What is you opinion of Bill Lawrence pickups?
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SAVAGE DISTORTION
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Re: What is you opinion of Bill Lawrence pickups?
which lawrences? :laugh2:
seriously there are two companies making them and the two companies sound very different from one another :smack:
which lawrences? :laugh2:
seriously there are two companies making them and the two companies sound very different from one another :smack:
Re: What is you opinion of Bill Lawrence pickups?
back then there was only one company. now there are two, bill and his wife and some other guys. im guessing that those old 70's lawrence pups sound pretty good but i dont have any experience with those models
back then there was only one company. now there are two, bill and his wife and some other guys. im guessing that those old 70's lawrence pups sound pretty good but i dont have any experience with those models
Re: What is you opinion of Bill Lawrence pickups?
lets see
bill lawrence
old bill lawrence (obc)
keystone
wilde
ez, the guy in san diego
stew-mac
gibson bill lawrence
fender bill lawrence
there mabye a few others
and has anyone ever seen bill lawrence and willie stitch together in the same room at the same time?
some of the pickups are good but theres a bad vibe about that company
2?SAVAGE DISTORTION said:
lets see
bill lawrence
old bill lawrence (obc)
keystone
wilde
ez, the guy in san diego
stew-mac
gibson bill lawrence
fender bill lawrence
there mabye a few others
and has anyone ever seen bill lawrence and willie stitch together in the same room at the same time?
some of the pickups are good but theres a bad vibe about that company
Neeradj
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Re: What is you opinion of Bill Lawrence pickups?
They do? Remind me never to buy a Bill Lawrence pick up again, I just can't stand it when people do such things, especially being a company you should be able to stand above such things and focus on your own work. They've got an extremely long waiting time as well.
I think my L500XL sounds great, and traded it with a friend of mine, it was in complete mint condition when I got it. I wouldn't order it myself though, they make great pick ups true, but I like Duncans and some DiMarzios better for some reason :smack:
jeremy said:
They do? Remind me never to buy a Bill Lawrence pick up again, I just can't stand it when people do such things, especially being a company you should be able to stand above such things and focus on your own work. They've got an extremely long waiting time as well.
I think my L500XL sounds great, and traded it with a friend of mine, it was in complete mint condition when I got it. I wouldn't order it myself though, they make great pick ups true, but I like Duncans and some DiMarzios better for some reason :smack:
big_black
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Re: What is you opinion of Bill Lawrence pickups?
These are supposedly NOS unopened from the 1970s. The package says "Bill Larencw products, Made In The USA". That's about it. It's a two coil sized humbucker shaped to fit in a P-90 slot. I can't find ay listings, one review on HC, so it seems legit. When did he start farming out his pickups?
These are supposedly NOS unopened from the 1970s. The package says "Bill Larencw products, Made In The USA". That's about it. It's a two coil sized humbucker shaped to fit in a P-90 slot. I can't find ay listings, one review on HC, so it seems legit. When did he start farming out his pickups?
Bluesman75
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Re: What is you opinion of Bill Lawrence pickups?
I don't have any experience with this model, but I'd read somewhere that Bill Lawrence pickups from the 70's were not wax potted, so they may be prone to microphonics.
And Bill has never farmed out his pickups - he left the company that made the pickups you're considering (www.billlawrenceusa.com), back in '84 and then started a number of new companies (OBL, Keystone, Wilde USA).
big_black said:
I don't have any experience with this model, but I'd read somewhere that Bill Lawrence pickups from the 70's were not wax potted, so they may be prone to microphonics.
And Bill has never farmed out his pickups - he left the company that made the pickups you're considering (www.billlawrenceusa.com), back in '84 and then started a number of new companies (OBL, Keystone, Wilde USA).
Bluesman75
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Re: What is you opinion of Bill Lawrence pickups?
I know you're partly being funny, but I thought I'd help sort out the multiple Bill Lawrence businesses:
There used to be only one, since '84 there've been two (but one keeps changing names)
Up to 1984 - Bill Lawrence Products only (www.billlawrenceusa.com)
After 1984 - Bill Lawrence Products AND:
OBL ('85 - '87)
Keystone ('90? - '96?)
