Artist Update
Welcome New Seymour Duncan / Basslines Artists – Anberlin’s Joeseph Milligan (Dimebucker), Deon Rexroat (Quarter Pound for Jazz Bass) and Nathan Strayer; Joey Molland from Bad Finger; Australia’s Cam Baines (Dimebucker) and Tom Read (Invader Humbucker) of Bodyjar; Collective Soul’s Joel Kosche (Custom Custom and Pearly Gates Humbuckers) and Ed Roland (Vintage Stack for Tele Lead and Alnico II Pro for Tele Rhythm); Ryan and Don Clark of Demon Hunter; Patrick Stump (JB Model Humbucker), Pete Wentz (Quarter Pound for Precision Bass) and Joe Trohman (Screamin’ Demon Trembucker and Tele Hot Rails) from Fall Out Boy; Funeral for a Friend’s Gareth Davies (Quarter Pound and Hot for Jazz Bass); Casey Calvert (Quarter Pound for Jazz Master), Micah Carli and JT Woodruff (Pickup Booster and Tweak Fuzz Pedals) of Hawthorne Heights; June members Tim Brennan, AJ Brown and Mark Palacz; Lonestar’s Michael Britt (Antiquity P90 and Seth Lover Model Humbuckers); Jeff Watson (JB Model Humbucker) from Nightranger; El Hefe of NOFX; Noosphere’s Morgan Phillips (Replacement System for Music Man Bass); Chris Day of Norma Jean; Relient K’s Matt Hoopes, Jon Schneck, John Warne and Matt Thiessen; Alan Fearn; Neil Boshart, Josh Bradford (’59 Model Humbucker) and Bill Hamilton from Silverstein; Sinai Beach’s Sean Durham; Guy Marchais (Duncan Distortion Humbucker) of Suffocation; Taproot’s Mike DeWolf (Dimebucker); Teagan & Sara (Quin); The Aquabats Chad Larson (Quarter Pound for Jazz and Precision Bass) and Corey Pollock (Phat Cat); The BellRays’ Tony Fate and Bob Vennum (Quarter Pound for Jazz Bass); Christian Black (Pickup Booster and Tweak Fuzz Pedals) of The Chelsea Smiles; George Thorogood (P90 Stack); Ben Weinman and Liam Wilson of The Dillinger Escape Plan; John Butler (Mag Mic Acoustic Soundhole Pickup) of The John Butler Trio; The Lawrence Arms’ Brendan Kelly (Quarter Pound for Jazz Bass) and Chris McCaughan (Custom 5 and Duncan Distortion Humbuckers); Chris Brown, Peter Charell (Ceramic for Music Man and Active for Jazz Bass) and Simon Ormandy (JB Model Humbucker) of Trapt; Russ Cogdell, Scott Mellinger (JB and ’59 Model Humbuckers) and Marty Lunn of Zao; Oppera’s Michael Mozart (Custom Shop ’78 Model Humbucker), Rufus Philpot (Quarter Pound for Jazz Bass, Replacement System for Music Man and Pickup Booster Pedal) of Down to the Bone and Planet X; Alice Peacock (Mag Mic Acoustic Soundhole Pickup); Mike Schleibaum (JB Model and Dimebucker Humbuckers) from Darkest Hour; and Doug MacLeod (Mag Mic Acoustic Soundhole Pickup).
In Other News - Nuno Bettencourt’s Population 1 is now known as Drama Gods and in more Nuno News, he’ll be playing Lollapalooza with Perry Ferrell on vocals and No Doubts’ Tony Canal on bass. Bassist extraordinaire, Randy Coven, who has recorded and toured with Steve Vai, Leslie West and Yngwie Malmsteen, has recently completed his bass tracks for neo-classical, keyboard wizard, Vitalij Kuprij’s forthcoming solo album, entitled Revenge. Randy also has a new solo CD in the works for 2006.
Multi-instrumentalist and singer James Guffee (Replacement System for Music Man® bass) creates guitar driven rock music with undeniable hooks and insightful lyrics in his debut solo album So Much for Secrets. For more on James’ music, recent news and live appearances, go to www.jamesguffee.com.
Chicago punk rockers,The Lawrence Arms, recently finished recording their new album for Fat Wreck Chords. Oh! Calcutta! is currently slated for a March 2006 release date. Speaking of punk rock, Rise Against, NOFX and Thursday have already been confirmed for the 2006 Vans Warped Tour. We expect many more Seymour Duncan/Basslines artists to be joining the bill in the next few months.
In addition to coming out with his own Seymour Duncan Signature Model pickup, Dave Mustaine is about to begin pre-production on the new Megadeth record. He is also working hard to finish up the Gigantour 2005 DVD and put together the line up for the 2006 Gigantour. In other metal news, Zao will be hitting the road with Swedish metalheads, In Flames, at the end of January. Lamb of God’s Killadelphia CD/DVD combo hit stores in December and Mastodon’s first DVD effort, The Workhorse Chronicles, will be released in February. Bassist “E” Pruitt (Active 6-string Soapbars) currently touring with the Josh Williamson Band has put the finishing touches on his Solo CD entitled Chill. The CD will be available in the Spring. “E” will also be one of the Featured Performers and Instructors for the Northwest Guitars’ 2006 Bass Camp.
Welcome New D-TAR Artists: Troy Engle (Banjo Soundspot) with Patty Lovelace, Steve Trovato (Mama Bear), Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys’ Sam Broussard (Mama Bear and Solstice), Alice Peacock (Mama Bear) and Rascal Flatts’ Travis Toy (Banjo Soundspot).
New Website Feature: Thanks to Death By Stereo’s bassist, Tyler Rebbe, we’ve successfully launched Road Kill, a day-by-day blow of the adventures of a real life tour. Go to www.seymourduncan.com, then click on Artists and Tour Diary for ongoing stories and pictures of whichever tour we’re spying on at the time. For future installments, we’ve slated members of Avenged Sevenfold, Silvertide and other bands to contribute!
 Opeth’s Peter Lindgren, SD Artist Rep Jessica Sonquist, SD Artist Relations Manager, Kellie Stoelting and Lamb of God’s Mark Morton hang out in Los Angeles |
 E Pruitt holds down the bottom line |
 D-TAR and SD artist Alice Peacock and Kellie Stoelting |
 Dave Mustaine and Evan Skopp seal the deal on Dave’s signature pickup |
Artists: send your press releases to kellies@seymourduncan.com.
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