Tonight I installed a new Bill Lawrence L45S pickup in my Jon Mann EM-5
mando. I replaced the original Dimarzio pickup with this new pickup.
The L45S has a much more even response across all the strings, and
found it to be a much better sounding pickup on this mando. The low C string
sounds less boomy, more stringy with the L45 and the high E string responds
all the way up the fingerboard. The pickup is very smooth sounding. I also
appreciated the fact that the L45 is taller than the Dimarzio which allowed me
to adjust it closer to the strings. It's also quite sensitive to dynamic and timbre
changes. I'm going to recommend that Jon Mann offer these as an alternative
to the Dimarzio.

BTW: Anyone need a Dimarzio pickup?

-vince