Seymour and friends met “Sarah And Friends” backstage in nearby Santa Ynez, California, during Sarah McLachlan’s “Sarah And Friends” tour with Butterfly Boucher and Melissa McClelland. Here’s Seymour with Sarah and long-time Seymour Duncan user Peter Stroud, known for his exceptionally tasty tone not only with Sarah but with Sheryl Crow.

Stroud played a Telecaster with new Zephyr Silver Premium silver-wire pickups. A few weeks earlier, he tried Zephyr humbuckers in his Les Paul. “Gotta say I’m pretty darned impressed,” he said in an e-mail. “The pickups really brought the LP to life with a unique tone that doesn’t sound like just another PAF or what you’d expect out of a humbucker. They sound exceptional through the [65 Amps] Li’l Elvis. Beautiful pick attack and definition, bite that is smooth not abrasive, the notes sing on lead lines and you clearly hear every note in the chord. Whatever part the silver wire plays in the tone, you could tell me, but as a whole it’s a very inspiring tone and feel. In other words these will stay in this Les Paul….replacing Seymour’s Antiquities that have lived in this guitar for years.”
This week, Sarah And Friends play Salt Lake City, Denver, Kansas City and Indianapolis, and in March they begin a run of dates throughout Canada. For more on Peter Stroud, visit the archive of our live forum Q&A from December right here.