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BillLawrenceReview.com was built for those who want more information on "Bill Lawrence" L-500 pickups, specifically, to help identify and differentiate between pickups built by the company and/or those designed by the man. I'll will also be looking at pickups made between 1975 and 1984 at/by Lawrence Sound Research, which may still be made by either Bill Lawrence Products/Bill Lawrence USA or by designer Bill Lawrence.
Currently, both entities have strong disclaimers to let their customers know who is who, but this has not always been the case. You may want to educate yourself before making a purchase, or you may want to identify pickups you already own. Hopefully, the information on this site will help you identify the manufacturer(did you know there was more than one?) and age of any L-500 electric guitar pickup in question. I recommend heading over to the Glossary page to familiarize yourself with all characteristics of, and people behind, the L-500 that will be used throughout this site. Please feel free to contact me with information or feedback regarding this site. Enjoy!! Scott
Looking for vintage pickups
UPDATE: now looking for an old L-350 (looks like an L-500 but has 'philips head' pole pieces) and an OBL 900
Will always consider others ;)
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wiring an vintage L-90 pickup ?
Hey folks ...
I found an old L-90 pickup (black, curved blades, square housing, just saying lawrence on top)
in an old German Framus SG from the 70ties.
Now my question is how to wire this pickup?
It only has 3 conductors ... red, black and blank ...
Is this pickup splittable?
I want to wire it into a Telecaster in the neck position ... using 3 way switch and may be one or two
on/on switches für splitting and/or outphasing if the L-90 could do so ...
Please help me ... how this pickup is wired and how it should be wired in ..
Greats from Germany ... Andy
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It's a work in progress, but you should be able to click on the "facebook" button under the login area and login with our facebook credentials (the only info passed to this site is your facebook user name and email).
Once you're in, feel free to post comments on the articles, and post your own forum topics as well! There is a lot of information out there, please share!
Cheers,
L-550, L-560 mini humbucker
I am trying to find out the origin of the Bill Lawrence L-550, L560 pickups being sold on Ebay. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Movements... Mark dispute, update #4
To this casual observer, it would seem the "Bill Lawrence" name dispute is starting to settle.
A quick look at billlawrence.com (the site about the man, Willi Stich aka Bill Lawrence) would indicate that Bill is no longer selling pickups as "Bill Lawrence" pickups but as being "designs by Bill Lawrence" under the brand-names Wilde® and Keystone™ respectfully.
Also, a quick peek at billlawrenceusa.com (the site owned and operated by Jzchak "EZ" Wajcman dba, but not limited to, "Bill Lawrence Products") you'll notice a new "TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER" stating...
More helpful links
http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/topic/3027/t/L-500s-options-and-characte...
for technical details regarding the L-500 as made by Bill and Becky
Happy B-day Bill Lawrence Review!!
Bill Lawrence Review (or at least the fancy web site you're looking at in it's latest version) is now 1 year old!
There have been a lot of improvements over that year, and I'm looking forward to many more!
Cheers,
