USeymour W. Duncan ungumculi owaziwayo nomsunguli womculo. Wazalwa ngoFebhuwari 11, 1951 eNew Jersey emndenini womculo, ubaba wakhe engumqhubi we-orchestra kanti umama wakhe engumculi.
Kusukela esemncane, uSeymour waba nentshisekelo emculweni futhi waqala ukudlala ngezinsimbi.
Ubuye wabamba iqhaza ekudaleni amathuluzi omculo ahlukahlukene kanye nezesekeli, okwagcina kuholele ekwakhiweni kwezinto eziqanjiwe ezinamalungelo obunikazi kanye nezidumile. U-Seymour Duncan uthatha isiginci.
UDuncan uphinde wasungula inkampani yakhe "Seymour Duncan” ngo-1976 eCalifornia, futhi kusukela lapho, lo mkhiqizo ubulokhu ukhiqiza pickups, amaphedali nezinye izingxenye zesiginci e-USA.
U-Seymour W. Duncan: indoda engemuva kwama-pickup
USeymour W. Duncan ungumdlali wesiginci odumile futhi ungumsunguli we-Seymour Duncan Company, umkhiqizi we ukuqopha isiginci, ama-bass pickups, namaphedali emiphumela atholakala e-Santa Barbara, eCalifornia.
Uyindoda elandela amanye amathoni esiginci agqama kakhulu ngeminyaka yawo-50s no-60s, futhi ungeniswe kukho kokubili i-Guitar Player Magazine kanye ne-Vintage Guitar Magazine Hall of Fame (2011).
UDuncan waziwa futhi ngamagalelo akhe ekuthuthukiseni iziginci ezinezintambo eziyisikhombisa, kanye nenani lemiklamo emisha yokuthwebula.
Ama-pickup akhe angatholakala kwamanye amamodeli esiginci adume kakhulu emhlabeni, okuhlanganisa i-Fender ne Gibson.
U-Seymour W. Duncan ube ngumsunguli embonini yomculo iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-40, futhi ukuthatha kwakhe kuyisisekelo sokudlala isiginci sosuku lwanamuhla.
Ube ugqozi kubaculi abaningi emhlabeni jikelele, futhi ifa lakhe lizoqhubeka liphila emculweni asize ukuwenza. Ngempela uyinganekwane phakathi kwabashaya isiginci.
Wazalelwa kuphi futhi nini uSeymour W. Duncan?
USeymour W. Duncan wazalwa ngoFebhuwari 11, 1951 eNew Jersey.
Abazali bakhe bobabili babehileleke emculweni, uyise engumqhubi we-orchestra kanti unina engumculi.
USeymour waqala ukuthanda umculo kusukela esemncane futhi waqala ukudlala ngezinsimbi.
Ebuntwaneni bakhe, waphinde wakha amathuluzi ahlukahlukene omculo nezinye izesekeli, okwagcina kuholele ekuthuthukisweni kwezinto eziqanjiwe eziningi ezinelungelo lobunikazi kanye nama-pickup esiginci kaSeymour Duncan adumile.
Impilo nomsebenzi kaSeymour Duncan
Iminyaka yokuqala
Ekhula ngeminyaka yama-50s kanye nama-60s, u-Seymour wachayeka emculweni wesigingci sikagesi owawuthandwa kakhulu.
Waqala ukudlala isiginci eneminyaka engu-13, kwathi lapho eseneminyaka engu-16 wayesedlala kahle.
UDuncan wafunda eWoodstown High School futhi ukufunda kwakhe kwakuhlanganisa nokufunda eJuilliard School of Music, wagcina esethuthela eCalifornia ukuze afeze amaphupho akhe okuba umculi.
USeymour uchithe impilo yakhe yonke edlala, futhi lapho esanda kweva eshumini nambili, waqala ukudlala ngama-pickup ngokusonga amakhoyili ezintambo ayinkimbinkimbi esidlali serekhodi.
USeymour wayedlala ngamabhendi nezinsimbi eziqinile phakathi nayo yonke iminyaka yobusha bakhe, okokuqala eCincinnati, e-Ohio, kwase kuba sedolobheni lakubo eNew Jersey.
UDuncan wayethanda isiginci kusukela esemncane. Ngemva kokuba umngane wakhe ephule iveni yesiginci sakhe, u-Seymour wanquma ukuzibambela mathupha futhi aphinde aphenye iveni esebenzisa i-turntable player player.
Lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho kwavusa isithakazelo sakhe kuma-pickup, futhi ngokushesha wafuna iseluleko sika-Les Paul no-Seth Lover, umsunguli we-humbucker.
