Thoughts On P90 Pickups & Humbucker Comparisons - That Pedal Show

[@TeleCathster]

I showed my husband this episode (who is not musical)as evidence of why I need to have so many different guitars ! 😁😊 different pickups, yes, but also different body types, wood types, maple cap, no maple cap, 250k pot 500k pot endless variables that keep my GAS for guitars going! You can’t just have one single coil and one p90 and one humbucker guitar, you have to have at least 20!!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Ah, that’s fantastic Catherine, hope he was convinced, thanks so much for watching :)

[@topdog91]

But there's no such thing as tonewood.

[@ChadWorthman]

You wouldn’t expect a mechanic to work with just one or two wrenches!

[@valebliz]

@@topdog91 but there's such thing as physics, go study it.

[@topdog91]

@@valebliz And?

[@bchant19]

Well the one thing I can say is DAN YOU NEED TO PLAY THAT SG JUNIOR MORE! It's bloody fantastic.

[@owenhu9465]

Holy smokes i did not expect dan's ripping jazz comping there at all! What a player :D

[@brandonholguin2872]

ALNICO V STAPLE P90.The Cadillac of P90 pickups. Think 1954 Gibson L5 CES, 1954 Super 400 CES. Seymour Duncan Custom Shop makes a Great Set. I have them installed in my highly modified Epiphone Broadway Jazzbox. It's set up as a Rockabilly, Roots Rock Guitar.

[@PeteCalandra]

p90, the sound of Live At Leeds. What an album!

[@neilpincus855]

I've been a humbucker guy forever and recently built my first P90 guitar. It's a hot P90 at 15.2k but so much more articulate than a similar powered humbucker. I need more P90s now.

[@kauwgomboom]

The big thing for me about P-90’s is bottom string clarity. Compared to humbuckers the lower notes just separate much better!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Has a lot to do with the ‘compression’ and ‘dynamic range’ things we’re talking about I reckon. Mick here. I’m with you. You only get that snap from a single coil. :0)

[@YMESYDT]

I would love to see you guys get someone like Gilad Hekselman on the show, he’s a big pedal guy and an incredible jazz player

[@MarySpender]

Well now I need P90s in my life...

[@danielbell4007]

Mary Spender yes you do Mary.

[@tomlaw8821]

Nobody cares what you think, you are awful. Looking for attention? Notice you aren't on Andertons anymore thank GOD.

[@MagnusGuldbrandsen]

But you on the other hand, Tom Law, have enriched all of our lives with your intelligent, poised and well thought out comment. Thank you!

[@TheToneLounge]

P90's are not all created equal, so try a few out to see which ones you like. I have a P90 in my Les Paul Jr, which is a dog ear with AlNiCo slugs, while my PRS has soapbar P90's which sound completely different. Cheers

[@tomlaw8821]

Ok watch the Marshall amp on 10 video, she turns her guitar down to 1 totally defeating the purpose of the video. Not all but most women SUCK they are drains of fun. She has the personality of a blank white wall, just NOTHING about her is interesting. Calling all white knight calling all white knights we need delusional morons.

[@thehound2161]

I get feeling so good about the state of my home tone sounds, then come to your channel and weep at the beauty that is That Pedal Show. I might say that no other channel comes close to nailing every tone as you do here. Love it. TY.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Ah, thanks so much, we work hard at it

[@jdavis.fw303]

Truer words...

[@777Yoni]

I've had the same experience (repeatedly). Solidarity.

[@kmdracer]

Late to reply, but this video is why I started looking for a DC jr. I couldn't afford a Gibson, so I wound up with a Harley Benton. Exactly the sound I was looking for.

[@FranklinD]

P90s are my favorite!!

[@vai147]

Perfect timing, seeing I just bought a P-90 loaded Gibson Les Paul Classic Goldtop yesterday! You can add prescience to your many talents!

