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Your Signature, Please: Five Essential Pieces of Signature Gear

Posted 05/23/2013 at 10:11am | by Damian Fanelli, Josh Hart

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Luckily, musicians in search of quality signature gear — from guitars to amps to effects to pickups — don't have to worry about that nonsense. Generally, gear manufacturers work closely with their signature artists, in some cases, right down to the tiniest of details (Some artists repeatedly send back the prototypes until they're perfect).

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Seymour Duncan Introduces High-Output Pickup, the Nazgûl

Posted 05/16/2013 at 11:47am | by Guitar World Staff

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Seymour Duncan has announced a new pickup, the Nazgûl. "It's not just a pickup, it's a weapon of tonal Armageddon," says the company in a news release issued today. "The Nazgûl was designed with a single purpose; for intense, high-output chug heavy punch you in the chest ruthless distortion.

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Seymour Duncan Introduces Pegasus 7 & 8 String Pickups

Posted 03/27/2013 at 4:10pm | by Guitar World Staff

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Straight off the recent launch of the Whole Lotta Humbucker, Seymour Duncan is releasing the Pegasus 7 & 8 string bridge pickup.

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Seymour Duncan Announces Worldwide Launch of Whole Lotta Humbucker Pickups

Posted 02/19/2013 at 4:04pm | by Guitar World Staff

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Seymour Duncan has announced the worldwide launch of its Whole Lotta Humbucker pickups. More than a year ago, the company launched the set as a limited-edition UK exclusive. It was based on Duncan's experience working at the Fender Soundhouse with artists like Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and many others.

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Review: Seymour Duncan Classic Fully Loaded Liberator Pickguard for Strat

Posted 01/30/2013 at 1:18pm | by Paul Riario

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The following content is related to the March 2013 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now, or in our online store.

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Seymour Duncan Mick Thomson EMTY Blackouts Now Available for 7-String Guitars

Posted 07/19/2012 at 12:46pm | by Damian Fanelli

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EMTY Blackouts, pickups designed by Seymour Duncan and Mick Thomson of Slipknot, are now available for 7-string guitars.

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NAMM 2012: Joe Bonamassa Jams with Seymour Duncan

Posted 01/22/2012 at 4:50am | by Damian Fanelli

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Right after Joe Bonamassa and Seymour Duncan unveiled the the new Bonamassa signature pickups, they jammed on two blues tunes at the Seymour Duncan booth.

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NAMM 2012: Seymour Duncan Introduces Joe Bonamassa Signature Pickups

Posted 01/21/2012 at 8:35pm | by Josh Hart

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Seymour Duncan just announced the release of a new Joe Bonamassa Signature dual-humbucker set based on the pickups in Joe's favorite '59 Les Paul. Joe himself was on hand to demonstrate the new pickups, taking part is a special jam with Seymour Duncan himself.

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Review: Seymour Duncan Artist Signature YJM Fury STK-S10 Pickups

Posted 11/30/2011 at 8:04am | by Paul Riario

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In the following video, Guitar World's Paul Riario reviews the new Yngwie Malmsteen YJM Fury signature pickups from Seymour Duncan.

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Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Blue Pedal

Posted 07/15/2009 at 5:38pm | by Guitar World Staff

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Just because a stomp box has a tube in it doesn’t mean it’s producing true tube tone. On budget-priced tube gear, the tubes often run in “starved plate mode” (kind of like your dietcrazed girlfriend), where they function like clipping diodes rather than signal amplifiers.

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