I recently purchased an L500L on the advice I received over the phone from the Lawrences. The pickup has turned an unuseable SG into a versatile, sweet sounding guitar. I can get any tone from thinline Tele twang to Cream era Clapton tones just by adjusting the tone control. In combination with the neck pickup the guitar sounds round and full with no hint of the nasal, lifeless sound I got from the '57 classics that came in the guitar. All three switch positions sound good without changing the volume or tone controls, a huge change from the way this guitar was. I'll be getting an L500C ASAP.

just want to thank you for all the dedication to your fine products. I'm looking forward to hearing from Shannon about the best choice of Strat pick ups. Keep doing the good work....

Hello. I just received the L-500L & L-45S pickups. I put them in my Stratocaster with a L-220, I purchased in the late '70s.It is like having a new guitar. The vintage pickup in the middle position works well with both of the other ones. All three have INCREDIBLE tones. I would recomend these to everyone wanting to upgrade the sound of thier Fender.

From our 2001 archive testimonials! Becky, I spent over a year researching different pick ups and decided to buy Bill's minutes after discovering his website. I've had Bill's in my 93 American Deluxe Plus Strat for about four months. Becky, as you recommended I put the L290 in the bridge. Having the pickups is an experience compared to one day having a personal chef prepare all my meals. I'm saying that I can't imagine going to any other pickup. I'm forever spoiled. My search is over and I'm completely satisfied all the time. In my research, I heard sonic evaluations like "has lots of strat quack", "great twang" or "lots of chimey sweet tones." It seems one pickup had one but not all. I have it all! I mean I can adjust my amp, my tone knobs, my pick angle and attack to achieve an endless variety of tone. Bill's pickups respond to all of these manipulations. Man did my world of tone open up! I followed Bill's recommendation concerning string size and went down from 11's to 9's. I use GHS Nickel Rockers. They have the tension of a 10 and are really warm --11's sounded muddy. As Bill says strings dramatically affect tone, he's right. I wish Bill could make strings for me like he did for Stevie Ray Vaughn. One of your happy customers mentioned "pre CBS tone" I think that's an accurate statement that would apply to any current American Strat set up with your pickups and the right strings. I think the "pre CBS tone" disappeared as the Post CBS marketing hype began. Pickups touted as being "hand-wound", "scatter-wound", "aged" really lacks credibility. Even if a pick-up were hand wound by real Benedictine Monks I can't see how that could positively improve performance. Becky and Bill, thank you for being honest and providing the result of your finest efforts. Scott F.

August 19, 2010 Thanks to everyone who attended the open house! We had a great time! Here is a link to a posting one of our customers wrote about the event. It's beautifully done, and we appreciate his sharing it with the TDPRI forum. http://www.tdpri.com/forum/just-pickups/228365-open-house-wilde-pickups.html .....and some pics were added on Bill's site with the good spirit of our time together visible for all to see http://billlawrence.com/Pages/Wilde%20USA/OpenHouse2010.htm