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11/19/1999 5:51 PM
Ed Rembold	wait a sec- I need to correct some mis-information, I love the Bill Lawrence pickups, Single coils and Gibson style humbuckers. I recommend them so much ,I think I sound like a salesman. So ,I wasn't going to say anything- BUT, a few years back Bill was going to "go big" in order to do this, he would have to set up manufacturing companies to have big volume, As many discover- Big sales does not always mean big profit, You just "handle" more money. Bill did what many do now- He went small, The pickups you see sold in -Stewart Mcdonald for example, are cheap copies of the original designs. I said all that to say this- the Real Bill Lawrence 280 series pu's are stacked humbuckers (with space between the coils) and alnico 5 rod magnets (No ceramic magnets on each side or anywhere else for that matter) They are very quiet, and to me almost too sparkly w/500k pots. and they sound great with each other- parallel or series, matter of fact, neck and bridge -series/parallel switch, and phase switch is so versatile . No one will believe it. Do yourself a favor -check out- http://www.billlawrence.com Ed R.

11/19/1999 5:51 PM

Ed Rembold

wait a sec-

I need to correct some mis-information, I love the Bill Lawrence pickups, Single coils and Gibson style humbuckers.
I recommend them so much ,I think I sound like a salesman.
So ,I wasn't going to say anything- BUT, a few years back Bill was going to "go big" in order to do this, he would have to set up manufacturing companies to have big volume, As many discover- Big sales does not always mean big profit, You just "handle" more money. Bill did what many do now- He went small, The pickups you see sold in -Stewart Mcdonald for example, are cheap copies of the original designs.
I said all that to say this- the Real Bill Lawrence 280
series pu's are stacked humbuckers (with space between the coils) and alnico 5 rod magnets (No ceramic magnets on each
side or anywhere else for that matter) They are very quiet,
and to me almost too sparkly w/500k pots. and they sound
great with each other- parallel or series, matter of fact,
neck and bridge -series/parallel switch, and phase switch is so versatile . No one will believe it.
Do yourself a favor -check out- http://www.billlawrence.com
Ed R.

Replies:

Mark Abbott Direct retro fit. -- 11/20/1999 4:31 AM
anonymous Re: wait a sec- -- 11/22/1999 12:04 PM