Artists Update

Welcome New Artists: George Benson (Custom Shop Mini Humbuckers for neck & pickguard mount) and his guitarist Michael O’Neill (JB Trembucker, ’59 Model Humbucker and Vintage Staggered for Strat®); Guns N Roses’ Robin Finck (Alnico II Pro™ and Duncan Custom Humbuckers); Marc McKnight with Atreyu (Replacement for Music Man®); David Immergluck from Counting Crows (’59 Model™ Humbucker); Karen Cuda of Nashville Pussy (Lightning Rods for P-J™ bass, Tweak Fuzz Pedal); Sam Kearney with Fischerspooner; O.A.R.’s Jerry DePizzo (Antiquity II Surfer™) and Richard On (Antiquity Texas Hot); treadmill dancers Damian Kulash, Tim Nordwind, and Andy Ross of OK Go; Silenoz (Live Wire Metal Humbucker) from Dimmu Borgir; The Bled’s Ross Ott (Hot Rails for Tele®), Darren Simoes, and Jeremy Talley (JB Model Humbucker); Lewis Cosby, Ryan Johnson and Matt Wantland from 10 Years; Annihilator’s Jeff Waters (Full Shred™ Trembucker and Jazz Model Humbucker); Scott Tarulli of the Berklee College of Music; Bobby Bare (Mag Mic™); Boris’ Takeshi and Wata; David Briggs from Broke; Brent Clawson and James Daniel from Bullets and Octane; Copeland’s Bryan Laurenson and Aaron Marsh; Darkest Hour’s Paul Burnette (Replacement for Music Man); Dave Melillo and band members Matt Mendes and Clark Spurlock; Doug Rappoport from Edgar Winter Band (Cool Rails™ and Hot Rails™ for Strat®, Custom Custom™ and JB Model™ Humbuckers); Enuff Z’Nuff’s Johnny Monaco; Gary Hoey’s bassist Erik Kondziolka; Giving Chase’s Brian Dougherty, Jeremy Myers, and Ryan Wilcox of Giving Chase; Mike Barnes with Gregg Allman and Friends; Rich Collins with Habit of Force; Daniel Del Favero (Little ’59™, Duckbucker™ and JB Junior for Strat®), Christian Goyer, Edward Robert, and Brian Tomlin of I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness; Little Charlie & the Nightcats’ Charlie Baty; Aaron McLain with Marc Anthony; solo artist Mishka (Classic Stack Plus for Strat); Steve Aiello and Ryan Muir of Monty Are I; Morningwood’s Philip Shouse (Custom Shop ’78 Model and JB Model Humbuckers); Steve Chladnicek with Nora; Park’s Aaron Bickel, Alex Haycraft, and Ladd Mitchell; Luke Hoskin and Tim Millar with Protest The Hero; Pete Prevost with Sanctus Real; Mike Carden (Duncan custom and Alnico II Pro Humbuckers), Tom Conrad (Custom 5 and Pearly Gates Humbuckers), and Adam Siska (Vintage for Jazz Bass) with The Academy Is...; Eric Dill, Joe Guese, Ethan Mentzer, and Ben Romans of The Click Five; The Decemberists’ Chris Funk; Aaron Gillespie (Hot Stack® for Tele® Lead) with Underoath; Ryan Mendez (JB and Jazz Model Humbuckers) of Yellowcard; Josh Newton (Quarter Pound for P-Bass® and Tweak Fuzz Pedal) with From Autumn To Ashes; Street Dogs’ Tobe Bean III; Every Time I Die’s Andy Williams (JB and Duncan Custom Model Humbuckers, Tweak Fuzz Pedal); and last but not least, The Youngbloods’ Jesse Colin Young (Twin Tube Classic Distortion Pedal).

And on the D-TAR side, welcome: Percussive guitarist Noel Rosa (Solstice™); gimbre and kalimba artist Adam Rudolph (Twin Classic and Big SoundSpots); acoustic guitarist Mishka (Mama Bear™); and cellist Zoe Keating (Equinox™).

You'll want to check out Brian Tarquin's (pictured) new boutique label, BHP Music at www.bohemianproductions.net on which he'll release a compilation CD of guitar masters featuring Jennifer Batten, Billy Sheehan, Steve Morse, John Paul Jones, Zakk Wylde and many others early this year.

Finally, we'd like to extend a hearty welcome to Patrick Kirshtner who takes over for Kellie and Jessica in the Artist Relations Department.

Brian Tarquin and his Flying V armed with Seymour Duncan SPH90-1 Phat Cats.	Singer-Songwriter Alice Peacock, right, and guitarist Janet Robin flank Seymour
Bane and Strike Anywhere strike the SD Custom Shop!

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

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