Pickup question: How similar are the Dimebucker and the Bill Lawrence l500xl?

[therevivalsband]

I'm trying to nail the Dookie tone, but Bill Lawrences are hard to come by, and I was wondering if the Dimebucker would work just as well

 

[TalismanRich]

While Bill Lawrence has passed on, his wife and daughter are still running the business winding his pickups.

Bill Lawrence Pickups

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[Papanate]

I have never used a DimeBucker - but have used the Lawrence L500XL pickup that Dookie was recorded with - you can easy procure one - and the Fernadez Stratocaster that he used - but without the 100-watt Marshall Plexi 1959SLP you won’t get the sound. BA had a modification that is now referred to as ‘The Dookie Mod’ or Cascading Gain Mod that takes the two channels and cascades the gain stages along with adding a master volume - that is the sound - Cascading two channels involves the changing of cathodes, resistor plates and plate output capacitors BTW - it isn’t easy to procure an un-mollested amp - but if you do the Mod will cost your around $600 or so.

 

[therevivalsband]

I have never used a DimeBucker - but have used the Lawrence L500XL pickup that Dookie was recorded with - you can easy procure one - and the Fernadez Stratocaster that he used - but without the 100-watt Marshall Plexi 1959SLP you won’t get the sound. BA had a modification that is now referred to as ‘The Dookie Mod’ or Cascading Gain Mod that takes the two channels and cascades the gain stages along with adding a master volume - that is the sound - Cascading two channels involves the changing of cathodes, resistor plates and plate output capacitors BTW - it isn’t easy to procure an un-mollested amp - but if you do the Mod will cost your around $600 or so.

I have the boss tone studio to help me with that, but I feel that my current pickup lacks brightness

 

[therevivalsband]

While Bill Lawrence has passed on, his wife and daughter are still running the business winding his pickups.

Bill Lawrence Pickups

wilde, guitar pickups, steel guitar pickups, tele pickups, strat pickups, L500XL pickups

www.wildepickups.com

oh thanks!!!