My 50s Soapbar P90s in my 2020 Eastman SB56 are magic. Just totally sweet, singing, round, and violin-esque. If I ever got it's Gibson counterpart, I'd look for the same! MJ
This is a fantastic product demo. I have 2 guitars with Lollar P90s. One ‘50s wind’ and one ‘Low Wind’ and this video demonstrates the subtle differences beautifully. Hopefully you do a similar video for humbuckers. I have a 335 with Imperial Low Wind in my 335, have always wanted to try the El Rayos : )
It's already on the schedule! It's going to take a while though, as we try to use the same guitar for all the pickups when possible. So that alone makes producing this sort of content take a bit longer than just plugging in a guitar and playing. Stay tuned for that when it drops though!
This comparison is fantastic and should be the bar that other manufacturers try to follow. I feel genuinely confident in being able to make a very good decision from these.
This is a brilliant video. Great to hear how the different builds compare in the same guitar in all pickup positions. Other manufacturers might follow suit. I use a Lollar dog ear (50's wind?) in a junior dc replica. I can sound very Page-esque circa LZ I and II, even though I don't want to..
This is so helpful I could watch it a million times! My only feedback is I wish I had heard the low e string at some point in the riff. Great demonstration. This is the guitar I use. Might be time to upgrade pickups.
Great video! Love this kind of a boutique mic manufacturer from USA! Lollar P90 pickups rock! After watching this video I made my choice, I'm gonna get me a Heritage H-530 trans cherry guitar equipped with fine Lollar Dogear P90s made in USA! A red guitar, on fire, desire!
Thank you so much for your kind words and support. And thanks for watching the video. We're happy to have been able to help you find the pickup of your desires!
Great video! I have a Standard P90 and a Low Wind in a Warmoth Tele project guitar and IMO it’s one of my two best sounding guitars. The pickups were really beyond expectations. I really want to get a 50’s wind set in a guitar now. Maybe mod a Jazzmaster and do a JM-sized 50s wind bridge along with a Lollar 58 JM neck using 500k pots…🤔
This is a fantastic comparison video and exactly what I was looking for. I’m replacing some P90s and this will get me exactly what I’m looking for…Lollars. But, which ones? The video is helping me to decided. Excellent!
I like the 50s neck but would opt for a higher output bridge than the standard. Usually i like a 0.6k difference. The standard 50s is i think 0.4. Not enough imo. Actually, i like a standard A5 in the bridge, then roll off some treble w the control.
I really wish you would edit and sequence the comparison videos differently. I think it would make much more sense to group the demos by position/style instead of by pickup so you can directly compare the pickups more easily. So you would cycle through bridge/clean with all the pickups, then move on to middle/clean with all the pickups, etc.
While we certainly understand and appreciate what you're saying here; there's simply no way for us to please everyone in all things. It's simply a matter of opinion and individual preference. If we did it the way you suggested, we'd just have another contingent of folks saying that we should've done it differently. Time stamps allow viewers to jump around as they wish. That being said, we take comments and suggestions such as this into account in the process of making future videos. So, thank you for taking the time to share your opinion. We appreciate you and your perspective.
I'd suggest the format they used is actually better. We gear nerd guitarists get far too caught up in gauging things in terms of comparisons and trying to pick what's better, but when examining a range of options like this it's much more productive to blindly listen and just note when you hear a sound you like. I think this is a faster route to finding the pickup you want.
Great demo, thanks. Sorry if this has been asked and answered: You give good info about using Low-Wind in neck for more clarity, and High-Wind in bridge for a darker sound, and the pickup combinations in the demos reflect that. But would it be unusual to pair a Low-Wind in the neck with a High-Wind in the bridge? Or would those be too "far apart"? Thanks.
Good question and thanks for asking! It has been done by several players in the past, but they're usually not looking for a "matched" or "balanced" set, so much as they're looking to achieve two completely different sounds from the two different positions. They will sound completely imbalanced, with the neck being very hot, fat, and darker; while the bridge would be thinner, weaker, and brighter. Neither would sound bad per se, but they might present some challenges for you when trying to set up your signal chain to sound its best in both positions. In the end, if it's what YOU like best in your setup, then it's the best for YOU. It's entirely subjective.
