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Seymour W. Duncan is an American businessman and a co-founder of the Seymour Duncan Company, a manufacturer of guitar pickups, bass pickups, and effects pedals located in Santa Barbara, California. Early life Duncan was born in Camden, New Jersey. He was introduced to guitar by his uncle, and would regularly visit his uncle's house to practice guitar. His earliest influences included Bill Haley & His Comets, Neil Levang, Buddy Merrill, James Burton and Ricky Nelson. At age 12, his uncle introduced him to Les Paul after a show at Steel Pier. Duncan received his own guitar and amp as a Christmas present at the age of 13.In his teens, Duncan attended Woodstown High School. He also began playing at various shows in Atlantic City, Philadelphia, Wildwood, and Somers Point. He first began winding pickups at age 16 when his Fender Telecaster's pickup broke after lending it at a show. Lacking proper equipment, Duncan improvised tools such as using a butter knife as a soldering iron, a microscope from school to analyze the pickup, and a record player to rewind the pickup bobbin. Having rewind the pickup bobbin tighter than it initially was, Duncan noted a "fatter" tone from the guitar. This inspired him to further experiment with pickups and tonality. Career Luthiery career 1960s: Early career In the mid '60s, Duncan began working at local music stores for guitar repair work. While working, Duncan began creating his own designs and parts to experiment with various tonal qualities. He would reach out to various sources for advice such as Les Paul, Seth Lover, and Fender Musical Instruments. Overtime, Duncan built his reputation among musicians through word of mouth.In 1968, Duncan received a message from Jimi Hendrix's manager that Hendrix wanted to meet him. Duncan met with Hendrix at Xavier University on March 28, 1968, where he gifted Hendrix with custom made pickups.At Les Paul's suggestion, he moved to England in 1973 where he met up with Roy Buchanan and his manager, Jaye Reich, who were recording at Polydor Records. While Duncan initially moved to England to record music, he also found opportunities working in the Repair and R&D Departments at the Fender Soundhouse in London.While at Fender, Duncan did repairs and rewinds for artists, including Eric Clapton of Cream, George Harrison of The Beatles, Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, Pete Townshend of The Who, and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd. Duncan was also introduced to Jeff Beck during his time at the Fender Soundhouse. Duncan gifted Beck with a "Tele-Gib", a Telecaster with a humbucking pickup reminiscent of a Gibson pickup. The Tele-Gib was a prototype of Duncan's JB model.After his visa expired, Duncan came back to the United States and eventually settled in California. In 1975, he moved to Santa Barbara. He established contact with people such as Leo Fender, Les Paul, and Seth Lover and continued learning about and making pickups. 1976–present: Seymour Duncan Company As demand for his custom pickups grew, he started his own company with Cathy Carter Duncan, Seymour Duncan in 1976.In the 90s, as a demand for vintage guitars began to rise, Duncan sought to replicate the tonal quality of '50s to '60s rock and roll through pre-aging specific pickups. The result was the Seymour Duncan Antiquity pickups. Duncan would also continue to design custom pickups for guitarists as well. Notable artists and groups Duncan has created pickups for include Lady Gaga, Madonna, Prince, Bon Jovi, Earth, Wind and Fire, and Hall & Oates.From the 1980s, Seymour Duncan also made bass pickups under the Basslines brand name. In 2013 these bass pickups were rebranded under Seymour Duncan without redesigning the pickups.Fender Custom Shop makes a Seymour Duncan Signature Esquire. Duncan is still involved in designing and fabricating pickups at the factory as well as playing guitar and making appearances at clinics and conventions. Performing As a performer, Duncan has guested on the albums of several artists. He has also been the lead guitarist for the Stone Age Institute Band. Awards Duncan was inducted into the Vintage Guitar Hall of Fame in 2011. In 2012, he was inducted into Guitar Player's Hall of Fame and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Music & Sound Retailer Magazine. He was awarded an honorary Ph.D. from Duquesne University. Discography References External links Seymour Duncan Company site D-TAR (Duncan-Turner Acoustic Research) website. Discover the A W Duncan popular books. Find the top 100 most popular A W Duncan books.

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  • Duncan v. Commonwealth of Kentucky synopsis, comments

    Duncan v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

    Court Of Appeals Of Kentucky

    The trial court ordered Grange Mutual Insurance Company ("Grange") to comply with sixteen discovery requests. Grange petitioned the Court of Appeals for a writ of prohibition, clai...

  • Back v. Duncan synopsis, comments

    Back v. Duncan

    Supreme Court of Arkansas

    State Highway Commission against Roy Carruthers and wife for the acquisition of lands needed for the construction if Interstate Highway 40, an its facilities in Conway county. On t...

  • Richard S. Duncan v. Academy Sisters synopsis, comments

    Richard S. Duncan v. Academy Sisters

    Supreme Court of Missouri

    Appellants brought an action in the trial court for a judgment declaring that certain real estate in the City of St. Joseph had reverted or should revert to them by reas...

