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Mick Box, the guitarist for Uriah Heep, shares his set up which includes a SFX-05 Lava Box. Here’s what Mick has to say, “The Lava Box gives me the grunt I need, Night after night….What more do you need? ‘Appy days.” To find more about Mick Box you can go to his website mick-box.net, or…

Thrice is back in the studio to record their new release which is due out late summer/early fall of 2011. Below are videos of Dustin and Teppei showing off what they are using for this coming album as well as on the road. For more info check out Thrice’s website here. Want to know how…

The time has finally come! The winner for the SD35 guitar is…[drum roll, please] Bear Erickson from Buellton, California. Bear stopped by the Seymour Duncan factory in Santa Barbara to pick up his prize. There he met Seymour talked about the history of the guitar. Recently, Bear invited us to go to his show at…

Building on the success of the recent Winter NAMM show and Frankfurt Musikmesse, A&T Trade, Seymour Duncan’s Russian distributor, put on a trade convention in Budapest, Hungary in April. More than 120 music professional met for over five days during which the attendees discussed sales and marketing strategies. Seymour Duncan was a main topic of…

On March 29, Cavalera Conspiracy is set to release Blunt Force Trauma, the follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut, Inflikted, one of the most spun platters on Sirus’ Liquid Metal/Hard Attack channel of 2008. The debut album was a momentous occasion in the heavy metal universe, as it reunited brothers Max and Iggor Cavalera, co-founders of defining Brazilian metal…

San Mateo, California, rock group State Line Empire have just released “Drive Me,” the anticipated single featuring legendary guitarist Slash. As the winners of Guitar Center’s groundbreaking unsigned artist discovery program, “Your Next Record with Slash,” State Line Empire recorded a 4-song EP with iconic producer Mike Clink (Guns N’ Roses, Mötley Crüe, Megadeth) at…

Scott Ian from Anthrax is back in action with a new band and a new album, and he’s taking it on the road. The Damned Things (www.thedamnedthings.com) is a supergroup consisting of Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano from Anthrax, Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley of Fall Out Boy, and Keith Buckley and Josh Newton of…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups KATATONIA Katatonia (http://www.myspace.com/katatonia) is a band that defines the new wave of Swedish metal.  Their heavy overtones combined with haunting melodic waves of sound are a perfect mix of doom metal and modern rock. Their earlier albums Dance of December Souls and Brave Murder Day have more of a…

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…

“I have finally found the perfect configuration for my guitars to go from a loud, fierce bite to a mellow, warm sparkle in the blink of an eye.”—Katantonia’s Anders Nystrom