If I were to order a 50s wind Neck P90, what do you think would be the appropriate bridge to accompany it? I would like it to be clean / EOB on the neck, and then have more gain when switching to the bridge. This is for the Revstar guitars. Thanks!
If you like the sound of the '50s Wind for the neck, why not go with that in the bridge as well? It will sound very much balanced and complimentary to the '50s Wind in the neck. That's what we'd do.
Surprised I liked the standard neck and bridge the best, although they all had their charms. Is the DC-90 supposed to sound like a Fender Wide Range pickup?
No, that was simply a design choice made to allow for the pickup to facilitate the use of two coils and an aesthetic choice. The Fender Wide Range Humbucker design is appreciably different, utilizing magnetic slugs in place of steel ones. This pickup is built more like a dual coil P-90 than a WRHB.
The Staple stands out from the others. Like a beautiful deep-pitched Strat pickup. I had expected the Alnico Pole to sound similar, but in these samples, the Alnico is closer to a regular P90. Is that true in real life when you're playing it?
The closest you'll get is our standard P-90. We based it on the original sound of the Gibson P-90 pickups before the aged and were considered "vintage". But our '50s Wind P-90 sounds like an old, road worn classic with decades of use under its belt; much like what we hear *now* from a vintage pickup, more so than what the vintage ones sounded like when they were brand new. So, if you're looking for a pickup that sounds like they originally sounded out-of-the-factory back then, then go with our standard P-90. And if you want the sound of an actual old, vintage instrument as it would sound today, complete with the effect of wear and tear of time on the sound, then check out our '50s Wind P-90. I hope that helps and doesn't further muddy the water for you.
Theoretically, yes. Our P-90 pickups have the same footprint as a Mini/Firebird with the LP Deluxe-style rings, so they *should* fit. But we try to avoid making any sort of guarantee on that, as we can't possibly know for sure without taking measurements and confirming fit. To be sure, you can take measurements of your instrument's cavities and compare them to our P-90 pickup dimensional drawing found here on our website: www.lollarguitars.com/p90-pickups/p90-soapbar-dimensions-both.jpg
Literally any of them would suffice and provide a great sounding result. But, to home in on your particular tastes and what might match best, reach out to our customer service team using the contact info on our channel bio and they can help you choose what will work best for your individual needs.
Dylan's P-90s, Lindy Fralin's P-90's, Gibson P-90s. These are my favorites, and no hum-cancelling crap either. (Get a noise gate). Btw - A Klon-Clone pedal or "The Plumes" OD pedal makes my P-90's guitars sing pretty in my Deluxe Reverb amp.
Aside from natural compression that occurs within the amp's normal operation, there's no compression added in the recording or postproduction, so any that you may be perceiving is likely either from RUclips or your device.
".....based on pickups from blues legend Sean Costello's 1954 Les Paul gold top...." .. ...and what a sound he had! ruclips.net/video/DbH-X08V1Do/видео.html
We understand this sentiment. But if we did different riffs, we'd have even more folks waging that we should play the same thing to make it a more apples-to-apples comparison. These particular videos aren't intended to be entertaining demos, but simple comparisons for customers looking for aid in deciding which of our models are best suited for their individual needs. So, they can get laborious to watch all the way through if that's not the reason you're watching. Thanks for your feedback!
You need to make a vid comparing them back to back SAME SOUND AND POSITION, like neck only all pickups, then bridge all pickups, testing all positions and sounds on one then moving to another one no one can tell because they are not back to back same thing... these vids suck as you cant tell anything. By the time I hear 10 sounds of one pickup, impossible to tell when you move to the next.
If we had, there'd just be someone else complaining that we split the sets up. We can't please everyone all the time. I might suggest using the chapter timestamps listed in the description or on the video progress bar at the bottom of the video to jump from one model to the other if you want to hear them back-to-back. That's what they're there for.