Ngemva kokucija amakhono akhe, uSeymour wathola umsebenzi eFender Soundhouse yaseLondon.
Ngokushesha waba umpetha wezinsimbi futhi waze wakhuluma nesitolo noLes Paul noRoy Buchanan.
Iminyaka yabantu abadala
Ekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-1960, wayesethuthele eLondon, eNgilandi, lapho asebenza khona njengomculi weseshini kanye neziginci zabaculi abadumile baseBrithani.
Ngesikhathi esemdala, uSeymour wayehlala esebenzisana naye abadlali besiginci kanjalo nokwenza nokuthuthukisa ama-pickup amasha.
Lapho esebenza no-Jeff Beck, u-Seymour udale umsindo ozwakalayo omangalisayo.
Ama-pickup akuleso siginci esiyinganekwane ayisibonelo esivelele somlingo ka-Seymour ngoba ayengewona amakhophi aqondile kodwa ayengenziwa kuphela umuntu onokuqonda okungavamile emiklamo emidala.
Banikeze ivolumu eyengeziwe nokucaca ngenkathi begcina imfudumalo nomculo wama-pickup akudala.
Enye yalezi zithombe yagcina yenziwe kabusha njengemodeli ye-Seymour Duncan JB, eqhubeke yaba i-pickup yokushintshwa edume kakhulu emhlabeni wonke.
Ukusungula Inkampani yakwaSeymour Duncan
Ngemva kokuhlala isikhashana e-UK, uDuncan nomkakhe babuyela e-United States ukuze baqale ukuzenzela ama-pickup khona lapho ekhaya eCalifornia.
Ngo-1976, uSeymour nomkakhe, uCathy Carter Duncan, basungula iSeymour Duncan Company.
Le nkampani ikhiqiza ama-pickup weziginci namabhesi kagesi futhi isiphenduke indawo yabashayi besigingci abafuna ithoni ekahle.
Umqondo wenkampani bekuwukunikeza abadlala isiginci ukulawula okuhlakaniphile komsindo wabo, futhi u-Seymour uhlonishwe ngokudala ezinye zezithombe ezinhle kakhulu ezake zezwakala.
Unkosikazi wakhe uCathy ubelokhu ebambe elikhulu iqhaza enkampanini, eyiphatha mihla namalanga.
Njengomphumela wabakhiqizi abakhulu abanqamula amakhona futhi balahlekelwa ukuthintana nobuciko babo obudlule, ikhwalithi yesiginci iyonke yayiqale ukwehla ngeminyaka yawo-80s.
Nokho, inkampani yakwaSeymour Duncan yayenza kahle kakhulu ngoba izithombe zikaSeymour zazihlonishwa ngenxa yezinga eliphezulu nomculo wazo.
Ukuthatha kuka-Seymour Duncan kwavumela abadlali ukuthi balungise iziginci zabo futhi bathole amathoni aqathaniswa nalawo amathuluzi esikhathi esidala.
Ngenkathi yethula ukuqamba okusha ngemva kokusungula izinto ezintsha, kusukela ezithombeni ezingenamsindo ukuya phezulu, ukuthwebula okunolaka okufanele izitayela ze-hard rock ne-heavy metal, u-Seymour nethimba lakhe balondoloza ulwazi lwesikhathi esedlule.
U-Seymour ubuye waba nesibopho sokudala amadivaysi emiphumela yesiginci adumile afana namabhokisi e-Duncan Distortion stomp kanye uhlelo lokuqala lwe-Floyd Rose tremolo.
Uphinde waklama imigqa emibili ethandwayo yokuthwebula: I-Jazz Model neck pickup (JM) kanye ne-Hot Rodd Humbuckers bridge pickup (SH).
Lawa ma-pickup amabili abe yizingcezu eziyisisekelo kuziginci eziningi zikagesi ezakhiwe namuhla ngenxa yenhlanganisela yazo yokuguquguquka kwethoni kanye nekhwalithi yethoni yemvelo kuzo zombili izilungiselelo ezihlanzekile nezihlanekezelwe.
Ngokuhambisana nokuthuthukisa ama-amplifiers amasha, uphinde wasebenzisana nethimba lakhe lonjiniyela bethoni ukuklama ama-bass amasha nama-acoustic guitar pickups amasha.
Ulayini we-Seymour's Antiquity, okwamanje, wethule umqondo wokuthatha izinto ezindala ngobuciko nezingxenye ezifanele ukufakwa kuziginci zakudala noma ukunikeza izinsimbi ezintsha ukubukeka kwe-chic zakudala.
Kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1980s kuze kube u-2013, benza ama-bass pickups ngaphansi kwegama lomkhiqizo we-Basslines, ngaphambi kokuwaqamba kabusha ngaphansi kuka-Seymour Duncan.
Yini egqugquzele uSeymour Duncan ukuthi enze ukuthwebula isiginci?
USeymour Duncan wagqugquzelwa ukuthi enze ukuthwebula isiginci ngemuva kokukhungatheka ngomsindo wama-pickup ayetholakala kuye ekuqaleni kwawo-1970.
Wayefuna ukwenza ama-pickup anomsindo olinganiselayo, anenhlanganisela enhle yokucaca, ukufudumala, nokushaya.
Ekhungathekile ngenxa yokuntuleka kokuthathwa kwesigingci sekhwalithi ngawo-'70s, u-Seymour Duncan wazibophezela ukuthi azenzele esakhe.
Wayefuna ukwenza ama-pickup anomsindo olinganiselayo, ocacile, ofudumele, kanye ne-punch.
Ngakho-ke, waqala ukwenza ama-pickup ayezonikeza abadlali besiginci umsindo ababewufuna. Futhi umfana, ingabe waphumelela!
Manje, ama-pickup kaSeymour Duncan yiwona angakhethwa ngabashayi besiginci emhlabeni wonke.
Ubani Ogqugquzele uSeymour Duncan?
USeymour Duncan ugqugquzelwe idlanzana labashaya isiginci, kodwa elinye lamathonya amakhulu kumsindo wakhe kwakunguJames Burton, ambukela edlala kuTed Mack Show nakuRicky Nelson Show.
U-Duncan wayethatheke kakhulu ngomsindo kaBurton's Telecaster waze waphinda waphinda wathwebula eyakhe ibhuloho kusidlali serekhodi esijikeleza ngo-33 1/3 rpm ngesikhathi siphuka ngesikhathi sombukiso.
Wazana no-Les Paul noRoy Buchanan, abamsiza ukuba aqonde ukuthi iziginci zisebenza kanjani nokuthi angawukhipha kanjani umsindo ongcono kakhulu.
UDuncan waze wathuthela eNgilandi ngasekupheleni kwawo-1960 ukuze ayosebenza eMnyangweni Wokulungisa kanye nowe-R&D eFender Soundhouse eLondon.
Lapho ulungise futhi wabuyisela emuva iziginci ezidumile ezifana noJimmy Page, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Pete Townshend noJeff Beck.
Kwakungenxa yomsebenzi wakhe no-Beck lapho u-Duncan acija khona ikhono lakhe lokuvala iveni, futhi amanye amathoni akhe okuqala okusayina angazwakala kuma-albhamu aphuma yedwa ka-Beck.
U-Seymour Duncan wenzela bani ama-pickup? Ukusebenzisana okuphawulekayo
USeymour Duncan wathakaselwa ngabashayi besiginci emhlabeni wonke ngobungcweti bakhe nokuthwebula kwekhwalithi ephezulu.
Eqinisweni, wayedume kakhulu, wathola ithuba lokuzenzela ama-pickup abanye babaculi abahamba phambili emhlabeni, okuhlanganisa abashaya isigingci se-rock uJimi Hendrix, uDavid Gilmour, uSlash, uBilly Gibbons, uJimmy Page, uJoe Perry, uJeff Beck noGeorge Harrison, ukukha nje abambalwa.
Izithombe zikaSeymour Duncan zisetshenziswe izinhlobonhlobo zabanye abaculi, okuhlanganisa:
- Kurt Cobain waseNirvana
- UBillie Joe Armstrong weGreen Day
- U-Mark Hoppus we-+44 kanye ne-blink 182
- U-Tom DeLonge we-blink 182 kanye ne-Angels and Airwaves
- UDave Mustaine waseMegadeth
- URandy Rhoads
- Linde Lazer of HIM
- Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold
- UMick Thomson weSlipknot
- Mikael Åkerfeldt kanye noFredrik Akesson be-Opeth
U-Duncan usebenze no-Jeff Beck ngesiginci se-bespoke ngokubambisana okukhumbulekayo. U-Beck usebenzise isiginci ukuze aqophe indondo ye-Grammy Vuthela Ngokuvuthela i-albhamu.
I-SH-13 Dimebucker yadalwa ngokubambisana no-“Dimebag” u-Darrell Abbott, futhi isetshenziswa kuziginci ezikhishwa ama-Washburn Guitars kanye no-Dean Guitars.
Ulayini wama-Blackouts wama-pickup asebenzayo wadalwa nge-Dino Cazares of Divine Heresy futhi phambilini eyayiyi-Fear Factory.
