MadCat guitars/Bill Lawrence pickups

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Whoops! Sounds like I stand corrected on being hand wound. lol

Still, I would say the Wilde Bills feel better made than the BL USA.
 
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I scored an S1 and an S3 on eBay for $90. I believe I am buying from the fake, inferior, Bill Lawrence, but I wanted the same stuff that's in the MadCat to compare. Also, I couldnt find any Wilde pickups on eBay and Amazon, and I am not in a position to wait months. Figures crossed.
 
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Both BL companies use machine winders, designed by the same Bill. I totally agree with you though, the Wildes look and feel better while the BLUSAs have something about them that feels cheap. I'm thinking it's because Bill was involved with making and improving the Wildes while the USA ones were just cranked out to cash in on his name.
 
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dspiffy said:
I scored an S1 and an S3 on eBay for $90. I believe I am buying from the fake, inferior, Bill Lawrence, but I wanted the same stuff that's in the MadCat to compare. Also, I couldnt find any Wilde pickups on eBay and Amazon, and I am not in a position to wait months. Figures crossed.
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I wouldn't necessarily say they are fake...they are essentially the same design just made by different people (maybe a bad example but think of Fender licensed stuff like Warmoth vs Allparts.)

Honestly, the Bill Lawrence stuff is rare to begin with as it has a very low market share. Everyonce in a while a Wilde will come up on eBay or Craigslist but usually its the BLUSA stuff.

devastone said:
Both BL companies use machine winders, designed by the same Bill. I totally agree with you though, the Wildes look and feel better while the BLUSAs have something about them that feels cheap. I'm thinking it's because Bill was involved with making and improving the Wildes while the USA ones were just cranked out to cash in on his name.
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Yeah, the BLUSA stuff doesn't appear to have really changed anything whereas Wilde Bill appears to have updated some of the old designs and come up with some newer offerings than what the BLUSA has out there........except for acoustic pickups, I really love my BLUSA A300 lol
 
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Mad Cat now has custom DylanPickups, I also tried Bill Lawrence Keystones!. More info and videos in thosespecific threads!

 
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