AGL 1972 Gibson SG old Bill Lawrence Pickups

Eine alte SG deren Elektrik in einem armen Zustand war, hat eine Grunderneuereung erhalten, dh. komplett neue Schaltung, mit zwei Mini Toggles für seriell, split und parallel Schaltung, und einem Push Poti für das drehen der Phase des Neck Pickups. Es war sehr viel Arbeit diese Schaltung anzulegen und umzusetzen, und alles ordentlich im E-Fach der SG unterzubringen. Der Push Poti mußte noch etwas flacher geschliffen werden, damit der Deckel gut zu verschliessen ist. Die beiden Bohrungen für die Mini Toggles waren bereits vorhanden, das waren alte Jugendsünden, so etwas wurde früher häufig gemacht, wobei es hier nun ganz ordentlich aussieht, ......... aber ich würde mir keine Löcher in meine SG bohren wollen! ;-) Die Sounds sind nun sehr vielseitig, hiermit kann man viel schrauben, und wird immer wieder neue Soundfärbungen entdecken können.

[@RIDETHESUNSHINE]

For those of us who aren't up on their conversational German, including me, here's the "GOOGLE" translation for the author's note above: "An old SG whose electrics were in a poor condition has received a basic renewal, ie. completely new circuit, with two mini toggles for serial, split and parallel circuit, and a push pot for turning the phase of neck pickups. It was a lot of work to create and implement this circuit, and everything properly in the e-compartment of SG accommodate. The Push Poti had to be sanded a bit flatter, so that the lid is easy to close. The two holes for the mini toggles were already there, those were old youthful sins, something like that used to be done a lot, although it looks pretty neat, ......... but I would not want to drill holes in my SG ! ;-) The sounds are now very versatile, this one can screw a lot, and will always discover new sound colors." My Kudos to "AcysLounge ", GREAT DEMO licks!!! Will

[@AcysLounge]

Hey, thanks for that ....... often I do not find the time including english infos, ...... so I guess your comment will be pretty helpful for some ....... :-)

[@RIDETHESUNSHINE]

@@AcysLounge KEIN PROBLEM!!! Seien Sie bitte gut und bleiben Sie stark, mein Freund, Will

[@vapporiesat3125]

@@RIDETHESUNSHINE LOL that sounds like an american spy trying to infiltrate in ww2

[@RIDETHESUNSHINE]

@@vapporiesat3125 LOL!!! Bless You!!! I can ONLY IMAGINE!!! I have no doubt a deep state Texan trying to speak French would phonically have a better flow of words, than the assembly of words I got through Google translate. Thank You for the "Heads Up!" Please Be Well, Will

[@vapporiesat3125]

@@RIDETHESUNSHINE RIDETHESUNSHINE RIDETHESUNSHINE yeah man that must have been google translate :D let me try and give you an idea how that sounds: "No Problem! Please stay healthy, Sir, and and hold through, Sir, my friend" ;)

[@pvdguitars2951]

Nothing comes close to Bill Lawrence pups. They are incredibly good. Had an L500 in my first strat back in the early eighties. Still regret that I sold it.

[@patrolduty8715]

You can always buy it back

[@Hazardteam]

Beautiful natural sound.

[@peterhughes9903]

amazing the guitar talks back depth of sound awesome

[@diegoambrosio9121]

Terrific sound! Total rock n' roll! Bill Lawrence kicks ass! Cool playing.

[@addicted2tone349]

This sounds soooooo good.. That tone is just delicious!

[@brianrorex8337]

Ironically the Tarback pickups in the 70s SGs were also designed by Bill Lawrence but have lower output than the L500s.

[@chrispile3878]

Can't go wrong with Bill Lawrence stuff.

[@bill.clifford.59]

I want that guitar! Love it!

[@donavonmacallister3101]

Incredible sound.

[@StuartKReilly]

Best demo of these pickups on KZbin. And gives us a great idea of what some simple wiring mods can do for them

[@TinManSixtySix]

Awesome tone!

[@jacobbuxton932]

Great demo! I have old bill Lawrence’s in my SG, awesome pair!

[@doncampbell5564]

Love the new pick ups.

[@bisamawidura800]

What a damn TONE!!!

