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Topic: Bill Lawrence pickup question....
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Bob Tuttle
Member From: San Angelo, Tx, USA
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posted 12 October 2003 05:23 PM
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I've got a couple of pickups that look like Lawrence 705's with the twin blades, but the rim around the pickups are black instead of chrome. Can anyone identify these for me?
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Ricky Davis
Moderator From: Spring, Texas USA
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posted 12 October 2003 05:24 PM
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805's |
Bob Tuttle
Member From: San Angelo, Tx, USA
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posted 12 October 2003 05:35 PM
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Thanks Ricky. What's the difference in the 705 and the 805? (Besides one having a chrome rim and the other a black rim)  |
Ricky Davis
Moderator From: Spring, Texas USA
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posted 12 October 2003 10:10 PM
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I've had them both in an Emmons I had once...and they were awesome....and it's been too long to remember what the difference was....as one thing I do remember is:. "I don't remember there being a difference".
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John Fabian
Member From: Mesquite, Texas USA
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posted 13 October 2003 03:27 AM
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These are pickups were made by a California company run by his EX-partner not by Bill Lawrence who made the silver housed pickups.
Our experience with the reliability of these pickups has not been any where near as good as the silver housed ones. To find out what model pickup you have, measure the DC Resistance and compare it to the numbers below. 705 - approximately 18K-21K Ohms, 15H inductance
805 - approximately 26K Ohms, 21H inductance
605 - approximately 15K Ohms, 11H inductance
505 - approximately 12K Ohms, 7.5H inductance
John Fabian
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Ricky Davis
Moderator From: Spring, Texas USA
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posted 13 October 2003 12:11 PM
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Hey John; I guess I need a history lesson if you have a minute to answer a few feable questions.
So did Bill ever design a 805? or was that just his ex-partner and did his ex-partner call it a lawrence pickup or just 805?
Did all the blade pickups that Bill made; have a chrome housing??
So are all the NON-chrome housing blade pickups; made by his Ex?
what exactly did Bill design/Make.>>
605?
705?
any help on this history is very much appreciated my Brother...thanks and sorry to flood you with these....>but you know me  I love to learn and know this kinda stuff
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Chris Schlotzhauer
Member From: Colleyville, Tx. USA
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posted 13 October 2003 12:26 PM
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Hey Ricky, I've still got both of them. Actually, one of them is a 705 (E9) and the 805 is on my C6.
BTW, does anyone have a email address for Bill Lawrence?
Also BTW, what happened to the forum links to all that info???? |
Ricky Davis
Moderator From: Spring, Texas USA
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posted 13 October 2003 01:39 PM
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Oh yeah Chris; that's where those two pickups went..ah...ha...Now I remember...> I took them off to put E66's on because that's what Gary Carpenter had in his Emmons....and well you know the rest from there..
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Jerry Overstreet
Member From: Louisville Ky
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posted 13 October 2003 04:38 PM
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FWIW guys, back in the 80's, I had these pups at various times....the 605, 705 and 805...best I remember, I got them all from the Jackson Guitar Co. in Nashville...they all had chrome housings and looked identical....the only way you can tell one from the other is to measure the resistance per John Fabian's reply...all of the ones I had came in a circular plastic box and had the model numbers on the card...along with Bill Lawerence's name...
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Del Rangel
Member From: Sacramento, CA, USA
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posted 13 October 2003 04:43 PM
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See http://www.billlawrence.com for info on Bill and the pups he still manufactures |
Jeff Peterson
Member From: Nashville, TN USA
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posted 13 October 2003 07:29 PM
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That guy was never a 'partner' of Bill's. George Lewis was a partner. The black surrounds are not Bill's. Yes, from some input from some players, Bill made from 505 up to 805 blade designs. Same wire, the only difference being the number of wraps. George L has carried on with the 'blade' design, which Bill now considers outdated/incomplete/insufficient compared to his current designs due to the evolution of his design theory. |
John Fabian
Member From: Mesquite, Texas USA
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posted 14 October 2003 05:23 AM
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Whatever the relationship, Jzchak Wajcman basically lessened the quality of the original Lawrence pickups.You can read more about this and his relationship with Jzchak Wajcman here: http://www.billlawrence.com/Pages/Bill_Lawrence_Documentary.htm John Fabian[This message was edited by John Fabian on 14 October 2003 at 09:18 AM.] |
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