Ukuthathwa kwesiginesha yokuqala
Ukuthatha isiginesha yeciko lokuqala lika-Seymour Duncan kwakuyimodeli ye-SH-12 Screamin' Demon, edalelwe u-George Lynch.
Imodeli ye-SH-12 Screamin' Demon kwaba ukuthwebula kwesiginesha yeciko yokuqala eyake yadalwa, futhi yenzelwe ikakhulukazi u-George Lynch wodumo lwe-Dokken no-Lynch Mob.
Uyi-OG yezithombe zika-Seymour Duncan!
Ngabe uSeymour Duncan waba namuphi umthelela emculweni?
U-Seymour W. Duncan ube nomthelela omkhulu embonini yomculo. Wayengeyena nje umqambi nomculi kuphela, kodwa futhi wayenguthisha.
Wabelana ngolwazi lwakhe lokuthwebula nabanye abashaya isiginci nochwepheshe, esiza ukwenza umculo wesiginci sikagesi uzwakale kangcono futhi ube namandla.
Ama-pickup akhe omlando asasetshenziswa nanamuhla, okuwenza adume kakhulu embonini.
U-Seymour W. Duncan uyishintshe ngempela indlela esizwa ngayo nesizwa ngayo umculo, esiza ekulolongeni umsindo we-rock and roll yesimanje.
Ifa lakhe lizoqhubeka emculweni asize ukuwenza. Uyinganekwane ephilayo futhi ukhuthaza abadlali besiginci emhlabeni wonke.
Izimpumelelo zomsebenzi
USeymour Duncan waziwa kakhulu ngokwakha izinhlobo eziningi zokuthwebula.
Ube ngowokuqala ukwethula i-pickup yesiginesha, waphinde wasebenza ekudaleni ama-pickup kubashayi besiginci abaningi abaziwayo.
Ukwengeza, ngemizamo yakhe ebambisene nayo Fender®, u-Seymour Duncan uthuthukise amasethi ambalwa wokuthwebula amasignesha asukela kumamodeli ahlanzekile kuye kwanenzuzo aklanywe ngokuya ngezicelo zabadlali abadumile (isb. UJoe Bonamassa®, UJeff Beck®, UBilly Gibbons®).
Ubufakazi bethonya lakhe ne-Fender bungabonakala esivumelwaneni sabo lapho bamgunyaza khona ukuthi enze isiginesha yomumo we-Stratocaster® wamamodeli ochungechunge lwabaculi.
Inikeze izinketho ezithuthukisiwe zokudlala kanye nezici zobuhle eziyingqayizivele ezinegama lakhe kuze kube yileso sikhathi esitholakala kwabanye abenzi bokuthuthukiswa kwemakethe yangemuva.
Ekugcineni, u-Seymour Duncan wasungula inkundla yezemfundo ezinikele ekufundiseni izinhlelo zokusebenza ze-elekthronikhi ezikhathini eziningi ezibandakanyekayo lapho kususwa noma kulungiswa kokubili izingxenye ze-elekthronikhi ezingenzi lutho nezisebenzayo kumathuluzi kagesi.
Lokhu kunikeze ukufinyelela okwengeziwe ngaphakathi kwalesi sizinda ngokunganaki imikhawulo yendawo noma imikhawulo yobuchwepheshe obese kukhulisa ukusetshenziswa kwayo phakathi kwabadlali abashisekayo be-wannabe 'do-it-yourselfers' emhlabeni jikelele!
Umsebenzi kaSeymour waba nomthelela kanjani emhlabeni wesiginci?
USeymour Duncan ungumsunguli odumile embonini yemishini yomculo futhi unamandla okushayela emhlabeni wesiginci.
Uguqule ama-pickup ngokwethula ezinye zezinguquko ezithandwa kakhulu nezici zedizayini.
Ithonya lakhe emhlabeni wesiginci phakathi namashumi eminyaka liyamangalisa, njengoba umsindo wakhe wesiginesha usetshenziswe ngabashayi besiginci abaningi abayizithonjana.
Ngomlando wakhe omude ebhizinisini lomculo, u-Seymour usungule inqwaba yama-pickup amahle kakhulu asize ukuchaza kabusha lokho iziginci ezingakwenza ngokuzwakalayo.
Uguqule imiklamo yakudala ukuze ivumelane nezidingo zabadlali besimanje, futhi wangenisa inkathi yokuzinza nokuthembeka kwezingxenye zesiginci sikagesi ezisezingeni eliphezulu.
Ubunjiniyela bakhe babambe iqhaza elikhulu ekudaleni iziginci zikagesi ezishintshashintshashintshayo ezingasuka ezihlanzekile ziye eziphundu ziye kumathoni ahlanekezelwe kalula.
