Submit a Story!
Electric Guitar Pickups, Acoustic Guitar Pickups, Bass Guitar Pickups, Stompboxes - Seymour Duncan/Basslines
This is a quick demo to try and display the frequency settings. I did not demo the boost function. I did that once before and it's kinda hard to get the idea with a recording. I did this in about 20 minutes.. no complaints about the playing :laugh2: :32: :fing25: hehe This is my tele with a ...
Comments
Blog Reactions

Seymour Duncan SFX-05 Lava Box Is A Useful Little Tool
Gearwire - — ... Duncan SFX-05 Lava Box The Seymour Duncan SFX-05 Lava Box is a low, rumbly fuzz pedal that Owen thinks shows its best advantage on power chords. He talks about all sorts of other complicated musical terms as well, but mostly we just get to hear what this box sounds like. We're pleased for you to embed our video on your site! Please use the entire embed code as is, though we don't mind if you need to change the anchor text of the link above the movie or apply your site CSS. Visit Seymour Duncan's official website for more information. Presenter: Owen O'Malley And Gretchen ...

Seymour Duncan Pedal Giveaway! Check Out a Stompbox, Get a Free Pedal
GearPipe | Musical Instrument Deals and Discounts — ... Pickup and pedal manufacturer Seymour Duncan has announced the Stomp ‘n’ Win Giveaway. Here’s how it works. Between now and May 15, 2009, go into your local music store and demo a Seymour Duncan pedal. Then go to their website and submit a review of the pedal you played. Each week, Seymour Duncan will be giving away one pedal per week to a reviewer. Simple as that! Entry Deadline: May 15, 2009 Get It: Click Here to Enter

Jackson guitar Celebrates 25th Anniversary — Two New Custom Re-releases
GEAR-VAULT — ... Kelly features a high gloss finish of black with white highlights and a maple neck and ebony fingerboard. It is built with popular wood for the body and maple along the 22-inch neck. With Seymour Duncan pickups and a Schaller bridge and tailpiece it is a beauty to both see and play. Similarly, its silver counterpart, the King V is built with a popular body and ebony fingerboard featuring sharkfin inlays and a more 80’s V-style shape. With the sound producing from the combination of Seymour Duncan TB-4 and SH2 pickups, both guitars celebrate and represent the best of vintage ...

New Gear: Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Blue
Guitar Gear — ... is known for its outstanding pickups, and I’ve known they’ve made pedals for awhile, but haven’t really paid attention until they came out with the Twin Tube Blue (SFX-11) . This is a very cool little preamp/overdrive box that sits - gain-wise - right in the middle between their Twin Tube Classic and their Twin Tube Mayhem. Run by two 6111 mil-spec, USA Philips-Sylvania tubes, the Blue can get you some nice, pre-amp snap, to sweet, sustained gain. Here’s the description from the Seymour Duncan site: Too often, inexpensive tube gear runs in ...

Seymour Duncan Hot Stack Plus
Guitarist — ... Hot Stack Plus system , allows it to achieve extraordinarily low levels of 60-cycle hum. For most Strat guitars, the Hot Stack Plus is a direct retrofit. The Stack Plus is .995-inch (25.27mm) tall, which makes it .175 (4.45mm) taller than a vintage pickup for Strat guitars. Each Stack Plus is built and tuned, by hand, in Duncan's Santa Barbara, California workshop and includes mounting hardware and detailed wiring instructions. Recommended for bridge position. Visit Seymour Duncan here...

Seymour Duncan Announces the Hot Stack Plus
300Guitars.com — ... Stack Plus system, allows it to achieve extraordinarily low levels of 60-cycle hum. Most Strat guitars, the Hot Stack Plus is a direct retrofit. The Stack Plus is .995″ (25.27mm) tall, which makes it .175 (4.45mm) taller than a vintage pickup for Strat guitars. Each Stack Plus is built and tuned, by hand, in our Santa Barbara, California workshop and includes mounting hardware and detailed wiring instructions. Recommended for bridge position. Click here to visit Seymour Duncan pickups.

REVIEW: Schecter C-1 BlackJack ATX with Seymour Duncan Blackouts
i heart guitar — ... Blackjack C-1 Electric Guitar Black Seymour Duncan Blackouts Active Humbucker Set Seymour Duncan Blackouts Active Humbucker Neck Seymour Duncan Blackouts Active Humbucker Bridge Links Schecter Seymour Duncan ...

Jackson guitar Celebrates 25th Anniversary — Two New Custom Re-releases
GEAR-VAULT — ... Kelly features a high gloss finish of black with white highlights and a maple neck and ebony fingerboard. It is built with popular wood for the body and maple along the 22-inch neck. With Seymour Duncan pickups and a Schaller bridge and tailpiece it is a beauty to both see and play. Similarly, its silver counterpart, the King V is built with a popular body and ebony fingerboard featuring sharkfin inlays and a more 80’s V-style shape. With the sound producing from the combination of Seymour Duncan TB-4 and SH2 pickups, both guitars celebrate and represent the best of vintage ...

