Brief History about the L-500 pickups

In the late 1970s, Bill Lawrence designed the famous L-500.

The L-500 has become a true classic, popular with a wide variety of guitarists playing all sorts of musical styles ranging from traditional jazz, blues, and country to hard-driving, high-volume hard rock and heavy metal.

More importantly, the L-500 recently became the very first aftermarket pickup design to be reverse-engineered by a major aftermarket maker!

Today, players can choose from four available options personally fine-tuned by Bill: the L-500C, the L-500R, the L-500L and the L-500XL.

The question is: "WHAT IS AN ORIGINAL L-500?" An important design factor of Bill's original L-500 pickups can easily be determined by the look alone -- the chrome-plated plastic housing.

See the many looks of the L-500 below!