Bill Lawrence pickups

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Thought I'd start a thread after being reminded of these. Are they worth it? I'm looking at the L-500 and really thinking about picking one up. I was expecting $180 for each pickup like some people would charge but $50 is pretty damn good. What kind of stuff would these work for? Check the band link below, think it would be alright for that type of stuff? *Bes curious*
 
I like mine. Covers the spectrum, clean, dirty, smegma.

I bypassed the tone control and installed a 1000K vol pot. Rolling off the volume a bit takes the treble out.

Eric
 
I don't get it, winding machines wind the coils, how much more can it cost to wind these pickups then others?
 
i have had a cpl of different guitars with these in them, love em.
 
dragonworks said:
I don't get it, winding machines wind the coils, how much more can it cost to wind these pickups then others?
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supply and demand. some fathead shells out a hundred bucks for a pickup and boasts about how it's better than anything on the planet. another guy follows suit and a boutique pickup is born. i wouldn't doubt any guy here could wind a decent pickup and get 90% there. those bill lawrence pickups are cheap in comparison to most everything else on the market that gets any hype. i owned one and i liked it.
 
I've had a Bill Lawrence pickup in the bridge position of my Strat since 1977 and its never given a bit of trouble--go for it! :)
 
I ahve a 500XL in my Jackson and I really dig it....
 
Then it's settled! Next week I'm ordering an L-500. I'm looking for one to go in the neck position of my Epi LP and basically want warm (but clear) cleans and crunchy distortion, any kind of the 500s that will work best for this or should I just go with an L-500R?

Edit: I know the tones will depend 99% on how I set my amp/effects up but someone wrote in a review that the L-500C was a bit too clean to get decent distorted tones out of it, so I'm just wondering if that statement has any validity to it.
 
If you want to hear what kinda crunch you get from a Bill Lawrence pickup, specifically the L500XL pickup, listen to any damageplan or pantera track.. Youll hear a bonafide Bill Lawrence. The lead tones, are contributed to by a Duncan 59..

Just a thought.
 
I have a set of BL's in my tele pure tonal heaven.

You have to make double sure you get the real deals though. The guy you want to by from go's by the name Willy. He is the guy that designed SCN noiseless pickkups for Fender and also worked for Gibson for a while.

BTW, he is a very talented guitarist as well.

http://www.billlawrence.com/

If you purchase elsewhere you will be buying pickups made by his ex business partner or someone else.

He makes his own pickups and you can only buy them directly from him.
I think I only paid $90 bucks for the single coils on my tele. They are the quietess single coils I've evern played except for the SCN on my strat.
 
Yep, that's the site I've been going by. I plan to order a L-500R for the neck and an L-500L for the bridge. Should be pretty shweet.
 
Having worked directly with him (Bill) for a very very very brief period of time, I can tell you that the pickups he makes are excellent.

As a person and/or his business ethics, I have nothing good to say about him.
 
Anfontan said:
I've had a Bill Lawrence pickup in the bridge position of my Strat since 1977 and its never given a bit of trouble--go for it! :)
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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.
 
TheRockDoc said:
As a person and/or his business ethics, I have nothing good to say about him.
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What's bad about his business ethics?
 
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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Its probably a rare thing but I got a great deal on my Les Paul because it had a dead coil in the bridge pickup. A few days later I visited a friend and he sold me the bridge pickup from his Les Paul Custom that he had just replaced-good luck sure came my way that week!
 
BL's sound the best in a warm-wooded guitar....mohagany/rosewood/other warm woods...they can get a little thin in maple depending on the guitar.
 
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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