  • Ex Parte William R. Duncan synopsis, comments

    Ex Parte William R. Duncan

    First District, Houston No. 15,728 Court of Civil Appeals of Texas

    Relator, in an original habeas corpus proceeding in this Court, seeks his discharge from the custody of the sheriff of Harris County. Upon presentation of his applicatio...

  • Darlene Duncan v. Joe Pogue synopsis, comments

    Darlene Duncan v. Joe Pogue

    Supreme Court of Texas No. C-7838

    Darlene Duncan, a court reporter, sued the Hopkins County Commissioners Court to compel it to fund a ten percent salary increase ordered by the district judge pursuant t...

  • State Tennessee v. David Carl Duncan synopsis, comments

    State Tennessee v. David Carl Duncan

    Supreme Court of Texas

    Defendant, David Carl Duncan, appeals his conviction of murder in the first degree and sentence of death, and two consecutive life sentences imposed on convictions for armed robber...

  • Angelia Nicholson Duncan v. Joseph Frank synopsis, comments

    Angelia Nicholson Duncan v. Joseph Frank

    Supreme Court of Texas

    This appeal involves a wifes protracted efforts to obtain postjudgment relief from the valuation placed on her husbands business during divorce proceedings in the Circuit Court for...

  • Lelia May Duncan v. Zella Florence synopsis, comments

    Lelia May Duncan v. Zella Florence

    Supreme Court of North Dakota

    This is an action for personal injuries alleged to have been received by the plaintiff as a result of a collision between automobiles being operated by the plaintiff and the defend...

  • Ex Parte Kent Marshall Duncan synopsis, comments

    Ex Parte Kent Marshall Duncan

    First District, Houston Court of Appeals of Texas

    Per Curiam. Relator, Kent Marshall Duncan, complains that he is being illegally restrained for his failure to pay child support pursuant to an order suspending his commitment and p...

  • Grace Duncan v. Lorene Duncan synopsis, comments

    Grace Duncan v. Lorene Duncan

    Southern District, Division Two Court of Appeals of Missouri

    Oh, what a tangled web we weave . . ."" Appellants Grace Duncan, Mary Duncan, Charles Duncan (Mary's husband), and Duncan Brothers, Inc., a Missouri corporation (hereinafter, ""the...

  • Noah Edmond Duncan v. State Texas synopsis, comments

    Noah Edmond Duncan v. State Texas

    The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

    This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of heroin. Appellant waived his right to a jury and was tried before the court which assessed punishment at four (4) years in the...

  • Coyle W. Duncan v. Pennington County synopsis, comments

    Coyle W. Duncan v. Pennington County

    Supreme Court of South Dakota

    WOLLMAN, Chief Justice (on reassignment). These are appeals from the judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff and respondent, Coyle W. Dundan (Duncan), against defe...

  • State v. Duncan synopsis, comments

    State v. Duncan

    Supreme Court of Wyoming

    James M. Duncan appeals from a conviction of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants contrary to § 346.63(1)(a), Stats. Duncan contends that there was i...

  • Clyde Duncan v. Eunice Duncan synopsis, comments

    Clyde Duncan v. Eunice Duncan

    Eastland Court of Civil Appeals of Texas

    In a trial to the court, Eunice Duncan was granted a divorce and her husband, Clyde Duncan, who occupied the position of plaintiff in the case, was denied a divorce. The homestead ...

  • Louis F. Rothermel. v. Sarah R. Rothermel Duncan synopsis, comments

    Louis F. Rothermel. v. Sarah R. Rothermel Duncan

    Supreme Court of Texas

    This is a suit filed by Sarah R. Rothermel Duncan et al. in the County Court against Louis F. Rothermel, individually and as independent executor of the estate of Sallie A. Rotherm...

  • Carolyn Parker Duncan v. Cessna Aircraft Company synopsis, comments

    Carolyn Parker Duncan v. Cessna Aircraft Company

    First District, Houston Court of Appeals of Texas

    Carolyn Parker Duncan, individually and on behalf of her minor children, brought this wrongful death action against Cessna Aircraft Company ("Cessna") for damages suffered when an ...

  • Starlight 3 synopsis, comments

    Starlight 3

    Patrick Nielsen Hayden

    Starlight 3 is third volume of in Patrick Nielsen Haden's original anthology series, which includes short stories from Susanna Clarke, Cory Doctrow, Stephen Baxter, Maureen F. McHu...

  • Charles Leonard Duncan v. John Wayne Price synopsis, comments

    Charles Leonard Duncan v. John Wayne Price

    Southern District, Division Three Missouri Court of Appeals

    Suit on promissory note. Judgment was entered on the jury's verdict in favor of plaintiff for the principal amount of the note, interest, and attorney's fees. Defendant asserts err...

