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Access “hundreds of tones” from your guitar with Seymour Duncan’s app-controlled HyperSwitch selector switch

The game-changing programmable switch allows players to design, store and recall numerous pickup configurations via their smartphone

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Neil Giraldo: “As much as I loved Jeff Beck, I never wanted to be him. I wanted to be Pete Townshend. I wanted to be the writer. I wanted to play chords”

Pat Benatar’s right-hand man (and husband) on how he wound up with Jeff Beck’s pickups, his singable guitar solos – and why being listed among the unsung greats ain’t so bad after all

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Godin just unveiled its best-appointed Session guitar yet – and it could give Fender and Ibanez a run for their money

With a Canadian build and choice Seymour Duncan pickups, the Superstrat-styled Session T-Pro has serious potential

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The biggest pickup drop of the year? Seymour Duncan unveils new Alex Skolnick, Warren DeMartini signature sets and the EVH-inspired Little '78

Also new from the pickup firm is the Exciter humbucker, which takes its sonic cues from the glory days of glam rock

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Nail Slash’s iconic tone - only louder - with the new Seymour Duncan Slash 2.0 pickup set

New humbucker is a hotter version of the guitarist’s celebrated APH-2 pickup

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Epiphone Adam Jones Les Paul Custom Art Collection: Frazetta "The Berserker"

Heavily-adorned art collectable, or serious, signature Tool of hard rock? There’s no reason it can’t be both, actually…

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Fender debuts limited-edition British Racing Green finish – but you’ll need to be quick off the line to bag one

The firm has launched a European-exclusive Fender Special Run batch – including a Player Series HSS Strat, Tele and P-Bass, alongside a Blues Junior IV amp

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Nuno Bettencourt says he recorded with a seven-string for the first time on this new Extreme track

The shred legend says he stretched his wings and gave his N7 signature its recording debut on the band’s forthcoming album

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The must-have guitar accessories for 2023

GEAR EXPO 2023: The essential extras you can look forward to for your guitar playing this year

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NAMM 2023: Give your electric guitar the ultimate GNR pickup upgrade with Seymour Duncan’s new Slash 2.0 humbucker set

Slash's APH-2 'buckers have been been given a hotter wind while maintaining the clarity and tone profile

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We’re living in a new golden age for guitar pickups – here’s why

From multi-voice options to Bluetooth switching and a stream of signature sets – after decades of stagnant development, there has been a boom in pickup innovations

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Seymour Duncan issues new version of Slash’s signature humbuckers with one key upgrade

The Slash 2.0 pickups are based on the GNR rocker's flagship APH-2 set – which he's used for nearly a decade – but make one essential tweak

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Jeff Beck’s 10 most iconic guitars

From the Oxblood Les Paul and the Strat we all know and love to Beck's lesser-spotted favorites, here are the greatest hits from one of guitar's finest collections

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NAMM 2023: Ibanez announces huge signature guitar launch, with new models for Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Paul Stanley, Lari Basilio, Martin Miller and Ichika Nito

Vai, Satch and Stanley get super-premium ltd edition collector's pieces, Miller's new model based on a AZ-N, Nito gets a Talman-inspired ICHI00, and Basilio's LB1 now comes in white

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NAMM 2023: Create custom pickup configurations on your phone and mod your guitar in real time with the Seymour Duncan HyperSwitch

It is time to say goodbye to the soldering iron, hello to the smartphone, as Seymour Duncan launch world's first Bluetooth-enabled programmable 5-way pickup selector switch

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NAMM 2023: Seymour Duncan announces the HyperSwitch – an app-controlled selector switch that lets you create custom pickup wiring configurations via Bluetooth

From phase reversal and coil splitting to series and parallel configurations, this potential game-changer lets players design, store and recall numerous pickup configurations using a smartphone

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Joe Bonamassa demos the new Seymour Duncan Cradle Rock '63 Strat pickups

NAMM 2023: The SD Custom Shop based the set on the vintage Strat Joe purchased as a teenager in 1994

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NAMM 2023: Joe Bonamassa and Seymour Duncan release ‘63 Cradle Rock Strat signature pickup set, based on the blues-rocker's prized sunburst Fender

The three single coils, crafted in the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop, were deemed by JoBo to be "spot on" recreations of those found in his original '63 Strat

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Looks like Slipknot's Mick Thomson has signed with ESP and Fishman, seemingly leaving Jackson and Seymour Duncan

Thomson's wife and guitar tech both published telling posts on social media, after the Slipknot maestro was spotted playing ESPs live during the band's recent shows in Japan

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NAMM 2023: Josh Smith and Seymour Duncan release the Flat V pickup set – an unorthodox blend of Tele-style single coils

The pickups – which first arrived in the blues titan's Ibanez signature model – feature a unique combination of Alnico 2, 3 and 4 magnets in order to facilitate dynamic, expressive playing

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How Jeff Beck and Seymour Duncan created humbucker magic with the classic JB pickup

While the classic Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB was never actually a signature pickup, without Jeff it may never have happened…

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