[@simonplimbley5778]

Sounds just awesome OMG to die for 👍

[@Robstafarian]

The switching options demonstrated in this video are as follows: 1. Bridge Series 2. Bridge Split 3. Bridge Parallel 4. Bridge Back to Series 5. Neck Series 6. Neck Split 7. Neck Parallel 8. Neck Back to Series 9. Both Pickups Split 10. Both Pickups Parallel 11. Both Pickups Split 12. Both Pickups Series 13. Both Pickups Series, Neck Out of Phase 14. Both Pickups Split, Neck Out of Phase 15. Bridge Pickup Series

[@lehrgangswerk]

Die besten pups die ich bei Acy gehört habe.

[@nathansmith6365]

Sounds great

[@gfgranja]

Now thats a great tone!

[@martymcfly2572]

Men! You’re really tough!! And sounding like a badaas rock n roll star!) Good!!!

[@AcysLounge]

:-)

[@mikevlade4221]

It's so good as my L-90 XL that I prefer ? I did'nt try it , but by my matter, is not the same ....

[@BCTGuitarPlayer]

Found a gorgeous 68 red sg with BL pup replacements. Sold it to a pal telling him to really explore the tons. He went right out and replaced them with some standard Gibson HBs. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Didn’t sound nearly as versatile. WHY?!! Anyway, great demo, Silent Man;)

[@zhou_sei]

sounds like a tool, tbh

[@comaberenis]

Waoooohhhhh Nice sound powerfull

[@Morningstar_Actual]

I have some old Bill Lawrence pickups in my 68 sg, the pickups are even older examples than that, they’re huge flat and shiny but don’t sound as good as those

[@kurtlonde5892]

.... ok.... die gefällt mir jetzt wieder.... klingt wunderbar.... liegt sicher auch am Holz.... und Pickups bringen s dann rüber hatte die Tokai mit dem P90... also Junior weiss.... gehört.... klang wie ne Echte... Stichwort Pete Townshend.... wunderbar dann hab ich etliche les Paul s gehört.... hm.... war nicht berauschend... na ja... Grüsse...

[@bille77]

Hammer.

[@fritzsailer5676]

Geiler Sound und wahsinnsgeile Guitar :-) (Y)

[@rockyou42560]

Great sound dude what s the wiring for those, I ve got a vintage L500L and L500R. Thx

[@AlienPizzaZombie]

AMAZING TONE!! What amp are you using ?

[@AcysLounge]

Sorry late reply ........ that´s the Kemper amp with one of my Bloody Rocka Rigs.

[@dokdorian]

wow i like them much! can u plz measure the DC resistance? sounds awesome!

[@AcysLounge]

Guitar went straight back to owner after making this video after done work, so sorry, I can´t help you about that!

[@dokdorian]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zoe9hKFuqt-EoaM this is my Les Paul Custom 1974 with Bill Lawrence L500xl. I love it much!

[@AcysLounge]

Good one, been using the old 500XLs for a long period, mid 80s til early 90s! Always rocked very well! And I always liked the look of these double blades! An XL and a Peters (Diezel) amp, ........ rocks!

[@classicelectroguitar]

Those pickups are the tarback bill Laurence super humbuckers without the metal cover, really? This 72 sg has an Ebony fingerboard?

[@javableak]

The guitar sounds great! good job, but I wonder what equipment you use to amplify the signal. It sounds strange because of my studio monitors, I would say artificial. I'm curious to know. Greetings.

[@AcysLounge]

Kemper amp

[@javableak]

@@AcysLounge Thanks.....I suspected it! In my band, after 1 year of use, we sold the 2 Kemper units, we returned to the tube.

[@AcysLounge]

@@javableak Never used Kemper in a band, and would not do so. Only use it for recordings, and its depending on rigs, there is plenty of rigs that are really good, and you wont notice them as artificial, depending also on settings. Live Band ...... tube amp for sure. :-)

[@danadrian2752]

Is that L500L or L500XL in bridge?

[@AcysLounge]

Have to say I can´t tell that, only been working on the electrics, added new wiring, did not see the pickups from below, and did not measure them.

[@ricardopagnon6192]

I love the phrase you played between the 0:50 and 1:15. Please ca you show me the tabs? Thanks

[@AcysLounge]

This is just some noodling, and ....... no kiddin ...... I do not know about tabs! Never used them, never needed them, never learned how to work with, ....... so sorry, can´t help you about that.

[@ricardopagnon6192]

Or can you show in a video how to play that nice part, it's really nice.

[@RickRad09]

Incredible tone ! What is your amp ?

