MJ and the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop can create any pickup imaginable. These pickups were custom-made with a Halloween theme for one of our artists, and you can get nearly any Seymour Duncan pickup in a variety or cosmetics to satisy your inner beast.

A customer dreamed up these zombie-inspired humbuckers just in time for Halloween, with Alnico 8 magnets that are sure to wake up all the ghouls.

Zombie Halloween edition humbuckers
Zombie Neck 15.40K Alnico VIII
Zombie Bridge 21.89K Alnico VIII

The pumpkin-orange Boobuckers are designed to provide a nice round tone.

Boobucker in Pumpkin Orange
Boobucker Neck 8.1K Alnico II
Boobucker Bridge 9.15K Alnico II

Musicians Institute and Seymour Duncan are proud to announce the Fall Scholarship Winners, Chanjin Oh and Calvin Rasmussen!

Chanjin Oh, winner of the Fall 2017 Seymour Duncan Bass Scholarship, comes to Musicians Institute from South Korea armed with a serious dedication for the bass and a passion for playing rock. He describes his future goals and aspirations as “seeing people listening to my music and being happy.  If they enjoy while they listen to my music, that encourages me to play my music and I will be remembered as a good musician that makes people happy. That is the final goal of my life and my dream.” Read more here.

Here’s Chanjin On with Bass Program Chair Maurice Verloop.

Calvin Rasmussen, who takes out the Fall 2017 Seymour Duncan Guitar Craft Academy Scholarship honors, says “I’ve been interested in building guitars for a year and a half. I’ve watched a lot of videos and have tinkered a little bit on my own here and there. I chose MI because if you want to master something, you need to learn from a master. MI offers me a chance to benefit from the wisdom of some truly great artisans and craftsmen.” We look forward to seeing the results of his study and vision! Read more here.

Here’s Calvin with GCA Nashville Director Michael Phifer.

If you’ve ever felt that your Telecaster’s neck pickup sounded too muddy, there’s a simple fix that Seymour has been doing for years. All you need to do is connect a .047 capacitor in series (directly in-line) with the hot output wire from the neck pickup. This will filter out the excess low-end and clean up the muddy tone. Here’s how to do it:

Of course, if you want a different sound altogether we’re always happy to offer advice on the perfect neck pickup for you.

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In this quick video, Mark Holcomb stopped by our Santa Barbara office and we asked him to try the Palladium gain stage out. With his signature PRS guitar equipped with Seymour Duncan Alpha/Omega pick ups, Mark plugged in, played to a Periphery track, and gave us his first impression of the Palladium.. More to come.

Doug Rappoport knows tone. In this video he shows you the pedals and pickups used to get that Classic Rock tone. Seymour Duncan Saturday Night Special pickups in his Les Paul.
Seymour Duncan Forza overdrive pedal, Palladium Gain Stage pedal, and Vapor Trail delay all powered by the PowerStage 170 pedalboard power amp.

More info on the Seymour Duncan Vapor Trail

Gear used
– Yamaha AC3R Acoustic with SD Woody pickup
– Schecter KM7 with SD Alpha/Omega pickups
– SD Palladium Gain Stage Pedal
– SD Killing Floor Boost
– SD Vapor Trail Delay
– Ernie Ball MVP Expression Pedal
– Kemper Profiling Amp (Revv Generator Clean Profile)
– UA Apollo Quad

Artist- Keith Merrow

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A versatile analog chorus with an innovative Dynamic Expression mode, the Seymour Duncan Catalina Dynamic Chorus pedal gives you complete depth control depending on how hard you play.

The Andromeda Dynamic Delay is a new approach to the traditional digital delay – as much a performance tool as it is a sound effect. Normal, Ping Pong, Reverse and Reverse Pong modes are available in Digital and Analog voicings for lush analog delays, vibey tape echoes, pristine digital repeats and psychedelic soundscapes. But that’s not all: what truly sets Andromeda apart is the exclusive Dynamic Expression™ feature that allows you to control how the pedal reacts, in real time with your picking attack. That means you can alter settings for Mix, Modulation or Saturation on the fly, just by how you play.

For more information on the Andromeda’s extensive capabilities and features, visit http://www.seymourduncan.com/pedal/andromeda

Video by NOK NOVUM: https://www.facebook.com/noknovum/

In this installment, Seymour Duncan’s own Max Gutnik explains how to use Dynamic Expression on the new Seymour Duncan Andromeda Delay pedal. Using the Threshold knob and the different parameters on Andromeda, Dynamic Expression allows you to regulate how much of the effect you hear by how hard or how soft you play.

Guitar Signal Chain:
– Seymour Duncan SH-5 Duncan Custom
– Seymour Duncan Palladium Gain Stage
– Seymour Duncan Andromeda Dynamic Digital Delay
– Seymour Duncan PowerStage 170 Pedalboard Power amp
– Friedman 4X12 cabinet

Recorded with:
– Sennheiser 421 and Shure SM57 microphones
– Universal Audio Apollo Twin
– Pro Tools 12

More on the Palladium – Click here

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Produced by Thinline Films & NOK NOVUM
Filmed & Edited by Grant Cooper
Engineered & Mixed by Scott Giffin
Music by NOK NOVUM

Gear: PRS Custom 24 Artists w/ Pegasus & Sentient
Gibson Les Paul Standards w/ Custom Hybrid & Alnico II Pro
D’Addario NYXL Strings and Planet Waves Cables

Recording: Seymour Duncan Palladium
EVH 5150 III 50w
AxeFX II Mark II
DAW: Pro Tools 11

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