Eddie Van Halen Axe Information about Waxing pickups and Boiling Strings
GEAR-VAULT — ... and becoming microphonic, a condition that results in squealing and feedback. Waxing involves immersing a pickup (except for the surface closest to the strings) in hot, melted wax and allowing it to seep into the windings. After cooling and drying, the wax holds the winding securely in place. Almost all modern factory and replacement pickups are waxed during modern manufacture, but older pickups may require special attention. If you have a pickup that squeals or feeds back, call Seymour Duncan’s custom shop or a qualified pickup builder to have it waxed. While some guitar ...

Seymour Duncan Blackouts AHB-3 EMTY
News items — ... lows, more highs, and more output, the company says. AHB-3 Blackouts EMTY are available as Mick's two-humbucker set, or in individual neck and bridge models to mix and match with other Blackouts and Livewires Classic II active pickups. All versions come with mounting hardware, including pots, jack, and a battery clip. For players with active pickups already installed, the EMTY can plug right into the quick connection harness. Specs Bass: 5 Mid: 5 Treb: 9 For more information, visit www.seymourduncan.com . ...

Win Mick Thomsons Signature Seymore Duncan Blackout™ Pickups
Rock House Blog — ... To celebrate this new release, Seymour Duncan is giving fans the chance to win Mick Thomson’s signature Ibanez© MTM1 with Mick’s new signature Seymour Duncan Blackouts EMTY installed. Ten second place winners will receive signed sets of EMTY pickups and a host of third place winners get Slipknot or Seymour Duncan swag. To win, contestants need to go to: www.seymourduncan.com/mickblackouts and enter into the drawing. The contest runs to midnight January 31, 2010. ...

NEWS: Seymour Duncan Mick Thompson signature Blackouts
i heart guitar — ... LINK: SeymourDuncan.com

What Are Active Pickups?
300Guitars.com — ... and lack personality. They also feel that their dynamic range is somewhat narrow as compared to a passive pickup. Each individual player has their own taste and these are just opinions or views. The most popular active pickup manufacturer is EMG started in 1974 and located in Santa Rosa, California. EMG is an acronym for Electro Magnetic Generator. Other companies that have active pickups in their product lines are Seymour Duncan & Bartolini. Click here to visit EMG pickups . Click here to visit Seymour Duncan . Click here to visit Bartolini pickups . Post to ...

Related Content
EMG vs. Seymour Duncan Electric Guitar Pickups
gear-vault.com 8/31/2009 — Electric guitar pickups are a touchy and subjective topic. Most long-time players have gone through a number of different types before they work out what is the best sound for them. Sometimes they will even prefer different styles or brands of pickups for different applications. Today, we are ...
Pickups for Acoustic Guitars
fretbase.com 30 days ago — Overview of the various types of acoustic guitar pickups, how they work and what are the pros and cons of each type.
Guitar Pickups: Are Hand Wound Pickups Really Better?
300guitars.com 10/5/2009 — If you are like me and are always interested in getting the best tone from your guitar, you often think about its components and how they affect the end result of the instrument. One of the most looked at components are pickups. There has been much debate over hand wound (actually hand-guided) ...
GIBSON PAF PICKUPS AND PRE T-TOP PICKUPS
guitarworldblips.com 6/19/2009 — QUESTION I am ready to spend some big bucks on pickups is there a difference and what do you recommend. Price is not an option I am looking for tone REPLY This is one of the most frequently asked questions i get and is a bit complicated because sound is relative to the person and is an ...
NEW GEAR DAY: DiMarzio Area J bass pickups
iheartguitarblog.com 8/20/2009 — Just got a new set of pickups for the Fernandes Jazz Bass I wrote about a while ago . The stock pickups are already pretty cool but they're a bit noisy which won't do when I start piling on the gain for some of the rowdier stuff I write. The Area J pickups are designed to sound like vintage J ...
How do Piezo-electric - acoustic guitar pickups work?
gear-vault.com 3/22/2009 — Piezo Electric pickups employ a crystal that has the unusual ability to transform mechanical energy into electrical voltage. During the Sixties, pickup manufactures realized that if a small piezo-electric crystal could be attached to the soundboard of a guitar , the vibrations from the guitar ...
How To: Pot Your Own Pickups
magazine.premierguitar.com 3/17/2009 — Nip microphonic pickups in the bud and dispose of those smelly gift candles in one fell swoop.
Sneak Peek: New Stompboxes from Seymour Duncan
magazine.premierguitar.com 4/20/2009 — A look into Seymour Duncan's new Twin Tube Blue, Deja Vu Delay, and Double Back Compressor
Pickups - Less is Ok?
blog.guitarguide.ca 5/26/2009 — According to legend, when Leo Fender was refining the Fender Stratocaster prototype, it had 2 pickups.  He had heard that Gretsch was planning on manufacturing an electric guitar with 3 pickups.  This was in the early 1950's and the first solid body electric guitars has not ...
Top 10 Selling Electric Guitar Pickups, Week 21, 2009
blog.guitarguide.ca 5/25/2009 —   Here are the top selling electric guitar pickups, for Week 21, 2009 1.  EMG EMG-ZW Zakk Wylde 81/85 Humbucker Set 2.  Seymour Duncan Hot Rodded Humbucker Set 3.  EMG EMG-81 Humbucker 4.  Seymour Duncan Blackouts Active Humbucker Set 5.  Gibson '57 Classic ...