[@RickRad09]

Lol ! I found it ! Kempler...

[@AcysLounge]

@@RickRad09 Kemper ....... with my own rigs of my self built Bloody Rocka Amp, based on 100W Marshall amps ......... ! :-) Here you can find more infos about the rigs and the real amp: www.acys-lounge.de/rigs-fuer-kemper.html

[@ReddenDoom]

Hey there, what Gibson pickups might you compare these to? I'm looking at one of the 550 mini's but shooting for a 490R sound, had a hard time finding comparisons or opinions on these.

[@JohnRoberts-yh3ep]

There isn't really anything in the Gibson - or anyone else's - line that is like the L-500. You can still buy them from the Lawrence family, sold under the Wilde brand. They don't advertise and they are made to order so it can take a while, but they are fantastic pickups. The L-500XL / L-500R combination will do anything, especially if you split the coils like in this video.

[@GreekGuru74]

I have the 550 mini's in my '74 les paul. They sound amazing. Extremely clear and transparent no mud at all. Very clear defined low end, great string to string definition when playing chords, sharp top end with a ton of bite. You get the low end and fat beefy sound from a humbucker with the top end bite/spank of a single coil. You can dial out the top end bite by lowering the treble side of the pickup and rolling down your tone knob just a bit. They're very sesitive and respond well to adjustments whether it be where/ how you pick the strings, pickup height or volume/tone controls on your guitar.

[@GreekGuru74]

I have the same pickups. What are your pickup height measurements with the strings depressed at the highest fret?

[@AcysLounge]

Sorry I can´t tell you. That´s been a customer order fixing the electrics of that guitar, and adding some nice options. So when job was done, ....... video being made, ....... and back to the hands of the owner. So I can not help you here. :-)

[@vvvv4100]

Are you splitting the pickups at some parts?

[@Arnoldcardon]

Could the author or anyone here explain in more detail the wiring with the mini toggle and main toggle switches (and phase) in this setup? I really like this tone and the versatility- appreciate and help!!

[@AcysLounge]

An old SG whose electrical system was in a poor condition has received a complete overhaul, i.e. completely new circuitry, with two mini toggles for serial, split and parallel switching, and a push pot for turning the neck pickup phase. It was a lot of work to create and implement this circuit, and to store everything neatly in the SG's electronics compartment. The push poti had to be grinded a little bit flatter, so that the lid can be closed well. The two drillings for the Mini Toggles were already there, these were old youthful sins, something like this was often done in the past, but now it looks quite neat here, .......... but I would not want to drill holes in my SG! ;-) The sounds are now very versatile, you can do a lot of work with them, and you will always be able to discover new sound colors. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

[@Arnoldcardon]

Thank you, you had mentioned this before, I was kind of looking for a schematic explanation but I’ll try to figure it out, could you tell me what pots were used- 250 or 500k? ( tone /volume) and any specific capacitors? Which models are the Bill Lawrence? Thanks so much and great job on the pickups, best tones I’ve heard on KZbin for the BL pickups

[@AcysLounge]

@@Arnoldcardon 500k, pio caps 22nf, BL models ..... do not know.

[@Arnoldcardon]

One more question, at 5:23 after you pulled to out of phase, you make small adjustment I believe on the volume knob, and it seems to click and majorly change the tone, is that just a volume pot or something else? Sounds really nice, thank you

[@AcysLounge]

@@Arnoldcardon When out of Phase and you're working with the volume pots, tone can change very much!

[@bille77]

Ist das immer der Kemper?

[@AcysLounge]

Eben erst gesehen, ....... ja, das ist der Kemper mit meinen Rocka Rigs.

[@Horror_Themed]

Play some metal

[@papawx3]

Gawd that was fucking awful. Pickups SUCK the big one, too bright, harsh and mids are non existent.Very unbalanced set of pups. You can't beat Alnico 2 PAFs for tone, for over sixty years they have been trying to top them and can't.

[@gilbertotoledo1421]

Bill Lawrence were specifically made for those who DON'T want PAF tone. Bill Lawrence pickups' website says he created this pickup's predecessor (the L90) specifically because back in the day, PAF was the only type of humbucker available and he didn't want that.

[@joshuapitz4906]

Lmfaoooooo gotta love a hater!!!!

[@dressedtosmellgood]

can you share a wiring diagram of this configuration? it's great!