Review/Comparison of GFS Dream P90s

[@MrReStories]

Thanks man,, such a sensible review. Showing one after the other so a real comparison can be seen. Why don't more people do this. Good job.

[@cchavez248]

Man! Complete unblanketing of the guitar, congrats on the awesome sound upgrades!!! It's like a completely different guitar!!

[@mickdavies1835]

Thanks for making a proper comparison by paying the same riffs and editing the takes to cohesively organize them.

[@tyrssen1]

(Nice to hear that old Dave Mason riff! "Only you know and I know ...")

[@catboyzee]

Wow, a huge difference in tone. Like someone took the quilt off your amp. Great demo, thanks for posting.

[@BrySquatch]

Big difference! Great playing. P90s sound articulate and yet creamy. Great sound.

[@javacody]

The Dream 90s sound better, but your playing made both sets of pickups sound awesome!

[@seanfinkel9621]

AWESOME whammy type effect by shaking the guitar at the heel. I will try this tonight on my SG. Im also going to buy these pups. Perfect review. Thank you

[@centralscrutinizer7127]

Thanks --the difference is huge and I have a Dream 90 that's been in a drawer for years and I couldn't remember what it was like. I'm installing it in a cheap guitar that I have upgraded massively with things from my parts bins.

[@brettmiller4835]

I just bought a second-hand Les Paul copy with a PAF-style humbucker in the bridge and a Dream 90 in the neck. I received the bridge Dream 90 and neck PAF-style pickups along with the guitar, but I have to admit I think the previous owner was spot-on about the PAF @ bridge and Dream 90 @ neck. That combo brightens up the neck without completely throwing the Les Paul sound out the window. Great demo, thanks!

[@leonardsullivan]

Love that combo idea! Im really interested in these dream 90's! Incredibly cheap used So how is the noise issue? Normally 90s are terribly noisy but I heard that with the metal casing that these bucks the hum pretty well? What's your honest opinion?

[@daddyosink4413]

The Dream 180s are pretty sweet.... basically a P90 humbucker. Put a Dream 180 in the bridge and a Mean 90 in the neck, Alpha 500k pots, and wire out of an old juke box... sounds really good. The guitar started life as a KK Tribal Warlock... stripped it, stained the white poplar body teal, maple on maple reversed headstock Strat neck(big pre CBS of course), brass wraparound bridge.... it turned out pretty cool.

[@hunkydorian]

Very well-executed comparison. Thank you.

[@bjfornash9976]

Great demo, all tones, no talk😎🎸🤘🏻⚡️⚡️

[@GearStuffandThings]

Great Video! Love those GFS pickups

[@DK-mc1yr]

Well done comparison and great choice of pickups. I am doing a tele mod and this is leaning me towards the GFS P-90/Dream 90. And I have been a Seymour Duncan user for many years.

[@hearpalhere]

Very cool, the Dream 90's were definitely a good upgrade! I'm looking at the Mean 90's and this was very helpful too. Thanks!

[@chardspiritof73]

Nice dem thanks, would you mind sharing what pots and cap you have in there please?

[@thunderbirdiv1]

What a great review. I like the way you compared the old versus new. I just ordered my Dream 90s today for my Squier Jazzmaster and can't wait! Thanks!

[@raymondpanek9483]

Great demo and love the song and the shirt!

[@handwedge11]

Great comparison! Nice job -- all comps should be done this way (one after the other).

[@DimiLeventis]

Does this pickup hum like a true P90, or has the plus side of being hum-free (noise cancelling) like a humbucker, despite of sounding (almost) like a "real" P90??

[@paxonearth]

Wow, that's quite a difference!

[@professorpedropontes4402]

Good stuff, buddy. All that was muddy went away. How much noise do the the P90s make when loud?

[@VonBlargh]

Awesome. Although to top off the pickups... a treble bleed circuit would be nice to ensure great tone at all volumes

[@HappyHermitt]

Much brighter. I may out these in a Squier Mustang HH

[@dcbluez4883]

The Dreams sound more musical than the stock pickups. What are the stock pickups> 490s?

[@numerousattention103]

0:03 Listen to the Music?

[@calhounsurf]

The crunch sound of the p90s is awesome. Alnico, isnt it?

[@michaeldiaz5249]

Can you help me with a wiring diagram for this? I'm doing this exact swap with this exact guitar

[@justmarc2015]

I need a Dream 90 for my guitar. It has a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge, and it's super muddy.

[@leonardsullivan]

Nice video, thanks! So how is the noise issue? Normally 90s are terribly noisy but I heard that with the metal casing that these bucks the hum pretty well? What's your honest opinion?

[@HenriqueSanches]

What is the year of your SG EPIPHONE model? I have a black one that looks like yours, but it loss the serial number and I am not shure about the year witch it was manufactured.

[@vacumatic]

Did you change the pots at all? I've got a partscaster with 2 Dream 180 humbuckers in it and I'm finding them to be too dark and hot for my taste. Just wondering if 500k pots will make a difference in the Dream 90 character.

[@jimm8594]

Did you change the electronics at all, like switching to 250k pots?

[@jomyrnicoalfaro1842]

we have the same guitar ive ugraded my epi into gfs dream 90 neck sounds amazing :)

[@Stickmister360]

is that humbucker that bad? it sound like ur tone was like turned all the way down?

[@JamesHLMusic]

I think there was also possibly a wiring issue with both the humbucker and the 90 which caused significant tone cut. I'll make an updated video eventually.

[@Stickmister360]

lol i know wat u mean I don't sodder I kinda just use tape

[@derekstark7358]

Did you feel like you lost bottom end? Or is it just hidden underneath the more pronounced treble?

[@wiseguy9202]

Great and all but I'd rather have the stock humbuckers. Especially for the growl.

[@tyrssen1]

You're right, the original pickups sucked; sound like they were being played under a pillow or somethin'. The GFS pickups sound infinitely better.

[@lessthanpinochet]

I had this same exact Epiphone SG, those stock pick ups are horrible. I was also planning to change the pick ups to P90's but i got rid of the guitar anyway.

[@TomGoldsmithguitar]

Tempting. They sound better on clean setting though. Tough call

[@TheMadShredder]

what's the measurement on the bridge mean 90?

[@JamesHLMusic]

I'm not sure, I've never used the Mean90s, you might want to check on the GFS site.

[@TheMadShredder]

there's no info on the web...what about on your dream 90 bridge?

[@TheMadShredder]

looking for pole spacing and dimension

[@JamesHLMusic]

It's exactly the same dimensions as a standard humbucker, they're meant to replace humbuckers.

[@sirishinobi4248]

That's Elvis era pickup.

[@Waffle-TH3_C00L3ST]

GFS sound better to my ear

[@tyrssen1]

So, where's the comparison? "Old pickups" tells me nuthin. All I know is that the Dream 90s sound better than whatever they were.

[@timhallas4275]

Take the cover off the GFS dream 90 and guess what you'll find in there... a $5 Chinese single coil shoved inside a humbucker case. It's not even a p-90 single coil...it's the same as you get in the cheap humbuckers from china. This is a cheap humbucker wit one coil missing. It sounds like that too.