Phillip McKnight has made a number of informative videos about various guitars, including the Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster, Gibson’s Les Paul and SG models, and the Ibanez Steve Vai JEM, to name just a few.
In this video, he turns his attention to a pickup maker, namely Seymour Duncan.
Phillip offers up five facts about the company and its products that you may not know, including:
Why do playing cards fit so neatly in the plastic cases in which Seymour Duncan pickups are sold? Why doesn’t the company offer a “double cream” humbucker?
The answers to these questions and others can be found below.
For more of Phillip’s videos, visit his YouTube channel.
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