Wilde Pickups by Bill Lawrence
Bill spent nearly seven decades in the music industry as a musician, designer, and engineer. Learn more about his legacy through his biography, patents, and writing.
We offer a small, well-selected collection of Bill's favorite original models.
Since the days when Bill mass produced pickups, we still own an enormous amount of high-quality tooling and equipment which makes us independent from expensive outside suppliers. We are a small family based company and we operate on a modest budget without marketing or paid endorsers.
Our pickups are made in the USA using almost exclusively US-made parts, from the copper wire and machined parts to our injection molding and chrome plating. Just like our customers, we choose to support small business offering an incredible product.
A Note from Bill Lawrence
All my pickups fulfill the five most important things any player is looking for: output, dynamics, transparency, versatility, and a balanced tonal response.
Every pickup is made to perfection.
Each coil is carefully wound to precise specifications which insures that the coils are free from any internal shorts to guarantee a consistent sound quality. All pickups are treated with high temperature resistant wax to reduce micro phonic squealing.
Finally, each pickup has to pass our quality control check.
We measure the DC and the total resistance, the inductance and the Q Factor; but most importantly, I have developed a system that detects minor shorts or semi-shorts in a coil. These shorts will cause eddy currents to flow in the coil. Eddy currents interfere with the signal, alter the sound reproduction and cause severe losses. All coils must be free of internal eddy current interferences to pass our final inspection.
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