Bill Lawrence pickups

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timthetortoise said:
Well, that really sucks ass. But it seems like they may just be severely misinformed about what it takes to get a business going correctly. Or, maybe they're just extremely shitty people. Anyhow, I couldn't be more excited to get these pickups.
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I think you'll have some great pickups :) just make sure you nail a 2x4 to your ass to block any stray bullets...
 
I've never liked them much. Not that they are bad, as such, they just don't sound as good to me as other pickups.


Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
 
timthetortoise said:
What pickups would you recommend, Light?
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Depends entirely on what kind of music you are making, and what kind of sound you are after. I have just never heard a Bill Lawrence pickup which I thought was as good as something else for the sound it got.

I tend to go with Seymour Duncans for a big manufacturer of guitar pickups (though I've been mightily impressed with Dimarzio's Tele pickups recently), and for guys with a bigger budget I'll recommend either Lindy Fralin's, Joe Barden, Loyd Lolar's, or Kinman's pickups. Some guys, though, I'll point to the new Bartolini humbuckers, and a lot of Nu-Metal guys just can't do their thing without EMGs.

For bass, my personal favorites are Bartolini's, but for that modern sound EMGs work well too (and if you can get them, Alembic makes amazing bass pickups). For a more traditional bass sound, most guys tend to be happiest with Dimarzio's bass pickups.

{edit}O.K., I listened to your stuff on your band's Myspace, and I'd either recomend EMG's, or if you stick with passives either get yourself a buffer amp put into your guitar, or get one at the front end of your rig, cause with all the effects you seem to be using you are going to load down your pickups something fierce without one, which is more than likely the root cause of your dissatisfaction with what you have right now.


Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
 
...Who said I'm dissatisfied? Those are horrible recordings that we basically did live. I really like how my tone is set up right now but I wanted to try these pickups because I've heard great things about them. Currently I'm playing on one guitar with a Dimarzio PAF in the bridge and an SH-1 in the neck (might be the other way around, can't remember how I set it up), and on the other I'm using a pair of Fat PAF Alnicos from GFS. The effects really don't adversely affect my tone, the Musicman and Windsor are sounding really great with this setup at this point (which will be reflected in recordings that will be up in the next week or so). I can't express enough my hatred for EMGs. Talk about sucking the dynamic qualities out of a guitar, goddamn. We don't really play with much gain anyway, just run our amps hot and really loud. Anyway, I'm probably going to order the L-500s. For $50 each, there's really no reason not to.
 
I just picked up a Dean Baby Dime From Hell to add to my collection...mainly because it looks cool and it was cheap. Surprisingly it doesn't sound bad. However, I still want to replace the bridge pickup.

I'm looking at either the Bill Lawrence L-500XL or the Duncan Dimebucker. Can anyone recommend one over the other?
 
timthetortoise said:
...Who said I'm dissatisfied?
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That is the normal reason for getting new pickups. If your not, then my advice would be not to change a thing.


But I'd still try a buffer.


Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
 
That'd be a good idea except that I'm using a GT-8, which handles all the buffer stuff (and even if I weren't, 99% of my setup would be Boss stuff anyway and all of their stompboxes have the high impedance buffer in them). I don't see why someone would only want to try new pickups because they're dissatisfied with their sound. Is the only reason to try new tubes because you're dissatisfied?
 
timthetortoise said:
That'd be a good idea except that I'm using a GT-8, which handles all the buffer stuff (and even if I weren't, 99% of my setup would be Boss stuff anyway and all of their stompboxes have the high impedance buffer in them). I don't see why someone would only want to try new pickups because they're dissatisfied with their sound. Is the only reason to try new tubes because you're dissatisfied?
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if you're completely happy with your sound then why fuck with it? it's hard enough to find as is.
 
Because maybe it can get even better? I mean, a pickup change isn't something where if I don't like it, it'll be a pain in the ass to get back to what it was.
 
dragonworks said:
I have been playing guitar for over forty years and have never had any pick up give me any trouble except real cheap ones that feedback when turned up to loud. I have never had one fail.
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Same here.

Also,
I firmly believe that great tone can be attributed more to great technique than great pickups.
95% of your guitar sound comes from 2 things:
Your left hand and your right hand.
 
If that were true, guitar sounds would be mostly comprised of clapping :p
 
Webb said:
I just picked up a Dean Baby Dime From Hell to add to my collection...mainly because it looks cool and it was cheap. Surprisingly it doesn't sound bad. However, I still want to replace the bridge pickup.

I'm looking at either the Bill Lawrence L-500XL or the Duncan Dimebucker. Can anyone recommend one over the other?
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So who can give me a quick comparison between these 2 pickups? Thanks!
 
jimistone said:
95% of your guitar sound comes from 2 things:
Your left hand and your right hand.
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I'm pretty sure the guitar is an important piece of the picture here too.

Without strings, pickups, and the whole shooting match you may have a lot of tone going on but not much in the way of sound.

YMMV :)
 
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