Re: Question for Duncan the company
Wow...you guys are amazing.
First, maybe I used the wrong word when I called it a "shootout"...it's more like a review, done in a controlled test set up of 9 sets of PAF style pickups...let's call it a round up.
No winners, no loosers.
As for the fact that it's in a printed, paper magazine if I said I read an article on my iPhone, iPad, laptop, desk top, Android, Google phone, etc would it be more or less of an article?! I get it, it's 2014 and print media is dead but does that mean that if it's in print it no longer counts?! If you believer that then read the article on GP's website on using the GP app...same article.
On the subject of money changing hands for positive reviews, I am no dummy, I know things like that happen but I find it offensive that any of you guys, without any proof at all would simply jump on that wagon and claim that SD declined to send in pickups for review simply because the roundup might be bought and paid for.
The stance I see here about "no need for the leader of the pack to participate" or whatever stop being fan boys and look around.
Seymour Duncan was the leader of the pack in the 70's and 80's but now it's a much bigger pack and there are lots and lots...and lots of PAF clones out there and many of them are more accurate in more ways then one than anything Duncan sells so I'd think they want to jump in to the mix and show folks why they are still a force in the pickup world and with PAF's in particular.
As for if the companies gave or sold or loaned their pickups to the magazine I don't have that answer and I'm betting that none of you guys do either so I see that as a non issue and at the end of the day what's it going to cost SD?? one set of pickups...drop in the bucket to show a bunch of readers their pickups.
I just feel like Duncan offers several flavors of killer PAF style pickups and was just sort of surprised when I didn't see a Duncan pickups in the roundup...I was shocked when they mentioned in the roundup that they wanted to include a Duncan pickup set but Duncan didn't want to be involved.
No need for anybody to flip out, wonder why I read paper magazines, question GP's integrity or any of the other nonsense in this thread to be honest...it's a good issue overall that really focuses on pickups in general and the strange thing is that Seymour Duncan is just a small blip in the entire magazine only being mentioned in one article and only they to say that they declined to send a set of pickups for the PAF roundup...
Just a strange thing to me and I was curious as to why and while I am doubtful Duncan can or will say why, I was sort of hoping that they might.
