Greg Leisz Willy Pickup

jsaine · Post by **jsaine** » 3 Mar 2011 11:14 am

Does anyone know what pickup Greg uses in his Williams Guitar?

Ron Davis · Post by **Ron Davis** » 3 Mar 2011 3:23 pm

I bet Jim Palenscar does...

chas smith · Post by **chas smith** » 3 Mar 2011 10:22 pm

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.

jsaine · Post by **jsaine** » 4 Mar 2011 6:03 pm

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.

Darvin Willhoite · Post by **Darvin Willhoite** » 4 Mar 2011 6:55 pm

I have Lawrence 710's in my Willy and they sound great to me.

Jim Bob Sedgwick · Post by **Jim Bob Sedgwick** » 5 Mar 2011 5:40 am

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.

jsaine · Post by **jsaine** » 5 Mar 2011 6:33 am

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?

Jim Bob Sedgwick · Post by **Jim Bob Sedgwick** » 5 Mar 2011 9:17 am

Try adding a few more mids to your amp. These pickups can definitely be warmed up through equalization.

Tom Mortensen · Post by **Tom Mortensen** » 3 Apr 2011 12:31 pm

Does Greg Leisz's Williams guitar have a wood or aluminum neck?

Olli Haavisto · Post by **Olli Haavisto** » 3 Apr 2011 8:57 pm

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

jsaine · Post by **jsaine** » 4 Apr 2011 4:36 pm

Thanks for all the info. I replaced the Bill Lawrence pickups with Truetones and like them much better.