Wilde USA ('96? - now) (www.billlawrence.com)
Bill Lawrence Products is still owned by EZ Wajcman, Bill's original partner. In '84 Bill left to start OBL. Then he sold the OBL trademark to Gibson. Then he started the other companies.
The Stew-Macs were made by Bill Lawrence Products - they still sell through a lot of retail and mail order places.
Fender does not make "Bill Lawrence" pickups - Bill just helped design their new SCN pickups.
Jack Z said:
I know you're partly being funny, but I thought I'd help sort out the multiple Bill Lawrence businesses:
There used to be only one, since '84 there've been two (but one keeps changing names)
Up to 1984 - Bill Lawrence Products only (www.billlawrenceusa.com)
After 1984 - Bill Lawrence Products AND:
OBL ('85 - '87)
Keystone ('90? - '96?)
Wilde USA ('96? - now) (www.billlawrence.com)
Bill Lawrence Products is still owned by EZ Wajcman, Bill's original partner. In '84 Bill left to start OBL. Then he sold the OBL trademark to Gibson. Then he started the other companies.
The Stew-Macs were made by Bill Lawrence Products - they still sell through a lot of retail and mail order places.
Fender does not make "Bill Lawrence" pickups - Bill just helped design their new SCN pickups.
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theodie
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Re: What is you opinion of Bill Lawrence pickups?
Actually, Rumor has it that his name is Willie Stich not Bill Lawrence.
Actually, Rumor has it that his name is Willie Stich not Bill Lawrence.
HarrisonDavid
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Re: What is you opinion of Bill Lawrence pickups?
Oh man this is too funny....I had to ressurect this. Now Who is the real deal....once and for all? Anybody? How would you compare these to The dimebucker the revised model.
Oh man this is too funny....I had to ressurect this. Now Who is the real deal....once and for all? Anybody? How would you compare these to The dimebucker the revised model.
Bluesman75
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Re: What is you opinion of Bill Lawrence pickups?
I don't know what's so confusing about this - it's similar to the Fender situation: There's the Fender company and then there's the companies that Leo owned after leaving Fender (Musicman, G&L).
In this case, there's Bill Lawrence Products and then there's the companies that Bill (Mr. Stich) owned after leaving BL Products (OBL, Keystone, WildeUSA). One big difference is that, unlike Fender, BL Products is still owned by one of the original founders.
Get it?
HarrisonDavid said:
I don't know what's so confusing about this - it's similar to the Fender situation: There's the Fender company and then there's the companies that Leo owned after leaving Fender (Musicman, G&L).
In this case, there's Bill Lawrence Products and then there's the companies that Bill (Mr. Stich) owned after leaving BL Products (OBL, Keystone, WildeUSA). One big difference is that, unlike Fender, BL Products is still owned by one of the original founders.
Get it?
HarrisonDavid
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Re: What is you opinion of Bill Lawrence pickups?
Yeah I get it.......I'll go to Billlawrence.com The AUTHENTIC Pups. LOL
Yeah I get it.......I'll go to Billlawrence.com The AUTHENTIC Pups. LOL
Bluesman75
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Re: What is you opinion of Bill Lawrence pickups?
In that case, be sure to go to G&L for "authentic" Fender products! LOL
HarrisonDavid said:
In that case, be sure to go to G&L for "authentic" Fender products! LOL
I ordered two noiseless Bill Lawrence (Wilde), single-coils and received them within two weeks. BTW-They're awesome.
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You google search or search here for something specific.
You find plenty of links and read a ton of posts.
You are reading in the here and now, with fresh thoughts and responses to some of the stuff you are reading.
Then you hit the "post reply" button, and feel you added to the conversation..............
............only to realize the thread is a decade or more old.
It happens.
Ive had my share.
In fact, I was going to reply when I saw @Mincer 's reply.
Thanks @Mincer !
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