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Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups Lukas Previn – Thursday   Lukas Previn is one hard working musician. As the touring bassist for Thursday to touring and recording with The United Nations and Acid Tiger, and soon embarking on La Dispute’s October/November tour, Lukas needs versatility in his tone and chooses the Seymour Duncan SH-4…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups Silverstein   Neil Boshart of Silverstein knows that great electric guitar tone starts with the pickups. Of course he went straight to Seymour Duncan for his pickups. “My guitars would never sound as good without my Duncans,” exclaims Neil. “If my guitars were living beings, my Duncans would be…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups Slash Returns to America   After months of playing nightly sold out gigs all over Asia and Australia, on a cool night in late-August 2010, Slash & Company brought their hard hitting guitar show back to American terra firma and the historic Warfield Theater. Evan Skopp, our Head of…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups Gus G. Checks In from Ozzfest Our Head of Artist Relations, Evan Skopp, caught up with Gus backstage at Ozzfest recently. While playing with Ozzy, Gus is rocking with Blackouts pickups in all of his guitars including the new Gus G Signature Model. About these amazing pickups Gus says,…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups C.J. Pierce Drowning Pool has been an Ozzfest mainstay over the last decade. And Seymour Duncan pickups have been a mainstay in guitarist and backing vocalist C.J. Pierce’s B.C. Rich guitars for years. C.J. rocks with a Custom Custom in the bridge position and a ’59 Model in the…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups Metal Mike Chlasciak of HALFORD   Head of Artist Relations, Evan Skopp, spends some time with Metal Mike backstage at Ozzfest 2010. How’s Ozzfest been going so far? Any stories? MM: Ozzfest is incredible! I mean there is so much talent all in one day. You get Zakk’s BLS,…

  Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups Ryan Wombacher, bassist for Bleeding Through, on Basslines Ryan Wombacher, bassist for Bleeding Through, talks about using the Basslines SJB-5s in all of his custom basses. “I am using the SJB-5 passive single coil pickups for a 5 string jazz bass,” says Ryan. “They are a great thick…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups Big Head Todd and the Monsters This Colorado-based band has been around for over 24 years playing their blues-based rock to legions of loyal audiences. According to singer-songwriter-guitarist Todd Park Mohr, “I still use the Twin Tube Blue as the only overdrive in my very simple board: Twin Tube…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups Clif Norrell – Producer, Engineer & Mixer (Sting, Weezer, Rush, Miley Cyrus) “I mix a lot of live recordings where the only acoustic guitar track provided to me is a horrible sounding DI, and the Mama Bear is the only way I can get a result I am happy…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups Nate Morris – (Guitarist for Polar Bear Club) Nate, guitarist for Polar Bear Club knows what it takes to get good tone…Seymour Duncan pickups. “All I need to get the tone I love is a JB Model in the bridge and a Jazz Model in the neck. It’s a…