Thanks for your feedback. Luckily, no one is being forced to buy anything that they don't want to buy. The fact is, the cost of highly-skilled American craftsmanship and top-quality materials is more than you'll pay for the same sort of product made on assembly lines with cheap parts. Lollar employees earn a living wage and have comprehensive benefits. Because of this, they enjoy a quality of life that is far greater than could be afforded if we cut corners on labor costs. Plus, our customers benefit from the high standards of quality found in our products, from the way they sound to their consistency and reliability. For some people, the juice is worth the squeeze. If it's not worth it for you, we understand and we appreciate the time you spent watching the video and sharing your thoughts. Take care!
@@LollarPickups Look pal, I never said your "Products weren't "quality" I merely said they were Pricy. And your delusion that other countries can't make/build "quality" Products is nonsense and 100% Clown Shoes. The last 2 guitars I got from Gibson I had to send back due to very visible finish flaws. So don't try to push that if it's USA. made it's the best BS. on me.
You've inferred things that were never stated or implied. Maybe reread the comment without assuming that you were being told you're wrong. No one ever accused you of claiming they aren't quality, and no one claimed that other countries can't make or build quality products. No one was or is arguing with you. You said our products are pricey and I explained why: the cost of materials and labor. I apologize if the tone was misread. We're not trying to talk you into buying anything that you don't want or need and we aren't going to argue with folks in the comments sections when we have plenty of satisfied customers who are more worthy of our resources. Our videos are intended for folks who do want or need our products and/or services. If that's not you, that's fine. Have a great day and take care.
@@LollarPickups Well if it's true that all Lollar employees make a living wage? I will gladly retract some of my post. And you may justify your cost to produce your pickups. But your production cost is not my problem your price was the issue. PS. .. "the cost of highly-skilled American craftsmanship and top-quality materials is more than you'll pay for the same sort of product made on assembly lines with cheap parts" .. That is not an inference, it is a clear statement of perceived superiority. Because of where it was made and who made it. This is the last comment from me I hope Lollar continues to do well and keeps it's employees happy So Peace Out & Stay well
The riff shows arpeggios, strums, hits notes of different pitches and allows sustain at the end. All in a short period. That is the purpose of the demo... not to play the most earworm riff you've ever heard. Lol
Them alnico poles spank A LOT!!
This is just about the best product demo I have ever seen. I was already sold on Lollar P90s, and now I want to try all the different flavors!
My 50s Soapbar P90s in my 2020 Eastman SB56 are magic. Just totally sweet, singing, round, and violin-esque. If I ever got it's Gibson counterpart, I'd look for the same!
MJ
Engineers for the win! Great, clear demo. Wow.
Thank you very much! Glad you liked it.
This is a fantastic product demo. I have 2 guitars with Lollar P90s. One ‘50s wind’ and one ‘Low Wind’ and this video demonstrates the subtle differences beautifully.
Hopefully you do a similar video for humbuckers. I have a 335 with Imperial Low Wind in my 335, have always wanted to try the El Rayos : )
It's already on the schedule! It's going to take a while though, as we try to use the same guitar for all the pickups when possible. So that alone makes producing this sort of content take a bit longer than just plugging in a guitar and playing. Stay tuned for that when it drops though!
This comparison is fantastic and should be the bar that other manufacturers try to follow.
I feel genuinely confident in being able to make a very good decision from these.
Thank you for taking the time to watch. We're glad you found it helpful.
i needed this video. THE WORLD NEEDED THIS VIDEO. ty
Thank you for taking the time to watch and for your kind words. We're glad you found it helpful.
This is a brilliant video. Great to hear how the different builds compare in the same guitar in all pickup positions. Other manufacturers might follow suit. I use a Lollar dog ear (50's wind?) in a junior dc replica. I can sound very Page-esque circa LZ I and II, even though I don't want to..
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching.
This is so well structured no nonsense and clear. Thank you.
Glad you liked it, thanks for watching!
This is so helpful I could watch it a million times! My only feedback is I wish I had heard the low e string at some point in the riff. Great demonstration. This is the guitar I use. Might be time to upgrade pickups.
Thank you, we're so happy to hear that you like the video! Thanks for watching.
