Identify your L-500 with this simple form!!!

Fill out this simple form for a fast "ball-park" identification of your Bill Lawrence L-500 pickups approximate date and manufacturer.  

 

1) Is your pickup chrome covered: (choosing yes or no will effect the options below)

Chrome Housing Picture A Lawrence Sound Research L-500L, circa 1983?  Yes   No

2) Check all that apply: (Do not move on until all applicable options available are checked)

"BILL LAWRENCE USA" Imprint Picture This feature appeared in 1983 or possibly the last month of 1982.:   Curved Blades (not flush)Picture:   Flat Thin Blades (flush)Picture Thin blades pictured on left , on a 2003+ Bill Lawrence Pickups (EZ) L-500XL, this feature was introduced by Bill Lawrence at Lawrence Sound Research in 1983.:   Flat Thick Blades (flush)Picture Thick blades pictured on right, on an OBL by Bill Lawrence (WS) L-500R, this feature was introduced by Bill Lawrence at OBL in 1986.:    Epoxy Filled (filled to the top):    stamp/print:    screws:

3) The most likely Manufacturer is :

Bill Lawrence (born Willi Lorenz Stich)  OR Jzchak 'EZ' Wajcman (dba "Bill Lawrence Products" and "Bill Lawrence Guitar Pickups") at billlawrenceusa.com

4) Likely approximate date period :

between 1979 and 1983 at Lawrence Sound Research. Without a label or further investigation, this pickup could be a pre-1981 L-500L or L-500R or 1981 L-500L, L-500XL, L-500R, L-510L or L-510R, or post-1981 pre-1983 L-500L, L-500XL, or L-500R. ~1983 at Lawrence Sound Research (possibly last month of 1982) between 1983 and 1984 at Lawrence Sound Research OR between 1984 and ~1990 by Jzchak 'EZ' Wajcman. At this time, these pickups are the most difficult to identify. between 1986 and 1989 at OBL or 1989 and 2006 (billlawrence.com) between ~1990 and ~2002 after ~2002 after ~2006 at billlawrence.com See the Compare page for more details.

DO NOT USE THIS FOR FACT OR PROFIT, I provide no guarantees, this is a work in progress, don't blame me if it's wrong :)