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What are the best pickups for modern and prog metal guitar tone? That depends on how you define modern and prog metal guitar tone. Here’s how we define it. While classic humbucking pickups can get “high-gain,” modern metal players need something different. Their highly complex playing demands a precise, tight tone. One that remains aggressive…

The Vapor Trail Deluxe builds on the proud legacy of our original Vapor Trail analog delay pedal, who’s warm, Bucket Brigade repeats and 3-dimensional modulation continues to inspire guitarists around the world. However, with the Vapor Trail Deluxe, we’ve taken the pedal’s capabilities quite a bit further. The marriage between Vapor Trail Deluxe’s all analog…

Seymour Duncan’s three best passive pickups for classic rock tone. Choosing the best classic rock pickups can be a bit daunting. Some people say Hendrix is classic rock, while others say, Journey. And some people even claim Nirvana has crossed into classic territory. We say classic rock is defined by the iconic ‘passive humbucker into…

The Fender Telecaster is country music guitar tone. And country music guitar tone is the Telecaster, plain and simple. Yes, you’ll find every style of guitar used to great effect throughout the genre. But no guitar has put its sonic stamp on it quite like Fender’s first. Whether it’s James Burton’s genre-defining bends or the…

The debate among players as far as what kind of pickups, passive or active, are best for metal rages on. And it will continue to do so for a long time. But one thing’s for sure. When it comes to the best pickups for metal, active humbucking pickups are regularly at the top of the…

    For more info or to secure your set of limited edition Amos Custom Shop pick ups please visit our Custom Shop – JOE BONAMASSA AMOS PICKUP SET Joe Bonamassa’s 1958 Flying V was special even before being purchased by the famous bluesman – as one of just 98 Flying V’s produced by Gibson in…

    In this quick video, Mark Holcomb stopped by our Santa Barbara office and we asked him to try the Palladium gain stage out. With his signature PRS guitar equipped with Seymour Duncan Alpha/Omega pick ups, Mark plugged in, played to a Periphery track, and gave us his first impression of the Palladium.. More…

Doug Rappoport knows tone. In this video he shows you the pedals and pickups used to get that Classic Rock tone. Seymour Duncan Saturday Night Special pickups in his Les Paul. Seymour Duncan Forza overdrive pedal, Palladium Gain Stage pedal, and Vapor Trail delay all powered by the PowerStage 170 pedalboard power amp.

More info on the Seymour Duncan Vapor Trail Gear used – Yamaha AC3R Acoustic with SD Woody pickup – Schecter KM7 with SD Alpha/Omega pickups – SD Palladium Gain Stage Pedal – SD Killing Floor Boost – SD Vapor Trail Delay – Ernie Ball MVP Expression Pedal – Kemper Profiling Amp (Revv Generator Clean Profile)…

A versatile analog chorus with an innovative Dynamic Expression mode, the Seymour Duncan Catalina Dynamic Chorus pedal gives you complete depth control depending on how hard you play.