[@New_Zealand_Music]

In comparison with the Les Paul 58. The clean sound on the p90s. Sound more open and brighter like you say

[@thomasraven]

By far, P90s are my fave pickups ever. I'm stunned by how few guitars are produced with them these days. Why is that? Do they just seem old-fashioned to people?

[@samwheeler-brown7458]

Just bought my first guitar with p90s and it's honestly a revolution for me. I love the clarity I get from them. Every note comes out of the chord and the drive just blossoms out of them in such an organic feeling way. They've inspired me hugely and I've had to basically adjust everything about how I play to get the most out of them. I can feel myself improving. Great video guys thanks

[@dadbod6039]

Wow.. Dans little schwang is proof we need more Jazz guitar on the show!! Love Love Love. Jazz guitar lesson please Dan?

[@bumblefritz]

30:44 He starts playing and it's clearly the neck pickup while the bridge pickup is selected. The next shot he has the neck selected. *I feel special for noticing this.

[@johnmarquez333]

Those crooked Boss pedals on the back wall are going to drive someone's OCD crazy!

[@DoctorRimfire_PhD]

John Marquez I didn’t notice until you pointed it out and now it’s all that I can see!

[@ishancooper]

Now it is!

[@dankov8566]

Lol first thing I noticed and it bugged me the whole time!

[@CountCarbsNotCals]

I can't get over how great these P-90's sound, it just blows me away.

[@iagobroxado]

Dan's SG Jr sounds gorgeous. Probably my favorite guitar of the day.

[@jonathanhandsmusic]

This brought back memories of my es-125, that I had in high school about a hundred years ago. I didn't appreciate it nearly enough. All I wanted then was a LP.

[@drutgat2]

I found this show fascinating. Thank you. I think Dan nailed the difference between Mick's Les Paul Standard 1959 (Humbucker) Reissue and Simon's Les Paul 1960 Special (P90) Reissue when he says at 34:19, "There's a body behind that edge with that guitar that you don't get with this [1960 L.P. Special Reissue P90]". And, to me, that is a wonderful way to describe the difference, generally, between Humbuckers and P90s. I would go one further (and I am coming out of the closet here), and say that pickups and pots and where and how one plays are the main influences in accounting for differences in the sound of different guitars - more than tone woods, centre blocks, bridges, and construction of the guitar in other ways. (I feel ex-communication coming soon).

[@Zappappappappa]

I know your comment is from four years ago but I wholeheartedly agree that it really comes down to a player's dynamics and just the overall way the essential electrical components play off each other. A few of my friends who play seemingly were unaware that the volume and tone controls are also extremely valuable in getting certain tones as well as significantly more control over ones playing.

[@gusdupree2508]

There should be a Seth Lover day ,46', p90, 57' ,humbucker ,69', wide range humbucker, old Seth was a monster. Nice stuff guys

[@jhut5150]

I had always been a Strat and Tele Guy pretty exclusively....and then I got my ‘06 Gibson SG Classic with two p90’s. Total game changer. Now there is plenty of room in my life for all three.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Yes! That’s what we like. :0)

[@jhut5150]

That Pedal Show I’m still waiting for my epiphany moment with humbuckers. I’ve played for 27 years and though I love hearing some of my favorite players use humbuckers equipped guitars, but they never sound right in my hands.

[@luckylicks3497]

I've been absolutely drooling over the Ventris now for a few days. In retrospect of this episode, it took this demo up to another level.

[@I_dont_even_like_money]

P90's are in all my guitars, hands down my favourite pick-up.

[@supermanwithsilvergun4679]

I'm here for the TV yellow special. That thing sounded great no matter what pedal it was going through. I'm so excited that Gibson announced they are bringing it back as a core model!

[@Les537]

The main thing you didn't touch here, imo, is fuzz! A p90 KILLS humbuckers when you go through something like a sun face. There is also the Gibson p100 pickup which looks just like a p90 on the outside but is actually a stacked humbucker. It doesn't sound like a p90. It's too anemic for bridge, but I personally think they are just perfect for neck position if you enjoy playing with a cleaner, blues or funk tone. Kind of bell or piano like response. Gibson stopped making these because the internet really hated them (for not being p90s). Most underrated pick up ever.

