Category Archives: History

At Seymour Duncan, we are all about the players and their quest for the right sound. For every band that has achieved critical mass, there are thousands more who are putting in their dues at local bars and coffee shops. Seymour Duncan Underground is a new continuing series to showcase unique musicians and bands that…

At Seymour Duncan, we are all about the players and their quest for the right sound. For every band that has achieved critical mass, there are thousands more who are putting in their dues at local bars and coffee shops. Seymour Duncan Underground is a new continuing series to showcase unique musicians and bands that…

At Seymour Duncan, we are all about the players and their quest for the right sound. For every band that has achieved critical mass, there are thousands more who are putting in their dues at local bars and coffee shops. Seymour Duncan Underground is a new continuing series to showcase unique musicians and bands that…

On September 21st, I took a trip to Los Angeles to meet up with Brent Mason, who is an incredible guitar player. Brent has recorded with many of the big names in country music; George Strait, Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley and Shania Twain, just to name a few. I drove down with Doug Scott my…

On Thursday, September 15th, we took a four hour drive to visit the new Fender Visitor Center in Corona, California. When we arrived Larry Thomas spoke and then we got to hear from Phyllis Fender. Also had a chance to talk with John Cruz, Chip Ellis, Jim Thomas, Mike Lewis, Dan Smith, Steven Stern, Mike…

At Seymour Duncan, we are all about the players and their quest for the right sound. For every band that has achieved critical mass, there are thousands more who are putting in their dues at local bars and coffee shops across the world. Seymour Duncan Underground is a new continuing series to showcase unique musicians…

Contributors and visitors of Vintage Guitar magazine have nominated Seymour Duncan as a candidate for the Vintage Guitar Hall of Fame Innovator. Previous winners include Leo Fender, Les Paul, Orville Gibson, Seth Lover and others. Registration is required in order to vote and those who vote get a chance to win an Egnater head and…

Check out Seymour and friends playing “McGriff” for Cox 8’s BackBeat show produced in Santa Barbara, CA. Accompanying Seymour is Evan Skopp on rhythm guitar, Paul Davis on bass guitar, Doug Scott on keyboards and Tom Rice on drums. BackBeat is produced exclusively by Cox 8. Creator/Director/Writer, Michael Johansen, Producer/DP/Editor, Lou Fontana, Executive Producer, Brock…

Our very own Seymour Duncan is keeping busy! Seymour and other members of the team will be featured in a segment incorporated in the Cox 8 Santa Barbara BackBeat show. It will be a 10 minute segment describing the process of making pickups  and the unique working atmosphere at Seymour Duncan. The show will be…

Not even doctors make house calls anymore. Fortunately for producer legend Daniel Lanois, Seymour, custom shop manager Maricela “MJ” Juarez and tech guru Scott Miller paid a visit to the guitar guru’s Silverlake, CA home to deliver a set of Stereo Gretsch Filtertron pickups that MJ specifically re-created for him. Lanois has produced albums by…