The day Bill Lawrences were released I got two of them..
One burned up in the studio fire that also claimed my
1972 gibson jumbo humminbird 12 string... but I still
have one of them and a "lace" acoustic p.u...... dean
markley made, makes one, DiMarzio, seymore duncan.
and most of them run about half of what a good sm57
sells for.. I'm not into anything that scars instruments
or that you have to alter one either!!
 On the downside, if you're gigging live with one of
these, you would do well to get a piece of any number
of fabrics, black and cut in a square just larger then
your sound hole.. I would use some of the little
playdough type non-permenant adhiesive stickum,
put it on the corners of the fabric splotch and you can
place it inside of the guitar covering the sound hole
loosely, then put your acoustic pickup in... this little
trick works for most of the little pickups like the  little
transducer mics/p.u.'s out there... this helps to cut down
on excessive string vibaration that causes a feedback
from the amp and across sound systems..  and since
they have started the molded plastic dampers for any-
where from $20 - $40 dollars, that's kinda outrageous
when you can't be sure if it will work with the specific
pickup you choose...
 Now recording, well you are in control of the volume..
a very minor guitar preamp might be needed depending
on this p.u. you decide upon, also.. may not..
 The reason I got the Bill Lawrences all those years
ago was because I had seen the Eagles using them in
a couple of their guitars... so yea I just had to have
it!! (lol) I think volume 11 or so, of the hand printed -
bound Sam Ash catalogs had them for near $49 each
so I went to the local music store and had mr forbes
order me two... gave $29 each.. that was in 1976 when
the duet I was with, was doing ok..  here is the url
with a pic of them..  and then below it is the url from
musicianfriends.com of there acoustic pickup lines..


blessings,

Dan


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/cassytn/pickups1.jpg
(my pickups, notice the 14" male on the lawrence, and the little
loop of the cable just above the 14" female connector. this was
factory, but I had learned that trick from the guys at Wishbone
recording studios in "MuLLeT Shoals" bama... grandpa use to
call all us kinds "mullets" and "pot lickers".. )

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitar/navigation/acoustic-guitar-pickups?N=100001+304395&page=1