Seymour Duncan is a company that is best known for manufacturing of guitar pickups, and currently has a line of effects pedals. The company was founded in late 1978 by guitarist and luthier
Seymour W. DuncanSeymour W. Duncan is a guitarist and guitar repairman, but is best known as the man behind Seymour Duncan Company, the manufacturer of guitar pickups, bass pickups, and effects pedals located in Santa Barbara, California. Born in New Jersey, Seymour grew up in the fifties and sixties, during a time...
and his then-wife Cathy Carter Duncan in
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, USA. Starting around 1983-84 Seymour Duncans pickups were first used in
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as standard equipment along with Floyd Rose.
The company produces a large range of pickups for both guitar and bass, both
single coilA single coil pickup is a type of magnetic transducer for the electric guitar and the electric bass. It electromagnetically converts the vibration of the strings to an electric signal...
and
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varieties.
Seymour Duncan is a company that is best known for manufacturing of guitar pickups, and currently has a line of effects pedals. The company was founded in late 1978 by guitarist and luthier
Seymour W. DuncanSeymour W. Duncan is a guitarist and guitar repairman, but is best known as the man behind Seymour Duncan Company, the manufacturer of guitar pickups, bass pickups, and effects pedals located in Santa Barbara, California. Born in New Jersey, Seymour grew up in the fifties and sixties, during a time...
and his then-wife Cathy Carter Duncan in
GoletaGoleta is a city located in southern Santa Barbara County, California, USA. It was incorporated as a new city in 2002, after a long time as being the largest unincorporated, populated area in the county...
,
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
, USA. Starting around 1983-84 Seymour Duncans pickups were first used in
Kramer GuitarsKramer Guitars is an American manufacturer of electric guitars and basses. Kramer produced aluminum-necked electric guitars and basses in the 1970s and wooden-necked guitars catering to hard rock musicians in the 1980s; Kramer is currently a division of Gibson Guitar Corporation...
as standard equipment along with Floyd Rose.
Products
The company produces a large range of pickups for both guitar and bass, both
single coilA single coil pickup is a type of magnetic transducer for the electric guitar and the electric bass. It electromagnetically converts the vibration of the strings to an electric signal...
and
humbuckingFor the purposes of this article, "hum" is defined as "an unwanted signal, generally at the frequency of the local A.C. electrical supply" ....
varieties. It has recently moved into the guitar effects pedal market.
Popular pickups include the '59, Jazz, JB, Blackout, and Pearly Gates. Famous users include
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