htwheelz67
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I have this modern player tele thinline, sounded kinda crappy stock, mahogany body maple neck, tried a used Duncan vintage p90 in the bridge better but still MEH.....dull sounding so then I installed a dimarzio tone zone p90 and new 500k pots and tbx tone controls, series/split/parallel switch ballsy but now dark sounding but still kinda BLAH, So I had these late 70's Bill Lawrence L550 lead and L560 rythym pickups sitting around for years, one last chance before I dump this crappy sounding guitar only changed the mini switches to series/parallel, kept 500k volume and TBX tone controls. BINGO! WOW! OMG! super clarity, balls,, thick and sweet even my friends think its one of the best sounding guitars they have ever played as I do. the neck in parallel reminds me of old wide range humbuckers with a hint of strat quack, turn it down and its almost acoustic, the bridge pickup is fatter than my 76 les paul custom with WLH pups, I played them back to back and the clarity is incredible the bridge measures 13.8k and neck 11.3k, NO mud whatsoever and so touch sensitive, turn the volume down and crystal clear. I have 42 guitars with many different pickups but these blow me away. I have an 8H ^6H L90 set and a l500xl in my pickup drawer, I WILL be installing them even as ugly as they are (especially the L90) why I havent used them. If they sound anything like these pickups I'm sold. Is it just me or are Bill Lawrence pickups something special, Ive been very impressed with other pickups but these just blow me away. I've always associated Bill Lawrence pickups with the Dimebag or even de tuned metal sound but these are nothing short of incredable. Its almost like what I feel resonating in the guitar I hear in the tone, like hearing the wood vs the pickups.
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