[@evanmiller2579]

My favorite all time pickup. I had been shying away a bit from them typically because of the hum generated. Any gig venue with so-so power and it can really hum at times to an annoying level. This morning, however, I was going for an Andy Summers type tone for a recording I was doing. Normally you would think tele all day. Grabbed my Les Paul Junior with a Duncan Antiquity in it and "BOOM" nailed it. Super versatile. Well done my friends.

[@uriteimwrong7317]

Evan Miller there’s a company that puts a hb in the bridge position and a P90 in the neck. Interesting. But it is a RocknRoll Relic and not sure you are a fan. You can get them non relic’d. The quality is top notch. I love them.

[@stevesteve1965]

P90s are the "sleeper" of pickups. They do everything,always sound good. Semi and p90,nailed!

[@bleeknoir]

YAY! Not only is it you guys, but you're talking about the only pick-up I use in my guitars. Big love x

[@Hodgojr]

I haven't even watched the video, but if y'all talk shit about p90's I'm a be pissed. Greatest pickup ever invented. come on fight me I'm drunk

[@ThatPedalShow]

Yeah baby! Another round for the man in the P90 blouse!

[@Hodgojr]

oh hell yeah bb

[@Glicksman1]

For what it’s worth, my fave pickup use to be the P-90 hands down. I have long been off Gibson humbuckers (still like most Gretsch Filtertrons, though) except for the brightest of the lot, such as some (not all) original PAFs which I am fortunate have in an excellent 2001 LP reissue. Still, the P-90 ruled my world for many years. Then came a new kid on the block, actually an old kid, the DeArmond Dynasonic. I always liked the Dynas but rarely came across them. Then I became s intrigued by the Gretsch Harrison Duo-Jet and I bought one. It has Dynas in it. Well, Katie bar the door, that’s the Gov’ner now. What tone in all three positions. Such character and presence. Just heaven. Give ‘em a try guys and you will be properly impressed, I assure you.

[@petergraham9267]

Oh man, and to add..........I so want that Les Paul/SG Jr of Dan’s! What a machine! 😎😎😎

[@applemanuk]

Great show guys. Whilst I love the twang of my telecaster the sound I always anchored after was the raucous power of a P90 guitar. I have a couple of P-90 equipped guitars. Pride of place among them is my Custom Shop VOS re-issue 57 LP Junior. Without doubt a true rock and roll guitar. In terms of sound P-90’s definitely give you the best of both worlds. The added fatness over a single coil with the added richness & clarity that a humbucker lacks.

[@Dave_Sacca]

Dan, you just blew my mind when you picked up Simon's '54 Gibson and started burning through that walking bass jazz progression. Fantastic

[@ThatPedalShow]

That guitar just bought it out of me

[@DJBuglip]

I'm rewatching this since I just put hum-sized P90s in my green LP. Thanks for the comparison to review, gents.

[@mikeadams4605]

The P-90 sound is just awesome and so versatile. I have a Casino for my Beatles, early Stones and Gary Clark Jr blues.....and a Les Paul Special for that fantastic P-90 solid body sound. Love the P-90's

[@80daytripper]

Mike Adams Owner of two Casino’s (standard one and a Inspired by John Lennon) here and just about to purchase LP Special now. P90’s rule!

