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the
Seymour Duncan factory tour |
three
forum brothers and tone enthusiasts make a pilgrimage |
to
the Seymour Duncan factory in Santa Barbara, California |
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Evan
explains different wire and bobbin compositions. All materials
are as historically correct as possible. Can you say "butyl"?
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This
is a piece of history - the old Leesona winder that Seymour
rescued from the Gibson factory in Kalamazoo when production
ceased. This machine is used for "P.A.F." style
humbuuckers, just like the old days!
for
a bigger view, see this: Leesona
Winder
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humbucker
assembly
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one
of two vacuum wax potting machines
how
many pickups have those machines seen?
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MJ
brewing some pickups in the other potting machine ... she
even knows how to pot a Seth!
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one
of the engineers shows us the D-Tar Solstice acoustic preamp
.... this is a pretty versatile little unit
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a shot of the main floor - it's not huge, not crowded, but
efficiently organized
one
thing we learned is that Seymour pays a lot of attention to
small details, such as vintage-correct wood spacers in certain
humbuckers, that most players will never see
maybe
that's where the mojo is
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in the sound room, Scott's checking out one of 3 Taylors that
use the DTAR products
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that's me and Scott in the sound room - Scott headed straight
for a cool blackface Super Reverb. so many toys, so little
time!
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a little group photo ...
Scott,
VP Evan Skopp, Curly, Stevo
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Webmistress and AR director Kellie, Scott, and Curly upstairs
in the office loft area above the main floor.
Thanks
kindly, Evan, for the picture! |
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MJ, Curly
MJ
strikes me in many ways as the heart and soul of the company
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very warm and gracious .. thanks again! |
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thanks to our tour host, Evan Skopp, to Seymour Duncan who managed
to share some time with us, to MJ, Kellie, Cathy Duncan, the
upstairs crew, and the many production people who we surely
imposed on. |
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| naturally,
we worked up quite an appetite on the tour, so we had to go
get some good Mexican food and refreshment! |
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| Curly,
Scott_F - most likely talking about amps! |
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Stevo,
Curly - pondering a whole new genre: "psycho-surf"! |
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