New Bill lawrence pickup

[David Schwab]

I'm curious too. I wonder what kind of magnet he's using? As you mentioned, there is some kind of keeper on top of the magnets, and then of course the coil is pretty far from the magnet too.

The magnets look shiny, reminds me neos, which are always plated with something. Bill's patent for the Fender Samarium-Cobalt pickups is interesting, he used a keeper that he called a "moderator" to temper the strength of the magnets.

Bill seems to prefer a very bright clean tone, and his pickups have always been that way, going back to the L-500 humbucker.

[Joe Gwinn]

Why a patent? Well, knowing Bill he probably used Mu metal or something, anyway it would be interesting to read it and see what his goal was....

Isn't Bill Lawrence's real name Willi Stich?

Willi has a US patent application pending: 20060156911 "Advanced magnetic circuit to improve both the solenoidal and magnetic functions of string instrument pickups with co-linear coil assemblies ". US patent 7,227,076 has the same title, so these may be variations of one another.

[David Schwab]

Yes, that's him.

That's interesting. 7227076 is the Fender SCN pickups.

Let look up the new application. These new pickups are kind of like the SCN without the bottom coil, with the magnet moved down. The keeper is what I was referring to as the "moderator" in the SCN pickups.

[EDIT] That looks like the same pickup in patent 7227076

[Fluoroscope 5000]

Wilde MicroCoils use 0.044mm (~46g) wire. They have about half the windings of an average Strat pickup with a very low Q factor of 1.4. They presently come in 2H and 2.8H inductance versions. They use an Nd magnet/moderator bar magnetic circuit for increased output without increased string pull. They have great clarity and sensitivity, smooth extended highs, very strong bass and fundamental harmonic, and very wide dynamic response. The adjustable poles are handy for fine tuning.