[@willnova1234]

P90s are my favorite pickup. It really is the best of both worlds. The edge and grit of their tone is what I enjoy the most. Pro tip; turn up the gain your OD slightly then roll back your volume to 7/8. It’s perfect. For those w HB that would like to try p90s without routing, the Lindy Fralins are just tremendous. Can’t say enough about their range. It really encourages one to keep playing. 🔥🙌

[@batoli20]

Yessss! Been debating about picking up a P90 equipped guitar all month. Much love from Japan

[@rowlandstraylight]

Spec wise, 8000ish turns of wire in a 50s strat pickup, 10000 turns in a P90. A PAF era humbucker might have 5000ish turns on each side chosen for a similar voicing to a PAF, but the dynamics are different. Overwinding a strat construction gets close. However core materials do odd things, alnico rods in a strat pickup also act as an inductor core. P90s use dissemination head screws like the screw side of a humbucker, which have a slightly different sound. How well the core material retains a magnetic field has a subtle effect on the frequency response with a resonant effect much like a tone capacitor circuit. Note how a pickup with hard carbon steel (usually Allen/hex socket screws) sounds brighter. Grabbing a P90 guitar gets me writing a certain kind of riff, but the chances are it'll hit the stage played on a humbucker loaded guitar because P90s are just so problematic if you have amps crunching up.

[@OhBHayes]

THANK YOU for this! Please do one on MINI HUMBUCKERS 🙏🏼👀

[@nickdenbow4379]

For the first time EVER I'm not aligned with Mick (gulp!). I really, really like the Sonic Research Strobe tuner. Wayyy better than the Polytune or TU-x, IMO. However I have let people use my 'board to tune their guitars and they get totally confused by it, even really young guys. I find the Sonic Research to be more consistent too, especially as a chromatic with alternate tunings, in particular Eb where my old Poly used to drive me nuts! It has to be a left/right brain thing, but that doesn't really explain why I hate anything with millions of buttons. Give me a knob to twist any day of the week! Great video guys, and the ES-335 is beautiful.

[@ResoBridge]

That red coily lead Mick is using probably has significantly higher capacitance than Dan's cable. Might be an idea to use two identical cables for such comparisons.

[@paniccleo]

Yessss! Finally some 90 love! All about them. Once I got into 90s I couldn't go back to humbuckers.

[@Adamhauk22]

I definitely see P-90s as the bridge between single coils and Humbuckers. P-90s are not SC or HB but they share the best characteristics of each in my opinion. Fairly noisy though

[@lonpollard902]

Perhaps I'm missing something, but it seems that by design a P90 is a single coil.

[@Dougal78]

I’ve been umming and ahhing about what pickups to base my next guitar build around. Been looking at different single coils and humbuckers, and for some reason P90’s never came to mind. Consider my mind blown and also made up! Thx guys

[@fchampd4512]

Awsome! now do a show on tweed amps!

[@ThatPedalShow]

It’s coming.... we’re about to move premises. And then Tweed!

[@mrc2662]

black face, silver face, brown face; wish we had That Amp Show as an occasional indulgence ....

[@elonmush4793]

And don't forget that cable show ;)

[@jonashellborg8320]

for a metal band i’m in, I’ve played EMGs, humbuckers. Then went for single coils. Now will try the next tour with a P90 equipped guitar. It’s going to get noisy as hell in various dive bars and outdoor venues, but the tone,.....it is just to die for. That top end and honkiness just sounds amazing!

[@garystackhouse5787]

YAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!! MY FAVOURITE PUPS!!!!!!!!! :D Week = Made!!! Thanks, gents! Amazing as always!!! I HAVE an ES125 with TWO P90's, plus a 335 with P90's and a Bigsby and a P90-loaded Tele!

[@jordiperdigo4375]

I play a Casino since 2002. To me, in one sentence, P90s sound is "definition without starvation'. They sound with dynamics and you hear the articulation as in single coils, feeling the nuances of the strings, but with gorgeous and bold output.

[@nigelpickett2471]

Watching this with my '61 reissue SG Junior in my sweaty paws, just got a '61 reissue SG Special with P90's (obviously) lots of P90 love in my house these days.

[@rickhocks2616]

It's 2022 ... You guys are just SO 2018 ... But the playing and sounds here here is just REALLY FINE!!! I especially love the Jazz playing on the 1954 Gibson 125. I used to tune into a few of your videos - and this reminds me of how good you guys are - and how well you know your gear ...

