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Finding The Right String Gauge For Metal Players
Fresh off a recent tour with Jeff Loomis and currently in the studio working on a new release for his band Shaded Enmity, Joe Nurre joins us to write about picking out the right string gauge for metal. When I … Continue reading
Seven-String Pickup Options
One thing 7-string players continually cite as an attraction to the extended range of the seven is that they can still play everything that they could play on a six-string guitar – as well as getting down into much lower musical territory. And that’s true of tone too: the sounds you get out of your six-string pickups are also available from 7-string versions. Many of our popular models are available in versions for 7-string players, and even if we don’t offer a production 7-string version of a six-string pickup you’ve just gotta have on your seven, the Custom Shop may be able to help! Continue reading
Posted in Product News
Tagged '78 model, 7 string, active, ahb-1, AHB-3 Mick Thomson, Blackouts, custom shop, djent, Formvar, keith merrow, passive, Phase I, Phase II, screamin demon, Sh-1, sh-10, SH-12, sh-16, sh-2, Sh-4, sh-5, SH-6, sh-8, slipknot, SSL-1, stratocaster, telecaster, Wes Hauch
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Customizing your Bass with Seymour Duncan
In some cases, a bass that plays great, may not sound great. Customizing your bass with Seymour Duncan pickups, a new pickguard, knobs and a Hipshot D-tuner, are just a few ways you can turn that old bass into one of your main basses. Continue reading
High vs Medium Output Pickups: Is More Better?
There are many decisions involved when choosing the right pickup. Vintage or Modern? Hum cancelling or not? What kind of EQ do I want? One of the most misunderstood choosing between a vintage output or high output pickup (or somewhere in between).Most people think that high output pickups are only for heavy music, and lower output pickups are for everything else. Once we understand what a higher output pickup does for the sound (and our playing), we might be better equipped to make a choice. Continue reading
Posted in The Tone Garage, Tips and Tricks
Tagged Blackouts, invader, medium, output, sh-8, SHR-1, tone chart, Vintage
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Dino Cazares: Fear Factory And The Industrial Revolution
Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares is a pioneer. His ultra-tight picking, monster tone and pioneering use of seven and eight string guitars helped to solidify the combination of mechanical precision and brutal riffing that spurred an industrial metal revolution and … Continue reading
Posted in Backstage Pass, Seymour Duncan Artists
Tagged 7 string, 8 string, Blackouts, dino cazares, divine heresy, fear factory
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Voices of Metal – Simon Johansson of BibleBlack
In this week’s edition of Voices of Metal we turn to Simon Johannson who plays alongside Mike Wead in the Swedish band BibleBlack. You have a pretty long history in the Swedish death metal scene, including playing in Abstrakt Algebra … Continue reading
Posted in Artist Interview, Backstage Pass, Voices of Metal
Tagged 59, ahb-1, bibleblack, Blackouts, Jarrel, jzs-1, mike wead, Sh-1, tb-5
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Voices of Metal – Dave Reffett
During NAMM, we had another oppurtunity to meet an incredible musician named Dave Reffett. Dave recently produced, was the lead guitarist and singer on the album The Call of the Flames which featured performances by George Lynch, Michael Angelo Batio, Chris Poland, Glen … Continue reading
Posted in Artist Interview, Backstage Pass, Voices of Metal
Tagged ahb-1, Blackouts, dave reffett, metal, the call of the flames
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Voices of Metal – Lord Ahriman
In our continuing series to release the Kraken of brutal tone, we turn to Dark Funeral and one of the brutalest guitar players around, Lord Ahriman. How did you get started playing metal? I’ve been into metal since my early … Continue reading
Posted in Artist Interview, Backstage Pass, Voices of Metal
Tagged ahb-2, atrum regina, Blackouts, Dark funeral, lord ahriman, metal
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Voices of Metal – Emil Alstermark of October Tide
On our continuing search for brutal and heavy tone we turn to Emil Alstermark of October Tide to find out how he achieves his expansively dark tone. Tell us about your band October Tide. “Well, the band history is a … Continue reading
Voices of Metal – Dmitry Sukhinin of Defect Designer
Siberia is known as a large remote expanse of the earth that is unforgivingly cold. Even among this cold landscape, there can be hard metal with a brutal tone. This week we discover dedication, drive and death metal in Siberia … Continue reading
Posted in Artist Interview, Backstage Pass, Seymour Duncan Artists, Voices of Metal
Tagged Blackouts, defect designer, emty, mick thompson, russia, sh-2, Sh-4, wax
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