils guitar solo in Beelzeboss, John can be seen with Kyle Gass in the YouTube show Guitarings. Continue reading