[@TraneFrancks]

Crikey. It's amazing how dull the PRS P-90s sound vs the upgrade you installed later. Your upgrade was a hugely good decision. I think my LP Special's P-90s have the perfect match of hotness and dynamic range. It pushes the front end of the amp quite a bit, but then when you lay back and really approach the guitar with delicacy, you get an incredible range of expression. P-90s are my favourite pickup. God help me if I succumb to that teasing wench of a Murphy Labs '56 Gold Top at a shop here in Tokyo. The wife will lose it. 😂

[@steverolfeca]

I feel the same way about PRS Soapbar s, whether Core series or SE. They don’t honk like classic P-90’s, or have that fat, round note envelope like an overwound Epiphone Casino. The definition of Meh…

[@Gorelax_1294]

I have a Gibson 68 Les Paul Reissue, bought it at 15 not realising the differences years later now could never trade her. Came factory with P90s both with coil split option on the tone knobs. Love mucking with the different tonal possibilities.

[@akshaykumar4612]

Holy shit! That intro tune. I'm on 0:13 of the video and I know this is going to be so good. :)

[@johannesglockler8152]

akshay kumar ooo

[@ColinShanahan]

Great video guys. Currently on a P90 journey to swap out the Mini Humbuckers in my 1975 Les Paul Deluxe for some P90's and came a cross this. Kudos to Dan's Jazz Chops 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@TheRycooder]

There's a depth in the P90's , like a different layer of sound that humbuckers don't have IMHO.

[@THINCOVER]

Played a Friedman Cali with 2 soapbars and my word was it insane. Proper got me into p90s. But after hearing that 330 Collings... I'm sold!

[@uriteimwrong7317]

THINCOVER Friedman knows what they’re doing amp wise and guitars.

[@matt3766]

P90 neck humbucker bridge with coil tap, best of both worlds :)

[@CoolspyGaming]

Matthew Couldn't agree more, friend! :)

[@nigelwilliams3311]

I had an SG like that, although the neck PU was a Sidewinder version of the P90. It was actually horrible! there was such a disparity in output and tone between the PUs that I virtually had to set up the amp EQ for one or the other - whenever one sounded good, the other sounded horrible. There was no nice variation in tone just from switching pickup. Both could be reasonable in isolation, but not together. I ended up swapping both out for some Bare Knuckle P90s.

[@inakymaisterrena9788]

G&L Fallout, try that one

[@williamsmothers8830]

I have a Yamaha 611 HFM, loaded with a Seymour Duncan SP90 in the neck, and a Seymour Duncan Custom 5 humbucker, tapped, in the bridge. It is a great guitar! Quite a tonal range. I also have a Fender Telecaster Scorpion that I loaded with a single Seymour Duncan bridge P-Rail. That is a really cool setup, too. I got the optional switch plate from Seymour Duncan as well, that will allow for humbucker series, humbucker parallel, P90 alone and rail single coil alone. I am wondering about a super strat setup with P-rails top and bottom, and a stacked humbucker center?

[@williamsmothers8830]

Bearly Legal while similar, coil tapping and coil splitting are not identical. Coil splitting, as you know, removes one of the windings on a humbucker from the circuit. Coil tapping, on the other hand, means running an extra lead (or leads) from various points on the winding of any pickup. This will reduce the pickup impedance, depending on where the tap is placed, thereby reducing the output of the pickup and changing it's magnetic, electrical and tonal characteristics. I believe we can consider splitting to be a form of tapping.

[@janhermannfreese]

As far as I know, early Gibson Goldtop Les Pauls and other P90 models (ES-330 ...) had a 500k Volume Pot and a 250k Tone Pot, which is compareable to a 500k Tone Pot turned down to 7-8. This might a reason for the expectation of the "honk" with P90 guitars.

[@rickmilam413]

Wow. Dan surprised me on the 125. Nicely done.

