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Its a copper plated steel plate, that's inspired by the OG

I put a pair of those type pickups in a G 400. They were ceramic and damn hot. Perfect for stoner/doom .

why was the last sound you used with the kind of ethereal chords so much better what did you engage at 7:00 minute mark?

Those old studios are so amazing. My headstock snapped back in the late 90’s and it kept breaking even after the fix. It was such a great feeling guitar. I loved the plain black and silver bare bones vibe. I have a les paul classic but the early studios with the ebony fret boards had this thing. I miss it and it’s been over 24 years 😢

I have a old Japanese Law Suite era Ventura Les Paul I dropped one of those humbucker size p90 in

I have installed these in 3 of my guitars and i love them it is hard to believe these Yibuy $17.99 p_90s sound better than all these expensive humbuckers and i have been playing for a long time .

I am going to change to p-90s they do sound a lot clearer

Nice pedalboard! What's your thoughts on the Keeley Synth-1? I already have a 3 Keeley effects on my board and depending on what direction I take, I may add a 4th. I'm looking at the either the Synth-1 or the Parallax Spatial Generator.

Dude I put the same pickups in my Epiphone sg400 and it sounds so freakin good it’s just ridiculous…. Not gonna lie I’ve got lots off these cheap pups and only time I had bad luck was with fake EMGs … but all these others that aren’t trying to mimick big brands , have been legit 💯

please tune up and shut up

Night and Day, P90 is so dynamic and clear the Gibson is mud.

You show a copper plate, yet say you "installed a steel plate for fatter tone". Also, you copper shielded the neck and pass through cavity, yet those two cavities aren't connected to ground, since you have pickguard screws for the neck pickup instead of wood screws into the body. I think you solved your problem with a better ground to the bridge plate.

To be honest the modifications won't be noriced if you are playing a live gig , especially if its a classic rock song.

Barely heard any loss in tone after the shielding. If anything it sounds like you roll off some of the treble.

I just ran across this review and I am amazed. A Very good review/

I changed the bit muddy sounding Roswell Humbuckers of my Harley Benton CST24 to Artec P90 Humbucker sized. The sound is way more open and bright, i looove it. I'm so happy i did this!

Yeah - people spend a lot on pick-ups - when it isn't necessary. The same physics work on both expensive and cheap. Unless you are dealing with a totally different design. And most of the time a tweak to the amp compensates for any differences in tone that you might hear. It's a hundred-year-old technology - except for the Fluence design - but even that - a battery powered pickup has been around for decades. AND - tweaking the sound in your amp and pedalboard would be the first thing you would want to try anyway.

The $20 P90 is exactly what you got! It's not even close to the humbucker. There is so much more clarity and tone with the Gibson pu's.

I prefer the original humbucker. But that’s my opinion. Like the warmth. The new P94 doesn’t have warmth detail. I personally never had any luck in liking inexpensive replacement pickups. They never end up being worth my time.

I got a cheapo P94 and all it was was a strat pickup bobbin in that ring with cheap magnets around it.. it sounds ok.. but not great.

Swap the swampy brass baseplate for a nickel one and the short pole screws for long nickel screws and it'll be even better.

04:53 sounds very similar to the mid/end of Guns N’ Roses “Rocket Queen”. Great review either way!

Bridge pick ups, always sound different than the neck no matter what,

Yeah, one of those in the bridge position of an inexpensive teenage guitar with the usual teenage mudbucker bridge pickup really brings the guitar to life. Worked for me.

Tone is rolled off on the humbuckers obviously.

after sheilding sound effected the tone 😬

When people argue in absolutes “tone only comes from the fingers”. Yeah but not everyone plays their guitars unplugged all the time

I just put this in my HSS Strat, and man… did it come alive! The slide tones I can get are wicked.

The new one is much more open.

I have been a fan of the cheap Chinese pickup for a few years. They just keep getting better.

Most of those p90 humbucker sized pickups are just strat pickups hidden under cover. Still sounds good,just not a p90.

I have no tech skills! I upgraded to TexMex pickups on my tele(bought a $15 Amazon solder iron), since it was open I put in the copper tape!! It can be done.

I received a Harley benton guitar with Roswell pickups. I swap the bridge pickup for a Seymour Duncan pegasus and the stock one sounded much better....

Wow! Thanks for sharing! This is the great thing about having a cheaper Gibson, or even Epiphone. You can chop it up without fear of slashing its value in half. Your guitar sounds and looks freaking epic now mate. I'm certainly doing this to my LP Tribute.

6:05-6:23 If you won't use that sound clean, you should resolder your pickup to get it into phase. The sound of two single coils in phase is much more useable than this thin sound. Think Telecaster, Jazzmaster, '55 Les Paul TV Yellow.

1:12-1:14 Amazon? That's not what you wrote in your description. That says eBay! I have no intent to make the shop killer any richer than he already is...

To my ears there’s absolutely no competition at all - it’s the P90 by laps.

before sounds better

Gibson stocks have ALWAYS sucked. When I was 14 I saved as much $ from MANY lawn-mowing jobs to buy a used wine red LP studio. I finally had a REAL guitar. Only problem: the pickups (490 & 498T?) s u c k e d. Since then I’ve used/borrowed plenty of GFS pickups that typically go for $35-45 and never been disappointed by their stuff. I think we often assume that you have to pay $200-300 for magnets. You don’t.

I believe I have that same $10 roll of Amazon copper tape. Lol! Great video. One day maybe I can drive north of I20 and see you in Tucker, from Newnan,.

Sounds like a $20 pup ta me! IMO GFS makes some of the best sounding P90's, and that includes duncan, dimarzio, Tonerider, etc.

Can't u just tap in to the stock wires ? Sure lazy but can't u??

I put my 7-dollar-a-pair P94 pickups on my 30-dollar-SG guitar.

I'm putting a set of these in my Squier Bullet Mustang. The HBs that come with the Bullet Mustang are pretty good though, so I'm putting those in my cheap Glarry imitation of a Mustang (GMF HH.)

I've put a set of those pickups in a Hamer double cut and they sounded fantastic.

Great video thanks for the info and inspiring playing. I'm in my first 6 months of guitar and it's a steep learning curve all around. Even 1-2 hours a day doesn't seem enough, and it's great that videos like this are available to demonstrate differences

The cheap one kind'a sounds like a, Srat a bit.

I've always said humbuckers are crap. This proves my point. A P90 has far more clarity, definition, and tone. Wind it up to 10, and it will stand with any paf thing. My '56 Les Paul Gold Top, eats any humbucker.

Alnico?

I just got a Casino USA and I like the guitar but yeah the stock pickups, have no BALLS.. Fine with an OD but straight in the amp cranked. They kind of suck.