Bill Lawrence - R.I.P.

[DrKev]

Bill Lawrence, engineer, inventor, and legend in pickup designing, the man who made some of the best pickups ever put in a guitar has passed. I know I speak on behalf of the whole forum in passing our sincere condolences to his wife, Becky, and the rest of his family. The guitar industry has lost a legend.

God bless you, Bill.

 

[peterd79]

oh my gosh... this is so sad.

Praying for his family.

 

[ozzyrules]

I owned two Bill Lawrence Teles in the late 80's. I wish that I would have never sold them. The pickups were great,guitar build quality was great. What an innovator he was. Sad.

 

[Big Poppa]

he worked for us for about two weeks in the 70's rip

 

[beej]

Oh no! This is such sad news. I've been a fan of his work for years- my main guitars all have BL pickups. Though I never met him, I'd spoken to Bill many times on the phone and learned a lot from him and his work.

RIP.

 

[Spudmurphy]

shame that - i have one of his pickups in a guitar. sad news

 

[threeminutesboy]

Indeed a sad news. RIP

 

[Mick]

RIP Billy Lorento

 

[GarMan]

So Sad. Bill and Becky were great to deal with. I believe I still have a 500xl somewhere in my house. I got to keep hold of that.

Bill and Dimebag must be having a blast now. RIP

 

[DevRock]

OH NO! Rest in Peace, Bill. My L500XL humbucker is still my favorite.

 

[rjudo]

Sad to hear, prayers for his family. My tele has his pickups in it, that guitar just flat out kicks butt.