[@jamjunkies3639]

There is a lot to be said for P90's; especially in SG's. Once had a Pete Townsend SG and good God it screamed. Clean sound was exquisite too. Good job guys! :)

[@mattgilbert7347]

Yeah, the sound of that Casino can be heard all over The Beatles "Revolver" album. Amazing tone. I have a set of P-90 'Buckers in my souped-up Epiphone SG and they certainly have that full compressed attack you guys talked about, but there's no hum (unless I coil-split them). When I got the guitar, I played a little of Gilmour's "5AM" through my Bassbreaker and it sounded pretty authentic to my ears. Less honk but plenty of fat "bite and bark" Great video, as always.

[@mattgilbert7347]

"Queenslander, it's important". Too true. Have a banana Dan :P

[@ThatPedalShow]

I’m starting to wonder if people from the south of England are the only people who don’t give a shit about where they come from. Maybe ironically enough because it’s among the most privileged places on Earth and we’ve never had an ounce of hardship. And therefor no pride either. Literally couldn’t give a toss about where I come from. Mick here. Dunno.

[@mattgilbert7347]

That Pedal Show Bloody Blair-ite neoliberals! When glorious revolution come, gulag for you! ;) JK You can take the Strat to gulag

[@mattgilbert7347]

That Pedal Show All joking aside Mick, you don't have to go too far back in history in order to find plenty of hardship and suffering in the South of England. However, I admire your non-ideological/non-partisan subjectivity. Kudos.

[@docbobster]

Just got my first P90 guitar (a Revstar) after almost 50 years of electric guitar playing; what a revelation! First time I went back to a humbucker, I thought "crap, why is this so compressed sounding? Where's all the air in the notes?" Now P90s are my favorite pickups. Although I haven't seen anything confirming this online, the Revstars seem to be noise-cancelling in the middle position, which is nice if the hum gets bad.

[@DavidDyte1969]

OMG Dan with the jazz break. That was AMAZING.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Ah, cheers mate, hope you’re great :)

[@TheLadsBandLive]

So much fun watching Dan light up with that ES-125! They really do belong together.

[@HeliBenj]

Wow Dan can play jazz!

[@mattflickinger8151]

Benj Coltrane Jazzy D in the house!

[@Blaze22F]

*That walking bassline with chords though*

[@MrKeefelm]

Astonishing! I know these guys can play but they throw so many rock/ blues licks around that I tend to tune out from the playing and listen to the effects, tones etc, which I guess is the idea! But wow the jazz playing made me rewind and listen again!

[@HeliBenj]

MrKeefelm exactly, I don't normally focus on the playing too much because of what you said, and that means Mick and Dan are doing it well, allowing us to listen to the pedals. Mick stating at the ent that now he wants to play confirms they are holding back for the video, taking one for the team!

[@Defsolid]

If memory serves (was mentioned in one of the guys' videos), Dan is a jazz trained guitarist.

[@jean-reneouellet2963]

Not on the subject of this video, well kind of, but you guys gotta catch Steve Hill while he will be touring UK next month. He's one of the best canadian blues-rock musicians at the moment and he absolutly shreds those pickups! Please have a listen at his Solo recordings records, they are simply brilliant. Cheers!

[@airbornemoxen]

Thoughts on aluminum guitar necks or solid aluminum guitars? Might make a cool show topic.

[@blues61]

How prescient, I just bought a Reverend Sensei Jr. with their CP90 pickup last week. Set it up for playing slide. Love the P90 growl and the guitar has a great bass contour control that lets you dial in all sorts of tones between full and twang.

[@Davepotnoodle]

That jazz fingerpicking was glorious!

[@macleanclassics]

Oh the sweet bends in the intro Dan.... had to listen twice just to hear those resolves again !

[@letmeooze]

I like certain P90's in fully hollow guitars, but I'm yet to find a solidbody that doesn't have an excess of midrange and lack of typical singlcoil clarity. I have an PRS SE One that will turn the thickest fuzz into a heavenly articulate fuzz, but it comes at the cost of a great clean tone. Hard to dial in.

