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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: maliciousteve on February 23, 2006, 11:28:21 AM

Title: bill lawrence pickups
Post by: maliciousteve on February 23, 2006, 11:28:21 AM

Well i found this whilst searching on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7392065048&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Now i know that there is alot of confusing over these pickups, some are built by stew mac and some are built by some other guy who i can't remember the name of. Now is the pickup pictured in the ebay auction the real deal? I always thought the real ones didn't have any print on them.

Title: bill lawrence pickups
Post by: rinse_master on February 23, 2006, 01:16:01 PM

I would say that looks like a stew mac one.

I had a real BL one a while ago and it had no writing on it, slightly thicker blades and a made in usa sticker on the bottom with 500xl hand written in silver pen below it.

Title: bill lawrence pickups
Post by: Hell Hound on February 23, 2006, 05:59:47 PM

The only real Bill Lawrence pickups are made by Bill himself and are only available via his website : http://www.billlawrence.com/

All others are cr@p sounding copies.

Title: bill lawrence pickups
Post by: Skybone on February 23, 2006, 07:08:56 PM

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All others are cr@p sounding copies.

After trying BKP's, we could all say that about any pickup... ;)

Title: bill lawrence pickups
Post by: Ratrod on February 23, 2006, 07:23:16 PM

The one I used to own didn't have any writing on it. I can't really tell if it's a real one or not. It's pretty confusing.

Title: bill lawrence pickups
Post by: Pierre on February 23, 2006, 08:44:07 PM

That's a billawrence USA (not the 'real' one as you guys say) and I'm 99% sure.

Title: bill lawrence pickups
Post by: indysmith on February 23, 2006, 10:06:31 PM

better idea - screw Bill Lawrence, get some BKPs!!!!! :shock:

Title: bill lawrence pickups
Post by: Fosse Fox on February 24, 2006, 11:17:01 AM

Quote from: indysmith

better idea - screw Bill Lawrence, get some BKPs!!!!! :shock:

Pierre is right, although to be fair, they are still legitimate BL pickups as this is the company that has always manufactured them before the various messy court cases, that lead to BL going his own way.

Dont know where Stew Mac comes into this but this is  Bill Lawrence USA

http://www.billlawrenceusa.com


still mighty fine pickups....very comparable to ANY pups known.

Sean