  • Our Stories, Our Voices synopsis, comments

    Our Stories, Our Voices

    Amy Reed

    “Truthful and empowering.” BooklistFrom Amy Reed, Ellen Hopkins, Amber Smith, Nina LaCour, Sandhya Menon, and more of your favorite YA authors comes an “outstanding anthology” (Sch...

  • Duncan v. State synopsis, comments

    Duncan v. State

    Texas Court of Appeals

    A jury convicted appellant of aggravated sexual assault, assessed punishment at five years confinement, and recommended that his sentence be suspended. The trial court placed appel...

  • Woody Joe Duncan v. State Farm Fire synopsis, comments

    Woody Joe Duncan v. State Farm Fire

    Supreme Court of Tennessee

    BROCK, Justice. The sole issue presented for our decision in this case is whether an innocent purchaser for value of a stolen automobile acquires an insurable interest in the vehic...

  • Randell Duncan v. State synopsis, comments

    Randell Duncan v. State

    906 Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas No. 31

    Motion for Rehearing In his motion for rehearing, appellant again urges as error the court's action in overruling his subsequent motion for a continuance and points out that in our...

  • Donn A. Duncan v. State Florida synopsis, comments

    Donn A. Duncan v. State Florida

    Supreme Court of Florida

    Donn A. Duncan, who stands convicted of firstdegree murder, appeals his sentence of death. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(1) of the Florida Constitution.

  • People State Michigan v. John Duncan synopsis, comments

    People State Michigan v. John Duncan

    Court of Appeals of Michigan

    Defendant was charged with two counts of firstdegree murder. MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548. Salvadore Gonzales was also charged with one of these counts. The pair were tried separately, ...

  • Clifford E. Duncan and Gayle Duncan V. synopsis, comments

    Clifford E. Duncan and Gayle Duncan V.

    Supreme Court of New Hampshire

    A policy of insurance issued by defendant to plaintiffs insuring certain property of the latter against loss by theft contained a "rider" effective March 1, 1980, providing additio...

  • Duncan Development v. John W. Haney Et Al. synopsis, comments

    Duncan Development v. John W. Haney Et Al.

    Fourteenth District, Houston Court of Appeals of Texas

    Duncan Development, Inc. and R. H. Duncan, hereinafter called Duncan, sued John Haney and Craig Canon, hereinafter called Haney, to recover damages for breach of a construction con...

  • Joe Nathan Duncan v. State Florida synopsis, comments

    Joe Nathan Duncan v. State Florida

    First District Court of Appeal of Florida

    Appellant appeals his enhanced sentences as an habitual felony offender, pursuant to section 775.084(1)(a)1, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1988), following his convictions of ...

  • City Carrollton v. R. A. Duncan and Oscar H. Duncan synopsis, comments

    City Carrollton v. R. A. Duncan and Oscar H. Duncan

    Second District, Fort Worth Court of Appeals of Texas

    This is an appeal by the City of Carrollton, Texas ("City") from a judgment establishing the boundary of lands owned by R. A. Duncan and Oscar H. Duncan ("Duncans") adjoining Citys...

  • Britt v. Simi Valley Unified School District John W. Duncan synopsis, comments

    Britt v. Simi Valley Unified School District John W. Duncan

    United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

    Because the lateness of the Petition for Rehearing was the result of representations by court personnel, we grant the motion to enlarge the time for filing of the petition. Our pre...

  • Angelia Nicholson Duncan v. Joseph Frank synopsis, comments

    Angelia Nicholson Duncan v. Joseph Frank

    The Supreme Court of Texas

    We granted the defendants application for an extraordinary appeal pursuant to Rule 10, Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure, in order to consider the propriety of the action of t...

  • Angelia Nicholson Duncan v. Joseph Frank synopsis, comments

    Angelia Nicholson Duncan v. Joseph Frank

    The Supreme Court of Texas

    The plaintiff, Angelia Nicholson Duncan, has appealed from the judgment of the Trial Court which granted her an absolute divorce and alimony in solido, but no periodic alimony or a...

  • Building Concepts v. Marvin Woodrow Duncan synopsis, comments

    Building Concepts v. Marvin Woodrow Duncan

    Fifth District, Dallas Court of Appeals of Texas

    Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Duncan instituted this suit against Building Concepts, Inc. and Southmore Savings Association ("Southmore"), seeking damages under the Deceptive Trade Practices...

  • Love v. Duncan synopsis, comments

    Love v. Duncan

    Supreme Court of Minnesota

    CAMMACK, Justice. The principal questions involved on this appeal and cross appeal are whether the official stenographic reporters of the various branches of the Jefferson Circuit ...

  • In Re Duncan synopsis, comments

    In Re Duncan

    Texas Court of Appeals

    The relator, John Mark Duncan, filed in this Court a petition for writ of mandamus, complaining that respondent issued an alias capias arrest warrant without valid reason. Relator ...