[@mdavis2703]

I have the same thing with my sg with p90s. It absolutely slays with distortion. It blows away my Ibanez rg shred guitar but I've given up trying to get a pretty clean sound. They're nowhere near that chimey Fendery sound but I live with it because they sound massive with distortion.

[@elmobrother]

I had a 60's tribute SG with P90's that I recently sold and bought a Strat. The one thing I really loved about that guitar that is when I bent the strings it almost sounded like a wah as the string moved across the magnets of the pups.

[@ronnierazor4302]

Awesome; How about a special about Jazzmasters and Jaguars, a lot people mistaken Jazzmasterpickups for P90's

[@ThatPedalShow]

Yeah. We’d need to do some learning first. Neither Dan nor I have spent much time with them so it’s not natural to us.... would be a cool learning process!

[@robertbecker6903]

That Pedal Show Well, when you think you need to learn first I bet you already know more than most of us😉 Please do your research on Jazzmasters and make a show about it. I am really looking forward to learn something about it as I am a passionate Jazzmaster Player since a few years and I am sure you could teach me something still.

[@mSarimaa]

Yeah you do need to do that. jason Lollar has agreat post about jazzmasters on his site.

[@AdamGotheridge]

I saw the title of this and was dreading it, but it turned out to be maybe one your best episodes. Really insightful. Particularly liked the back to back playing on the riffs for comparison, and then just doing the same thing swapping guitars is really helpful too. And that old Gibson with Dan playing the jazz thing just sounded fantastic. Really enjoyed it!

[@bensaunders38]

It’s a bit of a coincidence that I’m going to be swapping out my EMG’s for P90 sized humbuckers soon. Can’t wait to find out what it will sound like.

[@ruscoelee]

If you don't like noiseless pickups, put a 'dummy coil' inside your guitar. In a Strat, all you have to do is unsolder the wire from the pickup switch to the volume pot. Solder one of the leads from a spare pickup to the switch and the other lead to the volume pot. It doesn't matter which one you use. If the 'dummy pickup' is a regular Strat or Tele pickup, it'll be wound in the same direction as normal pickups. The important thing is, it must be placed upside down to the existing pickups. If it's a reverse-wound 'dummy coil' pickup you're using, put it in the same way up. That way, the dummy coil will be reverse wound, reverse polarity to the pickups fitted. Fix the 'dummy coil' inside the body. I put mine under the volume and tone pots. It does not change the sound one iota as it's too far away from the strings to make a difference. My mates Strat had a reverse-wound middle pickup fitted, so I used an old humbucker from an Encore guitar and it sorted it.

[@misakul]

P90LP+Plexi !!! :)) true love

[@peterpan0929]

I love Dan's expression as Mick hits that magical note....

[@MNGuitars]

Love love love love love you guys, TPS rules..beautiful guitars and sounds today mates, never not learning

[@memopinzon]

I'd like to make good use out of a moment of synchronicity, as I am currently eyeing a guitar with P90s to thank you for your hard work on that Pedal Show. I've been watching religiously every Friday morning since the start. Great to know you guys are at the service of some of my musical heroes, you aren't that far behind them for me either. The amount of musical knowledge and laughs I've gotten out of your videos is vast and priceless. Kind regards and keep reaping the rewards and opportunities of your efforts!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thanks Memo, that is super kind of you. We’re grateful and proud that you’ve been with us so long. We will endeavour to keep on entertaining you! :0)

[@memopinzon]

The guitar I'm after is a McCarty Soapbar and I just got to the part where Mick whips out a PRS Goldtop with P90s. What is this sorcery?!

[@christurner2398]

Of course the rest of the guitar makes a difference to the sound. I took the finish of my strat and I sounded very difference without the paint on, resprayed it and it sounded different again. It even sounds different if I use 5 springs or 3 springs at the back Ps the Supro really stands out visually in the back line

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thank you. We’re glad there’s at least some sanity on the internet!

