P90 Soap Bar

P90's have become my favorite pickup. I recently got a Squier Strat-O-Sonic that comes with two P90's. The stock pickups are actually pretty nice, to my surprise. But I knew there was room for improvement. I have been watching Dylan's YouTube channel for a while and thought this was a great opportunity to support his channel and company. Every builder thinks their P90's are best, so I watched some independent reviews and they were glowing with praise as I kind of expected. So I bought a set of Dylan's P90's. I installed them today and I am so glad that I did. The guitar sounds amazing with Dylan's P90's. Even the middle position push/pull pot tones of serial pickups and out of phase sound better and are more usable that the stock pickups. One minor hiccup. I am a hobbyist, but I do work on my own guitars, so this was not the first time that I have swapped out pickups. The QR code that was sent with the pickups to get to the wiring diagrams no longer works. It appears that the web site is gone. Not a big deal to me, but others may need those diagrams.

I do not know if Dylan's boast is true, i.e. that the Dylan Talks Tone P-90s are the best P-90s in the world. But I do know that they are the best P-90s that I have tried. They are better than the more expensive boutique pickups I've purchased. I installed them on an Epiphone Les Paul Special with a Gunstreet Les Paul Standard '50s-style wiring harness. Their tone is fantastic and just what I wanted. I play edge-of-breakup Blues and these are wonderful pickups for the genre. I have one caveat. If you do twiddle your volume and tone knobs, be aware that these P-90s can lose tone (i.e. darken up) as you lower the volume. This is a common issue and not a problem with Dylan's pickups. I've never run into this issue with humbuckers, but P-90s seem to be more susceptible to the issue. If you never lower your volume then you'll never run into this. I had my luthier install The V-Treb Variable Treble Bleed Circuit for Guitar & Bass by Precision Music Technologies on my volume pots. They solved the issue completely. I highly recommend Dylan's P-90s and the V-Trebs.

Just got them installed today. Can't wait to finish this review so I can get back to playing. They are everything I could ask for and more. Clarity and definition off the charts. Great work, thanks again. (Lenny (ibji))

Just want to give you a shout out on the P90's. I had very high expectations from your continued praise of them and they DID NOT disappoint. Honestly, they completely transformed the guitar; well above even my highest expectations!

I traded up one of my import guitars towards an Epi Les Paul Custom with P90s. It sounded good, but Dylan's P90's are in a completely different league. Like I said, it completely transformed the guitar!

I’ve been primarily a rhythm player for my entire guitar playing journey. Shortly after getting my Texas Toast Guitars Challenger level 2, I find myself inspired to expand my skills and play guitar much more often.

These pickups offer a clarity and pick definition unmatched by the competition! I’ve played other boutique P-90’s and Dylan’s are far superior in both output and versatility!! They offer the feel of the vintage model they’re based on and work well in any position.

I’m not really a bridge pickup guy as I’ve spent most of my guitar playing career just replicating the acoustic part on an electric, but the fullness of sound and reactivity I get from Dylan’s P-90 in any position makes me want to keep playing and improve.

Excellent product, excellent service!!