A great complement to @haskitt 's excellent Lollar P90 shootout.
Thank you for making one that fits a mid 60s melody maker. Thank you so much
Thank you for this! So helpful in making an informed decision when so many great options.
nice helpful demo. thanks!
Glad it was helpful! And thank you for watching.
Thank you so much for this presentation.
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching!
Great video! Love this kind of a boutique mic manufacturer from USA! Lollar P90 pickups rock! After watching this video I made my choice, I'm gonna get me a Heritage H-530 trans cherry guitar equipped with fine Lollar Dogear P90s made in USA! A red guitar, on fire, desire!
Thank you so much for your kind words and support. And thanks for watching the video. We're happy to have been able to help you find the pickup of your desires!
Great video! I have a Standard P90 and a Low Wind in a Warmoth Tele project guitar and IMO it’s one of my two best sounding guitars. The pickups were really beyond expectations. I really want to get a 50’s wind set in a guitar now. Maybe mod a Jazzmaster and do a JM-sized 50s wind bridge along with a Lollar 58 JM neck using 500k pots…🤔
Excellent Resource and Thank You! Best Regards and Best Wishes!
such a great video! Thanks for it!
You're welcome and thank you as well for taking the time to watch and comment.
@@LollarPickups my pleasure! 🙂
I love your company for making this. Going to contact customer service department for a recommendation. Have a Casino that needs upgrading.
Thank you for watching! And our customer service team will definitely be able to point you in the right direction. Cheers!
I liked the Standards, Staples and DC90s (in order) the best!
This is a fantastic comparison video and exactly what I was looking for. I’m replacing some P90s and this will get me exactly what I’m looking for…Lollars. But, which ones? The video is helping me to decided. Excellent!
Thanks for watching. Glad it was helpful!
Hard job. Thank you
You are welcome! Thanks for taking the time to watch and glad you liked it.
While I understand the intent and purpose of the video, it gets the award for Most Robotic Performance Ever.
Thank you...?
The 50's wind is the best P90 I've ever tried. Great pickup set.
Lollar…… hands down my favourite pickups ❤
Thanks for your kind words and support!
50’s Wind + Casino = 👑
I like the 50s neck but would opt for a higher output bridge than the standard. Usually i like a 0.6k difference. The standard 50s is i think 0.4. Not enough imo. Actually, i like a standard A5 in the bridge, then roll off some treble w the control.
Thinking if a bridge high wind and a neck low wind culd be a nice set up
Thank You!!
You're welcome! And thank you for watching.
Thinkin' that I've just found the right pups to replace my stock pups in my Casino...!!!😃👍
😎✌👍❤🖖
I really wish you would edit and sequence the comparison videos differently. I think it would make much more sense to group the demos by position/style instead of by pickup so you can directly compare the pickups more easily. So you would cycle through bridge/clean with all the pickups, then move on to middle/clean with all the pickups, etc.
While we certainly understand and appreciate what you're saying here; there's simply no way for us to please everyone in all things. It's simply a matter of opinion and individual preference. If we did it the way you suggested, we'd just have another contingent of folks saying that we should've done it differently. Time stamps allow viewers to jump around as they wish.
That being said, we take comments and suggestions such as this into account in the process of making future videos. So, thank you for taking the time to share your opinion. We appreciate you and your perspective.
@@LollarPickupsall the timestamps make any listening order possible. Thanks so much!!
We're glad they're helpful! Thanks for watching and for your feedback. Cheers!
I'd suggest the format they used is actually better. We gear nerd guitarists get far too caught up in gauging things in terms of comparisons and trying to pick what's better, but when examining a range of options like this it's much more productive to blindly listen and just note when you hear a sound you like. I think this is a faster route to finding the pickup you want.
Thank you boss🎉
You're welcome and thank you for watching!
@@LollarPickupsgonna order one soon
Great demo, thanks. Sorry if this has been asked and answered: You give good info about using Low-Wind in neck for more clarity, and High-Wind in bridge for a darker sound, and the pickup combinations in the demos reflect that. But would it be unusual to pair a Low-Wind in the neck with a High-Wind in the bridge? Or would those be too "far apart"? Thanks.
