Guitars

Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 9612 Location: Portsmouth, VA

I guess ragging on Bill and Becky for not answering the phone was either:

a) premature or
b) a signal to their collective subconscious to answer the phones yesterday (just what the doctor ordered)

Either way, I got an order in for a pair of chrome cased L600s in 4.8 and 3.6 Henries. I figure that would be 'L' and 'R'. They say 3 weeks, so I figure maybe a month, but pics and crappy cellphone clips to come.

Joined: 19 Jan 2007 Posts: 3213 Location: UK

Really nice, not sure what those ones sound like but i'll be interested to hear when they come. That is red around those pickups right.... looks friggin cool!

Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 9612 Location: Portsmouth, VA

kingoflight wrote:

Really nice, not sure what those ones sound like but i'll be interested to hear when they come. That is red around those pickups right.... looks friggin cool!

Yeah, they do black, white, cream, and maroon. They do chrome, too, but for some reason it's not listed. Honestly, I expect them to sound like Lawrences. I've got a set of L350s and they've got a more PAFish flavor than, say, L500s, but they still have the flat eq and single coil-ish high end they're all known for.

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 7668 Location: Florida

very cool -what are they going in?

Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 3847 Location: BOSTON

i love dealing with becky it's like ordering pickups from my grandma.

Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 9612 Location: Portsmouth, VA

transblueZ wrote:

very cool -what are they going in?

I'm thinking maybe my 81 Flame Z. It's already got a Wilde L500XL and it might make a good baseline to compare. I wasn't a huge fan of Lawrences when I was playing my old Cobra the most, but now that I've gotten heavy back into my Metaltronix with it's mid shaping capabilities, I like them a LOT.

al wrote:

i love dealing with becky it's like ordering pickups from my grandma.

Ever met her? She's actually a pretty good looking woman. I'd give Bill a high five but it might be inappropriate. Instead, I'll just say it on the internet.

Joined: 10 Feb 2006 Posts: 1392 Location: Lutz, Fl.

1. Good for you. I've heard good things about them, and would love a personal review from you.

2. Becky was really nice to me on the phone too. She was so sweet, and then would bust out with an almost Albert Einstein thought process on pickups. I thought I knew about pickups, I was struggling to keep up with her.

Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 3847 Location: BOSTON

formula73 wrote:

al wrote:

i love dealing with becky it's like ordering pickups from my grandma.

Ever met her? She's actually a pretty good looking woman. I'd give Bill a high five but it might be inappropriate. Instead, I'll just say it on the internet.

never seen her but good for Bill!

he must have some good pickup lines!

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kbai Crying or Very sad

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:07 am

Thread hijack......hey Brandon, were you guys doing flight ops on Wednesday? some fun CVN?? was buzzing our Cruise Ship on Wednesday.........I got a couple good shots of the ship (Head on) so
I didn't get the number.......twas very cool though!

Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 9612 Location: Portsmouth, VA

Nope! We're in for an overhaul...for quite some time. I should never go to sea again.

Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 9612 Location: Portsmouth, VA

I see more in my future. They are hums so they're thicker than sc, but they still have a decidedly Lawrence-y sc flavor to them. The mids are more prominent than the L500 and the bass is a bit less boomy and they're less powerful. More balanced, overall.

All this is from my brief post-installation testing last night with the fam asleep and the M1000 at whisper volume.

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 1:31 pm

Basic tool of Rawk N Roll right there Boss! Twisted Evil

Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 9612 Location: Portsmouth, VA

Yessir! Funny-that's pretty much exactly what I said to Ian in the pic (his old guitar)-that it is all I need to rock. Laughing

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 3:26 pm

Brandon, you really like these pups more then Super Distortions or PAF's? I ask because I have been hesitant to buy any Lawrence pups. Never could quite bond with those that I have had in the past

Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 9612 Location: Portsmouth, VA

They're more versatile than Super Ds and what's a PAF, anyway? There's so much variation between offerings it's hard to pin down anything other than low output and dynamic...and these are that.

Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 9612 Location: Portsmouth, VA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzounq8CZdk&feature=youtu.be