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Topic: Greg Leisz Willy Pickup |
jsaine
From:
Charlottesville, VA
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Posted 3 Mar 2011 11:14 am |
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| Does anyone know what pickup Greg uses in his Williams Guitar? |
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Ron Davis
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Lake Arrowhead, California... We're a mile high. ;)
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chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2011 10:22 pm
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| He has an Alumitone in at least one of his guitars, might have been the Williams. I didn't see the front of the guitar. |
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jsaine
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Charlottesville, VA
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Posted 4 Mar 2011 6:03 pm
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| Thanks for the info. I'm having issues with the Bill Lawrence 705 pickups in my new Williams. Downloaded a new Live performance of Leisz and Bill Frisell. He gets some incredible tone from his Williams. Plus his playing is really stellar. Kind of steals the show really. So I was curious about his setup. |
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2011 6:55 pm
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I have Lawrence 710's in my Willy and they sound great to me.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Jim Bob Sedgwick
From:
Clinton, Missouri USA
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Posted 5 Mar 2011 5:40 am
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| jsaine wrote: |
| Thanks for the info. I'm having issues with the Bill Lawrence 705 pickups in my new Williams. Downloaded a new Live performance of Leisz and Bill Frisell. He gets some incredible tone from his Williams. Plus his playing is really stellar. Kind of steals the show really. So I was curious about his setup. |
What kind of issues are you having with the 705 pickups? I have them in my New Williams and love them. They are a little bright, but just cut some treble off the amp, problem fixed. Just curious. I find these pickups have the single coil sound, or at least as close as any HB pickup I have tried. |
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jsaine
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Charlottesville, VA
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Posted 5 Mar 2011 6:33 am
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| They seem unusually bright to me. I play through tube amps. Through my 69' Dual Showman amp I have to set the treble at 2. Using my Goodrich Matchbox helps. I had a Truetone pickup on a GFI that I liked and which was not as bright. I also have a set of Tonealigners on my other Williams that are also nice. Both seem to be less bright than the BL's. Plus in a band situation the BL's get lost in the band more. Which is to say that they have less presence. Maybe they just take some getting used to though. I tend to favor warmer more round sounding tone and I thought I would take a chance on the BL's. Maybe they don't like Fender amps? |
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Jim Bob Sedgwick
From:
Clinton, Missouri USA
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Posted 5 Mar 2011 9:17 am
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| Try adding a few more mids to your amp. These pickups can definitely be warmed up through equalization. |
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Tom Mortensen
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 3 Apr 2011 12:31 pm
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| Does Greg Leisz's Williams guitar have a wood or aluminum neck? |
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Olli Haavisto
From:
Jarvenpaa,Finland
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Posted 3 Apr 2011 8:57 pm
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I met Greg after Bill Frisell`s gig in Upsala, Sweden a few days ago.
He has a Tonealigner on his 12 string Williams.Had an Alumitone before. Aluminum neck.
Fender Deluxe Reverb.
Great playing.
Nice Guy
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Olli Haavisto
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jsaine
From:
Charlottesville, VA
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Posted 4 Apr 2011 4:36 pm
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| Thanks for all the info. I replaced the Bill Lawrence pickups with Truetones and like them much better. |
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