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Finally, we know specifically what Bill Lawrence L-500 was in his Hentor Sportscasters! It's official! I can rest at ease because of this article.

 

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/...ex_lifeson.html

 

Doesn't take too much patience, read down a little and you shall see. He says it himself.

Pete seriously man, your red hentor sportscaster from the Distant Early Warning video is so sexy. I can't even describe how much I envy that guitar. Amazing job you've done. I want to keep in touch with you in regards to this future project of mine. I may construct the guitar through Warmoth. They seem expensive, but very high quality and up to the task. Warmoth require MANY specific details however to construct a guitar, so particularily the red strat you have is what I need the details on please. Thanks.

The guitars on the"Exit... Stage Left" and "Grace Under Pressure" tours. I'd like to know what the difference is between the two stratocasters he was using during those times. Specifically, what tremolo bridge was he using in his stratocasters on these tours. Also, once again, what L-500 would be ideal to replicate G.U.P's tone. What pickups was he using on Exit Stage Left as well though, out of curiosity? Body woods, and fretboard woods would be GREAT to know as well. I need to know all this so I can replicate a killer Alex Lifeson strat when I have sufficient funds. Discuss to the benefit of all the guitar players on this site.

http://www.billlawrence.com/Pages/Pickup_W...ntroduction.htm

Call up Bill and Becky to order the "REAL" Bill Lawrence L500's.

 

QUOTE (fred @ Apr 10 2009, 12:14 PM)

I have a question about a bill lawrence pickup i saw on a online store. It says that it is a "Bill Lawrence L-500 Neck", and nothing more. The only L-500's I can find is L-500C/R/L/XL. What is this? Just a standard L-500 without a letter indicating what type it is?

I remember a few years back walking into an EB games store seeing these "Clive Barker's: Tortured Souls" action figures. I knew then that the guy is just completely f*cked(..in both a positive and negative way). I wonder how he came to be as dark/imaginative as he is. I can imagine there are only a few ways. He must have quite the hallucinogen/psychedelic drug history, or have watched/read way too much fiction as a kid.

 

 

 

 

QUOTE (DifferentStrings89 @ Apr 7 2009, 06:44 AM)

It is debatable alot of people think it is the L-500 R which does work fine however in my copy of his Red Strat I used the the L-500 L it sounds the same as the R but it is a little hotter and has a little more push.

Hey, I want to know what kind of Bill Lawrence L500 humbucker it was that Alex Lifeson had in his "Hentor Sportscasters". These are his modified Stratocasters he used in the early 80's, on the Grace Under Pressure tour for example. Was it just a "normal" L500, or an L500R, L, XL?