Seymour's Studio - Season One Recap

With this repair he had a revelation: the tone that he had been searching for was in the pickups! The materials, winding pattern, magnets, wire and number of turns all worked together to produce something that could substantially change the tone of a guitar.

After spending years working in London and winding pickups for the likes of guitar icons, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix and others, Seymour came to Santa Barbara, California and met Cathy Carter Duncan who fuelled the vision to create a place any tone-seeking musician could come to. Seymour Duncan was founded in 1976 in Santa Barbara, California with a shoe-string budget but a deep love for tone.

Now over 40 years in business, Seymour Duncan's commitment to musicians has not changed in the slightest. At the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop, everything is made by hand with machine shop custom-fabricated parts. Each pickup is made just the way it was back in the old days. Thus, when you order a Custom Shop pickup, you are getting something truly one of a kind built for your instrument. Over the years Seymour Duncan has built everything from old PAF replicas to the world's largest 158-pound pickup.