Good question and thanks for asking!
It has been done by several players in the past, but they're usually not looking for a "matched" or "balanced" set, so much as they're looking to achieve two completely different sounds from the two different positions.
They will sound completely imbalanced, with the neck being very hot, fat, and darker; while the bridge would be thinner, weaker, and brighter. Neither would sound bad per se, but they might present some challenges for you when trying to set up your signal chain to sound its best in both positions. In the end, if it's what YOU like best in your setup, then it's the best for YOU. It's entirely subjective.
@@LollarPickups Thanks for that!
Standard❤
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Low wind might be my jam. My 75 special neck pickup is too dark for my taste.
Have your p 90s in my riviera and imperials in my sheraton...Lollarlishus beauty sound eh
If I were to order a 50s wind Neck P90, what do you think would be the appropriate bridge to accompany it? I would like it to be clean / EOB on the neck, and then have more gain when switching to the bridge. This is for the Revstar guitars. Thanks!
If you like the sound of the '50s Wind for the neck, why not go with that in the bridge as well? It will sound very much balanced and complimentary to the '50s Wind in the neck. That's what we'd do.
Dear Lollar Pickups, are there any chances to produce P90 staple pickup in humbucker size?? I love the Staple p90 sound.
None at this time, but we're always open to trying things like this whenever there is enough demand for a product.
Surprised I liked the standard neck and bridge the best, although they all had their charms. Is the DC-90 supposed to sound like a Fender Wide Range pickup?
No, that was simply a design choice made to allow for the pickup to facilitate the use of two coils and an aesthetic choice.
The Fender Wide Range Humbucker design is appreciably different, utilizing magnetic slugs in place of steel ones. This pickup is built more like a dual coil P-90 than a WRHB.
@@LollarPickups Thanks!
The Staple stands out from the others. Like a beautiful deep-pitched Strat pickup.
I had expected the Alnico Pole to sound similar, but in these samples, the Alnico is closer to a regular P90.
Is that true in real life when you're playing it?
The Alnico Pole P-90 straddles the line between a P-90 and something like a Jazzmaster tone.
What Lollar P-90 model would be closest to the original P-90s installed in a 1968 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop?
The closest you'll get is our standard P-90. We based it on the original sound of the Gibson P-90 pickups before the aged and were considered "vintage".
But our '50s Wind P-90 sounds like an old, road worn classic with decades of use under its belt; much like what we hear *now* from a vintage pickup, more so than what the vintage ones sounded like when they were brand new.
So, if you're looking for a pickup that sounds like they originally sounded out-of-the-factory back then, then go with our standard P-90. And if you want the sound of an actual old, vintage instrument as it would sound today, complete with the effect of wear and tear of time on the sound, then check out our '50s Wind P-90.
I hope that helps and doesn't further muddy the water for you.
@@LollarPickups Thank you. Your information "un-muddies" the water.
Will these fit in my Firebird?
Theoretically, yes. Our P-90 pickups have the same footprint as a Mini/Firebird with the LP Deluxe-style rings, so they *should* fit. But we try to avoid making any sort of guarantee on that, as we can't possibly know for sure without taking measurements and confirming fit.
To be sure, you can take measurements of your instrument's cavities and compare them to our P-90 pickup dimensional drawing found here on our website: www.lollarguitars.com/p90-pickups/p90-soapbar-dimensions-both.jpg
I wonder which set would be good to replace the stock Fender Mustang P90s for fingerstyle jazz
Literally any of them would suffice and provide a great sounding result. But, to home in on your particular tastes and what might match best, reach out to our customer service team using the contact info on our channel bio and they can help you choose what will work best for your individual needs.
Im wondering how a dc90 bridge and staple neck would sound like
8:23 / 15:01
Dylan's P-90s, Lindy Fralin's P-90's, Gibson P-90s. These are my favorites, and no hum-cancelling crap either. (Get a noise gate). Btw - A Klon-Clone pedal or "The Plumes" OD pedal makes my P-90's guitars sing pretty in my Deluxe Reverb amp.
too much compression on the final audio
baffled as to why we just can't hear the true audio.
