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Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups Rock In Rio Festival In May 2010, Rock in Rio, one of the world’s largest Brazilian outdoor music festivals, made Lisbon Portugal its home for a week of some of the best concerts from the world’s biggest acts. Over five nights, the festival featured names as varied as Shakira,…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups GUS G. One player  who’s been getting tons of attention lately is Gus G. The mastermind of Euro-rockers, Firewind, Gus checks in with a recap of the band’s recent activities. Says Gus, “I must say that we had some really great shows this summer. Looking back now most of…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups Randy Bachman– Bachman & Turner “I recently added some Seymour Duncan pedals to my stage and studio arsenal and I have to say that SD has done it again. The Twin-Tube Overdrive, the Lava Box and the Power Grid really rock. They are made like tanks and make rock…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups Andrew Seward / Against Me! Andrew Seward, bassist  for Against Me! is no stranger  to good tone. Loaded in his bass is the Quarter-Pound for P-Bass®. Andrew says, “The Quarter-Pounders make my ’78 P-Bass growl! Beefy tone that  is loud as all hell. Can’t ask for more.” Be sure…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups Joseph Trohman Joe, from Fall Out Boy, is using Duncan Distortions

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups AFTER THE BURIAL Minnesota a hub for hardcore heavy metal? That in fact is where the insanely aggressive hardcore group After The Burial hails from. The band mixes melodic guitar riffs with all out thrash vocals. Guitarists Trent Hafdahl and Justin Lowe (AHB-1s) continue to pioneer new sounds as…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups Bobby Schneck This shout out comes to us from Bobby Schneck, who is currently on tour with Slash. When it comes to his Duncan Distortion bridge and Jazz Model neck pickups, Bobby says, “Seymour Duncan pickups give me what I want to hear and feel every show. Powerful and…

Seymour Duncan Artists and Their Pickups Nige Rockett (Onslaught founding member) “I’ve recently been looking for a little more anger in my sound, the pickups i have been using were compressing my sound way too much and not delivering the dynamic violent tone that I really wanted. After a long search and trying countless different…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups Rod Castro – (Musical Director for Candyman 187 & The Havenotz as well as Skip Saylors main session guitarist) “The shape shifter is by far the most easy to use and most versatile tremolo pedal I’ve ever come across. So much control at your fingertips and absolutely no tone…

Seymour Duncan Artist and Their Pickups Steve Trovato This shout-out comes from multi-stylist guitar wizard Steve Trovato. Not only is Steve a world class chickin’ pickin’ Country guitarist tearing it up in clubs all over Southern California, he has authored dozens of instructional books and DVDs and he’s a faculty member of USC’s Thornton School…