[@christurner2398]

That Pedal Show sanity? No, it's just the 4 cans of Becks I always drink while watching your show talking...

[@pjr114]

I have three guitars with P90s, all neck pickups,and two are paired with a Humbucker. I love all three but those two are really nice because of the combination of the pickups, which is one of my favorites. The two with the Humbucker: a G&L Fallout, it's a JB in the bridge that can be tapped, and a Reverend Double Agent OG with one of their own in the bridge and of course their bass contour. The third is a G&L Bluesboy 90 and it's paired with a Tele bridge. This is a very nice guitar as well, not too spanky and a nice alternative to the Tele neck. The P90s always sound clear and dynamic to me, never muddy. In fact, the Reverend's has a lot of top end for a P90, quite nice. Enjoyed this discussion and demonstration a lot.

[@johnetone]

I need to hear more of that I30! Please do a video of just that guitar ripping!!!

[@franknguitars7671]

48:40 ... finally the Nik Huber Krautster ... to me that is *the* ultimate rock guitar. Despite all the (well deserved) rave about the red Tele, I still think that the Krautster is Dan‘s best sounding guitar.

[@dodgecukc]

Love P90s they sound great. Fat and bluesy

[@liberty4all885]

P90s from a LP junior is just fucking magic

[@darwinsaye]

Gave up all my humbucker guitars a few years back with no regrets. What you guys are describing as compression is to my ears just a badly muffled tone. Thought I would like P90s, but they only sounded good to my ears on the fully hollow body, which I would attribute more to the guitar than the pickups themselves. And those soapbars sounded the worst, even muddier than humbuckers.

[@everope]

I have P90's with a maple neck and have just bypassed the pots altogether, the highs are magical

[@garystackhouse5787]

18:21 and... all of a sudden... Dan plays the intro to one of my favourite XTC songs!!! ;)

[@sourceaudioeffects]

"All Of A Sudden It's Too Late!" Missed that the first time.

[@ThatPedalShow]

They’re my fave band. I play in a band called Tin Spirits with Dave Gregory :))

[@garystackhouse5787]

Oh yes, I know that very well, Daniel... I'm a huge fan!! Although I AM on a diet, so I'm a slightly less huge fan than a few weeks back :-P

[@TheTaulusPaulus]

Hey Dan and Mick!! Brilliant show and thank you... I've a plug of some of my favorite pickups. Lindy Fralin makes Strat/Tele pickups called Steel Pole. They're like a regular Strat/Tele pickup had a baby with a P90. They come in two flavors. A 50% blend of the two, or 75% percent leaning towards the p90 tone profile. If you haven't heard them, I highly recommend them. Keep up the good work. Cheers!

[@DavidMorisset]

Love this episode! That thick P90 sound on that McCarty. Man!🤨

[@DasDhaza]

You got me with the first few notes... -> shopping for a SG Junior

[@ChrisBuckGuitar]

Mick...dare I say that with a cold, you sound a little like Benedict Cumberbatch?

[@ThatPedalShow]

Why thank you dear boy!

[@ChrisBuckGuitar]

Haha. I read that in his/your voice 😂

[@geofftate6113]

According to Count Arthur Strong..it's Bendydick Cucumber

[@Lorneplumber]

not many will get the reference - made me laugh.........again

[@anmolatwal]

Really!!! I got more of an Alan Rickman vibe!!

[@theaceofspadesjl]

I really never thought that much of Dan as a guitar player, but he COMPLETELY proved me wrong at 7:15. Absolutely fantastic playing, Dan.

[@GitShiddy]

About time you busted out the Nik Huber! Haven't seen that since the Pedal Shed was all white picket with branded stickers that fell off.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Oh how we remember the stickers!

[@theoriginalheartstrummer]

I'm gonna rip into my Lennon inspired epiphone casino even harder at tomorrow's gig now! Sweet sounding American p90s in that thing and you've got me pumped for it!