Aside from natural compression that occurs within the amp's normal operation, there's no compression added in the recording or postproduction, so any that you may be perceiving is likely either from RUclips or your device.
".....based on pickups from blues legend Sean Costello's 1954 Les Paul gold top...." ..
...and what a sound he had!
ruclips.net/video/DbH-X08V1Do/видео.html
Dude. Vary your riff. This got tedious quickly.
We understand this sentiment. But if we did different riffs, we'd have even more folks waging that we should play the same thing to make it a more apples-to-apples comparison.
These particular videos aren't intended to be entertaining demos, but simple comparisons for customers looking for aid in deciding which of our models are best suited for their individual needs. So, they can get laborious to watch all the way through if that's not the reason you're watching.
Thanks for your feedback!
You need to make a vid comparing them back to back SAME SOUND AND POSITION, like neck only all pickups, then bridge all pickups, testing all positions and sounds on one then moving to another one no one can tell because they are not back to back same thing... these vids suck as you cant tell anything. By the time I hear 10 sounds of one pickup, impossible to tell when you move to the next.
If we had, there'd just be someone else complaining that we split the sets up. We can't please everyone all the time.
I might suggest using the chapter timestamps listed in the description or on the video progress bar at the bottom of the video to jump from one model to the other if you want to hear them back-to-back. That's what they're there for.
C'mon?? ..
Over $300.00 Before Tax & Shipping, For a pair of Typical non-distinct P90's..
Oh wait, .. I get it now .. LOL-lar Not funny. & Get real.
Thanks for your feedback. Luckily, no one is being forced to buy anything that they don't want to buy.
The fact is, the cost of highly-skilled American craftsmanship and top-quality materials is more than you'll pay for the same sort of product made on assembly lines with cheap parts. Lollar employees earn a living wage and have comprehensive benefits. Because of this, they enjoy a quality of life that is far greater than could be afforded if we cut corners on labor costs. Plus, our customers benefit from the high standards of quality found in our products, from the way they sound to their consistency and reliability.
For some people, the juice is worth the squeeze. If it's not worth it for you, we understand and we appreciate the time you spent watching the video and sharing your thoughts. Take care!
@@LollarPickups Look pal,
I never said your "Products weren't "quality" I merely said they were Pricy. And your delusion that other countries can't make/build "quality" Products is nonsense and 100% Clown Shoes.
The last 2 guitars I got from Gibson I had to send back due to very visible finish flaws.
So don't try to push that if it's USA. made it's the best BS. on me.
You've inferred things that were never stated or implied. Maybe reread the comment without assuming that you were being told you're wrong. No one ever accused you of claiming they aren't quality, and no one claimed that other countries can't make or build quality products.
No one was or is arguing with you. You said our products are pricey and I explained why: the cost of materials and labor. I apologize if the tone was misread.
We're not trying to talk you into buying anything that you don't want or need and we aren't going to argue with folks in the comments sections when we have plenty of satisfied customers who are more worthy of our resources. Our videos are intended for folks who do want or need our products and/or services. If that's not you, that's fine. Have a great day and take care.
@@LollarPickups Well if it's true that all Lollar employees make a living wage?
I will gladly retract some of my post.
And you may justify your cost to produce your pickups.
But your production cost is not my problem your price was the issue.
PS. .. "the cost of highly-skilled American craftsmanship and top-quality materials is more than you'll pay for the same sort of product made on assembly lines with cheap parts" ..
That is not an inference, it is a clear statement of perceived superiority. Because of where it was made and who made it.
This is the last comment from me I hope Lollar continues to do well and keeps it's employees happy So Peace Out & Stay well
you got to find a better tune to play that one sucks
We can't please everyone... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
As far as just a riff to play for tone purposes this isn’t bad at all. Chill out man just enjoy the music
The riff shows arpeggios, strums, hits notes of different pitches and allows sustain at the end. All in a short period. That is the purpose of the demo... not to play the most earworm riff you've ever heard. Lol
@DravenSlaven You get it!