Ukwengeza, u-Seymour wayengaphambi kwesikhathi sakhe uma kufikwa ekutholeni amageji ezintambo eziningi ngemiklamo yangokwezifiso efana ne-Multi-tap humbuckers kanye ne-Vintage Stack pickups.
Lokhu kuvumele kokubili ikhoyili eyodwa kanye namathoni e-humbucking ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa ukwethembeka noma amandla kububanzi beyunithi yezinhlamvu.
Indalo yakhe inikeze abaculi abaningi imisindo ehlukene ebingeke ifinyeleleke.
Ngokungeziwe ekusunguleni izindlela ezintsha zokwenza izinsimbi zomculo, ulwazi lukaSeymour lwanda lwaba yizici ezibalulekile zezingxenye zikagesi ezisongayo njenge ama-capacitors, ama-resistors, namakhoyili e-solenoid ukuthi amandla amaphedali amaphedali nawo - ekugcineni okuholela ekwenyukeni okukhulu kwekhwalithi yomsindo kulawa madivayisi nawo.
USeymour ube nomthelela esizukulwaneni sonke sabaculi ngomsebenzi wakhe womsindo wesiginci sikagesi wesimanje.
Uzokhunjulwa iminyaka eminingi ngokushintsha indlela yethu yokudlala umculo unomphela!
Imiklomelo Yomculo Nomsindo
Ngo-2012, uSeymour wahlonishwa ngezindondo ezintathu ezihlonishwayo:
- I-Guitar Player Magazine ingenise u-Seymour ku-Hall of Fame yabo, imbona njengomklami wezithombe onolwazi kakhulu emlandweni.
- Umagazini we-Vintage Guitar ungenise i-Seymour ehholo layo elikhethekile le-Vintage Guitar of Fame, liqaphela amagalelo akhe njengoMsunguli.
- Umagazini we-Music & Sound Retailer uhloniphe i-Seymour nge-Music & Sound Hall of Fame/Lifetime Achievement Award.
Ukungeniswa eHholo Lodumo
Ngo-2012, uSeymour Duncan wangeniswa eVintage Guitar Hall of Fame ngamagalelo akhe embonini yomculo.
Iveni elithengiswa kakhulu
Ihumbucker ye-SH-4 “JB Model” iyimodeli yeveni ethengiswa kakhulu kaSeymour Duncan.
Yadalwa ngasekuqaleni kwawo-'70s ku-Jeff Beck, owashintsha izithombe zakhe ze-PAF ngobuchwepheshe besigingci obunomthunzi.
UJeff wasebenzisa ama-pickup ekukhululweni kwakhe kwe-seminal "Blow By Blow" kusiginci sakhelwe nguSeymour, esibizwa ngeTele-Gib.
Ifaka ukuthwebula kwe-JB endaweni yebhuloho kanye nesithombe se-“JM” noma i-Jazz Model entanyeni.
Le nhlanganisela yama-pickup isetshenziswe ngabashayi besiginci abaningi eminyakeni edlule futhi yaziwa ngele-“JB Model” yokuthwebula.
Isiphetho
I-Seymour Duncan yigama elidumile emhlabeni wesigingci, futhi ngesizathu esihle.
Waqala umsebenzi wakhe kusenesikhathi futhi wenza ama-pickup amasha ashintsha ngokuphelele imboni.
Amaphedali akhe wokuthwebula nemiphumela adume ngekhwalithi yawo nobuciko, futhi asetshenziswe amagama amakhulu emculweni.
Ngakho-ke uma ufuna ukuthuthukisa umsindo wesiginci sakho, uSeymour Duncan uyindlela okufanele uhambe ngayo!
Khumbula nje, uma usebenzisa ama-pickup akhe, uzodinga ukuthuthukisa amakhono akho okudlala isiginci - futhi ungakhohlwa ukuzijwayeza namakhono akho ezinti!
Ngakho-ke ungesabi UKUQHUBEKA noSeymour Duncan!
Nali elinye igama lemboni enkulu: U-Leo Fender (funda ngendoda ngemuva kwenganekwane)
NginguJoost Nusselder, umsunguli we-Neaera kanye nomkhangisi wokuqukethwe, ubaba, futhi ngiyathanda ukuzama izinto ezintsha ngesiginci enhliziyweni yesifiso sami, futhi kanye nethimba lami, bengilokhu ngidala izindatshana zebhulogi ezijulile kusukela ngo-2020. ukusiza abafundi abathembekile ngokurekhoda namathiphu esiginci.
