Bill Lawrence "Wilde" L-45 pickups

Quick sound test of the Bill and Becky "Wilde" L-45 strat pickups in my Warmoth guitar. Alnico V magnets, dual rail pole pieces (flat). Guitar is 1pc alder body with a goncalo alves neck and ebony fretboard. Guitar is plugged straight into a Yamaha Fifty (G50) 410 combo and was recorded with an active dual-ribbon mic.

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Music

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• strat
• warmoth
• bill
• lawrence
• l-45
• l45
• goncalo
• alves
• superwide

[Tipperman]

How do you like the superwide width? I have huge hands, but my strat is a straight vintage, so I'm looking for easier chording/more spacing. I have a regular Fender Strat alder body that I'd be putting it into. Is the wider part just the wide nut and fretboard, with a normal sized heel? Thanks for any replies, dude. Diggin' the guitar.

[plko88]

@Tipperman it's wider at both ends, but the heel gets smaller starting around the 16th fret so that it fits into a normal neck pocket. there is a small fretboard overhang from frets 16-22.

[johnathandk42134]

how does the goncalo alves neck sound? like in comparison to some other woods

[plko88]

@johnathandk42134 i think it's tough to gauge how much (if any difference) wood species makes, but my impression is that it lacks a little bit of the attack and snappyness of maple and seems very even in terms of the frequency range (no accentuated highs or mids). keep in mind that due to the width and depth of this one, it probably has 30-40% more mass than a standard slim strat neck which probably has an impact as well.

[TheSmabarn1]

Dear friend, that is a great video! Congratulations and thanks for sharing with us! Can i ask you a simple thing: i got 3 L45s but in the web site we don't have options to choose if it is the neck, middle or bridge position! are they the same and we just choose it when installing? sorry, but i understand nothing about these kind of things,just loved the tone!

Best regards..

[plko88]

@TheSmabarn1 they are all the same, so it doesn't matter what position each pickup occupies.

[ciclisti666]

@Guitarorpheo

It's totally true -- that's why Becky and Bill talk in henries -- still not perfect but a heck of a lot more relevant.

[ciclisti666]

@HandRpuffin -- I have a Fat Tele (SH) and Becky guided me through a set that works together really well. Most SH Fat Teles have PAFs at the neck, which more or less crush the poor bridge pickup. Those guys can hook you up with a really balanced setup. Their website is more complicated that a nuclear power plant control panel, but call them up -- they sure are nice people. Their pickups are crazy good. Just call them and they will get you dialed in.

[JamesJLaRue]

nice tone, the more I hear the Wilde pickups in videos of varying quality (not everyone has a ribbon mic lying around), various guitars (that warmoth is sweet and i dig your choices in parts), various amps, and still there is a similarity in the tone, so i'm pretty sure it's the pickups I'm hearing. love the tone...

[noahwayne]

Great sounding and looking guitar .... is that an alder body and if so what finish have you used there. It looks amazing.

[HandRpuffin]

Has anyone tried on of Wilde's humbuckers? I am looking for set of pickups that will go in my fat strat, main playing rock 'n roll. From Rolling Stones to Guns 'n Roses.

[leadsled213]

Do you play both right and left handed???? Or am I crazy???

[TimothyLeeH]

Your feel is somewhat like that of Genil Castro. Very nice sir.

[Tipperman]

@plko88 Thanks for the response. I appreciate it. I'll definitely end up getting one now, since I don't need to mess with my strat body.