With the introduction of the Seymour Duncan 35 Limited Edition Guitar, Seymour W. Duncan is retiring his “baby,” the guitar affectionately known as the “TeleGib,” which has been his main instrument for nearly 40 years. While the Seymour Duncan 35 is based on Seymour’s faithful friend—with a number of improvements from Seymour Duncan resident luthier Frank Falbo and the master builders at Larrivée—there is of course an original TeleGib that came before it. In this NAMM 2011 video interview with Premier Guitar’s Jason Shadrick, Seymour tells the full story of the famous guitar he built for Jeff Beck, what JB and JM really stand for, and how it all came to be.

Check out the video here!