Artist Update

This has been a busy year and in the last six months we have signed a lot of new artists. Please welcome to the Seymour Duncan/Basslines roster: Mick Thomson (AHB-1 Blackouts) of Slipknot; Dino Cazares (AHB-1 Blackouts) with his new band Divine Heresy; Alexi Laiho (AHB-1 Blackouts) of Children of Bodom; Dimmu Borgir’s I.C.S Vortex (SMB-5D, AJB-5s, STC-3a); Peter Steele (STK-J2) from Type O Negative; George Benson (Custom Shop Mini Humbuckers); Sascha Gerstner (SH-4 JB; Antiquity Humbucker, SH-55, SJBJ-1, SFX-05) of Helloween; Robin Finck (APH-1, SH-5, SH-1) from Guns ‘N Roses; Darkane’s Christofer Malmstrom (SH-6; SH-1); John Kempainen (SH-5, SH-2) of Black Dahlia Murder; Gus G (SH-6b; SH-1n) of Firewind; Nels Cline (Custom Shop) of Wilco; Nathan Bergeron (STK-J2; SPB-3) and Sammy Duet (El Diablo; AHB-1 Blackouts; SH-8) from Goatwhore; Kylesa’s Laura Pleasants & Phillip Cope (SH-4; SH-8; SH-6); Paul Burnette (SMB-4D) from Darkest Hour; Solo Artist Ken Andrews; Damian Kulash (SH-14; SH-1; SH-PG1), Andy Ross (SP90; SM-3), and Tim Nordwind from OK Go; Mark Hart (SFX-03) of Supertramp; Solo artist and member of X, Tony Gilkyson (SP90-1; Antiquity II Twang Tele Lead); Aaron Gillespie (STK-T2) of Underoath; soloist Wayne Krantz (SH-10) of Steely Dan fame; Matt Pike (SH-4; SH-6) from High on Fire; Mick Box (Alnico II Pro) & Trevor Bolder of Uriah Heep; Threat Signal’s Pat Kavanagh (SSB-4) and Kyle McKnight (SH-13; SH-1); Jake Schultz (SPB-1; SCPB-1) of Norma Jean; Jason Netherton (SSB-4; STCM-4) and Mark Kloeppel (SH-6 Distortion 7 string set) from Misery Index; Ryan Waste (SH-13; SH-8) of Municipal Waste; Michael O’Neill (TB-4; SH-1; SSL-1) from the George Benson Band; Eyal Levi (SH-6; SH-1), Emil Werstler, and Jeremy Creamer from Daath; John Gallagher of Dying Fetus; Durel Yates Jr. and Danny Nick from Suplecs; Jim Ward (APS-1; APTL-1) of Sparta; Edward Robert, Brian Tomlin, and Daniel Del Favero (SL59-1; SDBR-1; SJBJ-1) from I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness; solo artist Thomas Leeb (SA-6); Jonathan Steingard (SM-3) of Hawk Nelson; Rob Trevino (AHB-1 Blackout) from Helstar; and solo artist Jake Langley (Benedetto P.A.F).

In Other News The Boston quintet Diecast continues to expand their growing fan base by going on tour this month with Drowning Pool across the US and Canada in support of their most recent album, Internal Revolution. Seymour Duncan endorser Jonathan Kita (SH-5 Custom) and the rest of the band are going into this tour fresh from a two-month, 60-date run supporting Sevendust, and a nationwide tour with Sepultura at the end of 2006. You can check out more Diecast news at www.bhcdiecast.com.

After catching the metal community’s attention with 2005’s Forged in Fire, Firewind guitarist extraordinaire Gus G. (SH-1 ‘59 Model, SH-6 Distortion) continues to amaze fans with both his guitar playing and his songwriting on Firewind’s new album, Allegiance, a tour de force of speed, technicality and catchy songwriting. This fall, Firewind will pledge their allegiance to their U.S. fans by making their first trip stateside with this Greek metal powerhouse kicking things off on Sept. 19th. The U.S. tour will be capped off with a performance at the prestigious ProgPower festival. You can check out more about Firewind by going to www.firewind.gr/index.asp.

Seymour Duncan artists Dave Mustaine (LW-MUST) and Glen Drover (SH-6 Distortion, SH-1 ’59 Model) of Megadeth have both recently signed with Dean Guitars. Not only that, but the band has a new album out receiving rave reviews called United Abominations, which continues the thrash metal fury that has been their signature sound since 1983. Check out tour dates and other tidbits at www.megadeth.com.

Summer time is Festival time- Be sure to catch Seymour Duncan artists Lamb of God, Darkest Hour, and Goatwhore on the Sounds of the Underground tour which started July 6. Visit
www.soundsoftheundergroundtour.com for more info. Of course, there is no way we can’t mention Ozzfest, where you’ll hear Seymourized tones from the likes of Static X, Lamb of God,
Nick Oliveri and the Mondo Generator, and Daath. These bands will be slaying the masses with their extreme music so go bang yer head and support! Check out www.ozzfest.com for dates and locations.
 
If you haven’t noticed, many of our new artists are drawn from the heavier side of things in support of our new active humbucker, AHB-1 Blackouts. The big news is that we have brought on board Dino Cazares (Divine Heresy, Asesino, ex-Fear Factory) and Mick Thomson (Slipknot) and Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom) to fly the Blackouts flag high and loud for us. Raise both hands to them in a metal salute…
Welcome aboard!

Artists: send your press releases to patrickk@seymourduncan.com.

Gus G. and his custom ESP® loaded with Ducan Distortion and Jazz Model humbuckers	Dino Cazares and Seymour show where the tone comes from
Hot Licks? Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom blazes with Blackouts

Artists: send your press releases to patrickk@seymourduncan.com.

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