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Tone Talk with Seymour Duncan
October 9, 2018
Dave Mustaine, Brad Paisley, Jimmy Vivino, and other 6-string luminaries share their first encounters with the pickup-making legend.
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Rig Rundown: Ben Harper and Jason Mozersky
October 3, 2018
Get inside the sounds of one of the most revered slide players on the planet as he goes deep on lap steels, his philosophy on tone, and his mythical Dumbles.
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Seymour Duncan Introduces the Billy Gibbons Red Devil Pickups
September 14, 2018
Sizzling-hot Texas tone for Strat-style single coil guitars—so good you'll think you've died and gone to heaven.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Jade
September 3, 2018
A PG fan designs a killer 5-way circuit for all his tonal needs.
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Seymour Duncan Silver Lake Review
August 28, 2018
Dynamic response makes a dynamite reverb.
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Seymour Duncan Announces the Fooz
August 27, 2018
The pedal uses a heavily saturated square-wave fuzz to transform your guitar.
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First Look: Seymour Duncan Fooz
August 27, 2018
We got our mitts on the pickup gurus' brand-new stomp to see what sort of (awesome) racket we could make with its trifecta of tools—fuzz, analog synth, and LFO filter.
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SNAMM '18 - Yamaha Pacifica PAC612VIIFM Limited Edition Demo
July 6, 2018
The popular S-style gets a facelift with a flame-maple top and is outfitted with a Seymour Duncan-H-S-S setup.
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Framus Pro Series Teambuilt Television Review
June 7, 2018
The shape of a ’60s German oddity returns in a high quality, ultra-playable, and versatile modern electric.
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Holy Grail Guitar Show '18 - Albor Guitars Orpheus VI Demo
May 28, 2018
Mexico City luthier Lizet Albor shows off a pair of handcarved solidbodies, one with a 7-piece neck and stone fretboard inlays, and one featuring traditional Huichol-style beadwork.
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Holy Grail Guitar Show '18 - Lospennato Guitars Radiostar Demo
May 27, 2018
Leo Lospennato—an Italian from Buenos Aires now living in Berlin—demos a classic-looking solidbody with an onboard distortion circuit.
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Holy Grail Guitar Show '18 - H Guitars H Cutaway Demo
May 24, 2018
Chicago luthier and Hamer Guitars founder Paul Hamer bursts back on the scene with the exquisitely ornate—and surprisingly rocking—H Cutaway.
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First Look: Seymour Duncan Silver Lake
May 14, 2018
John Bohlinger uses his PRS hollowbody and a booming baritone T-style to surf traditional 'verb waves and explore spatial dimensions.
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Rig Rundown: Mike Stern
May 9, 2018
Consistency is key when it comes to this jazz legend’s approach to gear. Check out how one of the most rocking jazzers gets his signature tone.
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Rig Rundown: The Mattson 2
May 2, 2018
Go inside the psych-jazz stylings of Jared Mattson and check out his wacky Japanese doubleneck that provides the midrange buzz and low-end thump for the duo.
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Tools for the Task: Vintage-Voiced P-Bass Pickups
April 16, 2018
Give a P-style bass new life with an old-school sound by swapping in a set of vintage-flavored pickups.
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Seymour Duncan Releases the Silver Lake Reverb
April 2, 2018
A fully programmable reverb workstation with 128 presets.
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NAMM '18 - Jackson SL4X Soloist Demo
January 26, 2018
Take a listen to the company's only model that sports a triple single-coil setup.
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Rig Rundown: Periphery [2017]
December 27, 2017
Behind-the-scenes details on the three-headed guitar monster's updated signature axes (and pickups), and their unusual reliance on a blend of 20th- and 21st-century amp technology.
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Seymour Duncan Introduces the Dave Mustaine Signature Thrash Factor Pickup
December 19, 2017
The company worked closely with Dave to recreate the tone and feel of his favorite JB humbucker.
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