Bill Lawrence L 500's

[The Scarecrow]

Anyone had any experience with these? Been offered a set by a friend which I'm thinking of slapping in my Explorer.
Can't find jack about them at HC in the pickup database?

Likes/dislikes? Tone? Output?

Cheers!

[Funch]

i had a set in my Hellraiser
http://www.nzguitars.com/forum/viewtopi ... 12&t=11033
really nice pick ups
be aware there is 2 compnys called Bill Lawrence
one is the mass produced pickups and the other is the man himself
http://www.billlawrence.com/
is his site and this is the mass produced site
http://www.billlawrenceusa.com/
as far as sounds goes
they are BALLSY!!!!
really high output
i found them a little hard to tame but then again i didnt have them for long

[war-wolf]

the l500 is "lead"(bridge),the R500 is "rythym" and the xl500 is the super hot version of the l500-as used by nuno,dumbag etc.good combo if its the L+R,never tried the xl but i'd like too

[robnobcorncob]

My brother has one in his samick SG. Brutal as, clean tone isn't exactly great but that's not a reason to buy an L-500 anyway (not to mention the guitar is cheap anyway and sounds like a dull plank).

[slash-ed]

In my experience (I had the XL+R combo in my old Kelly for ages)... they sound... different.

I haven't had a play on them in a few years, but from what I remember they sounded quite balanced, EQ-ed almost flat to my ears (at the time of course). High output but "clean" sounding as well if that makes sense.

I don't know if you'd like them, to be honest.

But what do I know, it's been about 2 or 3 years since I've had that guitar and those pickups. I may have written some comments about them when I had them, maybe a search would bring up something useful for you.