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Maná Breaks Staples Center Record

Psycho, MJ and Sergio

On April 25th, Seymour Duncan Custom Shop manager Maricela Juarez (MJ) and art director Andreina Diaz attended a historical concert by the legendary Maná at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. Maná is the most influential band out Latin America since the late 80s  … Continue reading

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A Trip To Daniel Lanois’ House

Not even doctors make house calls anymore. Fortunately for producer legend Daniel Lanois, Seymour, custom shop manager Maricela “MJ” Juarez and tech guru Scott Miller paid a visit to the guitar guru’s Silverlake, CA home to deliver a set of … Continue reading

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Custom Cocobuckers by MJ

MJ & Conan O'Brien

Last week, our very own MJ made it down to Burbank to give Conan O’Brien a custom set of Seymour Duncan pickups. These aren’t just any pickups, as you can see from the picture, Conan had his name custom engraved … Continue reading

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NAMM Day 4: Lita Ford, Ratt’s Warren DeMartini, booth shenanigans with the SD staff, and more…

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The last day of 2011 NAMM was as busy as ever, with lots of people stopping by to ask about the Liberator, learn about Zephyr Silver premium pickups, and get autographs with Lita Ford and Ratt guitarist Warren Demartini. Bill … Continue reading

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NAMM DAY 2 – Slipknot’s Mick Thomson, Bootsy Collins, Seymour W. Duncan, Bachman & Turner’s Randy Bachman, El Tri’s Alex Lora, and more!

NAMM DAY 2 – We had an exciting day of appearances, autographs, jam sessions, product demos, and more!  Check out our photos with appearances from: Seymour W. Duncan, Mick Thomson, Tim Mahoney, Bootsy Collins, Randy Buchman, Steve Bailey, Alex Lora, … Continue reading

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Thievery Corporation visits Seymour Duncan

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. … Continue reading

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Giveaway: Win a set of Halloween “Boo-Buckers”

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 … Continue reading

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