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Becky Lawrence · May 8th, 2007, 01:20 AM

Hi Everyone and thought it very important for me to write here.

First of all, Clucker, our standard L-200TL, L-280TL, L-290TL pickups for Telecaster bridge replacement are available for only $48.00. The L-298TL is priced a bit higher at $56.00 since we introduced it because we are using a high coercive precision cut Alnico 8 magnet, very unusual in the pickup industry. Please e-mail me your name and when you ordered so I can pull it up and review the order becky@billlawrence.com

Our noisefree singles for Telecaster work best with a modern “non-magnetic” chrome-plated brass bridge. (It’s easy to see if your bridge is magnetic, just put a pickup next to it and if it attracts, then it’s definitely magnetic!) We don’t encourage using the old ashtray bridge with our noisefree singles for many reasons.

The following e-mails are from one of our customers :

1. Becky, I'm very impressed with the L-280TN/L-290TL pickup set I installed in my standard Tele, but I'm finding that the L-290TL is very microphonic, it picks up everything and after a certain volume level feeds back uncontrollably.

I'd appreciate your or Bill's thoughts about this, because I really do like the tone of these pickups, they've got that crisp definition and sharp snappy attack that love about Teles, but with a piano-like quality that traditional Tele pickups lack. I've got to figure out the microphonic problem however, because at present the guitar is unusable except at home.

After several e-mails and conversations, he e-mailed me back his results:

2. Hi Becky,

I wanted to write to let you know that I purchased a non-magnetic Tele bridge from Glendale Guitars, who specialize in high quality Tele parts, and the non-magnetic bridge resolved the feedback problem with the L-290T bridge pickup, as you said it would.

I built an entirely new Tele from a bunch of hand selected parts, and the end product is an absolutely stunning instrument, it looks and plays great and sounds terrific. Over the past two months I've become a huge fan of the L-280/L-290 pickups. I purchased a used Strat with a set of L-280/L-290L pickups, and purchased a set of L-200S from you directly along with the L-280/L-290T set. After several months of comparison, I've decided that the L-280/L-290L are the best sounding set of Strat pickups I've ever heard, even conpared to the L-200S. I'm now coming to the same conclusion about the L-280/L-290T set. They also are simply the most toneful Tele pickups I have ever played. There is still plenty of sharp attack and punch, but as with the Strat L-280s there is this rich, pianistic tone that is unlike any other pickup I have ever heard. I understand why they are Bill's favorite Strat and Tele pickups.

Any questions, please let me know.

All the best,

Becky

May 8th, 2007, 01:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
Becky Lawrence VENDOR TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Corona California Posts: 43	From Becky Hi Everyone and thought it very important for me to write here. First of all, Clucker, our standard L-200TL, L-280TL, L-290TL pickups for Telecaster bridge replacement are available for only $48.00. The L-298TL is priced a bit higher at $56.00 since we introduced it because we are using a high coercive precision cut Alnico 8 magnet, very unusual in the pickup industry. Please e-mail me your name and when you ordered so I can pull it up and review the order becky@billlawrence.com Our noisefree singles for Telecaster work best with a modern “non-magnetic” chrome-plated brass bridge. (It’s easy to see if your bridge is magnetic, just put a pickup next to it and if it attracts, then it’s definitely magnetic!) We don’t encourage using the old ashtray bridge with our noisefree singles for many reasons. The following e-mails are from one of our customers : 1. Becky, I'm very impressed with the L-280TN/L-290TL pickup set I installed in my standard Tele, but I'm finding that the L-290TL is very microphonic, it picks up everything and after a certain volume level feeds back uncontrollably. I'd appreciate your or Bill's thoughts about this, because I really do like the tone of these pickups, they've got that crisp definition and sharp snappy attack that love about Teles, but with a piano-like quality that traditional Tele pickups lack. I've got to figure out the microphonic problem however, because at present the guitar is unusable except at home. After several e-mails and conversations, he e-mailed me back his results: 2. Hi Becky, I wanted to write to let you know that I purchased a non-magnetic Tele bridge from Glendale Guitars, who specialize in high quality Tele parts, and the non-magnetic bridge resolved the feedback problem with the L-290T bridge pickup, as you said it would. I built an entirely new Tele from a bunch of hand selected parts, and the end product is an absolutely stunning instrument, it looks and plays great and sounds terrific. Over the past two months I've become a huge fan of the L-280/L-290 pickups. I purchased a used Strat with a set of L-280/L-290L pickups, and purchased a set of L-200S from you directly along with the L-280/L-290T set. After several months of comparison, I've decided that the L-280/L-290L are the best sounding set of Strat pickups I've ever heard, even conpared to the L-200S. I'm now coming to the same conclusion about the L-280/L-290T set. They also are simply the most toneful Tele pickups I have ever played. There is still plenty of sharp attack and punch, but as with the Strat L-280s there is this rich, pianistic tone that is unlike any other pickup I have ever heard. I understand why they are Bill's favorite Strat and Tele pickups. Any questions, please let me know. All the best, Becky