GFS Pickups Dream 90

P90 single coil in a humbucker-sized mount.
Black & pearl 'tuxedo' model (if it matters)

2005 Fender Highway One Stratocaster
Installed to replace the stock bridge pickup. I've always hated the sound of the bridge position on my strat. The neck & middle are beautiful, but the bridge is just thin and weak.

I am really really happy with the sound of this pickup. As I mentioned I hated the thin, brittle sound of the Fender single coil, I've also tried a Duncan JB Jr. and a GFS "vintage 59" in this guitar but neither of the humbuckers really matched the other pickups. This Dream 90 is just a perfect fit. I get that bright, clear bridge position sound without the harsh, overbearing treble and without overpowering the single coils or distorting the clean channel. I installed a switch when I got the guitar to get a neck & bridge position and with this pickup installed that position is perfect for everything I play from surf to rockabilly to country to old Beatles favorites.

I don't think I'm qualified to talk about "the P90 sound". If you want to know how this stacks up against other P90s I can't help you. What I can say is that this pickup sounds like a single coil should. It's well balance without harsh or brittle highs. It's crystal clear and responsive to pick attack. It has a great 60s rock crunch when distorted and the snap and definition I was looking for when clean. It sounds fantastic on it's own or in combination with other single coils. I wouldn't hesitate for a second to buy another one or to recommend it to others.

P-90 type p/u with gold covers. Others have pretty well covered the specs

I put these in a really pretty natural flame top Epiphone Dot Ltd Edition that my wife bought for me. Both stock humbuckers were replaced. The stock p/u's were fairly muddy sounding and just didn't cut it in a live situation.

These p/u's are about the same output as the original Epiphone humbuckers, but are very articulate. The guitar sounds pretty nice through my Custom Vibrolux Reverb. I play a wide variety of music from old R&R to CCR to Vince Gill to ZZ Top. This guitar seems to work well with these pick ups for anything I play.

I would buy these again, especially for the price. I've been playing for over 40yrs and I own way too much gear. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by these pick ups, because they are very decent sounding. They are just what I was looking for and the discription on the web site was right on.

Dream 90's, single coils man! In a humbucker size.

I have 2 Dream 90's in all 3 of my Les Paul's (Stellar) for my "Clash" tribute band, (I just had to get that in). With different pearl top's in each guitar; they look so cool!

Yeah, humbuckers are just too muddy to cut through a "Clash" band, (there I go again).

I left the stock 500K pot's & cap on the neck pickup's when I switched over, I preferred the sound of less restriction on those pup's.

Wow! Nice and clear. Playing clean through my new DA10 Vox, jangle & SRV tones are very impresssive.

Dirty tone is just what I wanted, nice crunch with good spank on the high end.

Output isn't as hot as the humbuckers I took out, (some wound to 17 ohm's) but you knew that going in.

Bottom line they really opened up the sound of these guitar's and set them apart from any other Les Paul.

I'm real stoked on GFS pickups, and for that price you can go crazy retrofitting your axe collection. They seem to fill a nich, giving you what you really wanted, with cool pearl tops to boot! I'm glad I found GFS pickups before I bought anything else.

Well I'm done buying equipment for now...................Yeah sure;~)

Single coil passive in a humbucker form factor.

Weird Epi set neck Les Paul Special. Bridge to replace the stock USA HB. I'm a big fan of the P90, and quickly becoming a fan of GFS. I originally intended to replace both the bridge and the neck HBs, to try and achieve a vintage Special sound. But, the neck is quite nice and gnarly, so I felt I'd leave well enough alone. The bridge though, was too brittle. So I felt I'd try this first rather than give up on the neck.

I play the blues, and love P90s. You don't really go with these for high output, although they may be hotter than most HBs. It should be a thick tone, and the Dream 90 delivers here. Although I wouldn't say that it is exactly like a great soapbar, but it approaches it. In comparison with a Gibson Junior using the same amp and settings, I'd say that the difference is marginal. The dream 90 seemed a little hotter. Actually, I prefer the Special, because the intonation is better due to the bridge which created a creamier more complex harmonic. I also like mixing the HB and 90 for some granularity on a modded Valve Junior. Very, very Jimmy Reedish.

I'd probably buy it again. I've used several of these HB retrofits, and the Dream is almost as good as the top boutiques, and better than some. I like the fit, and they come with different covers. If you have a flat top or an un-Lester with HBs, try a set of these. But be prepared not to go back.

Single coil P-90 type pickup to fit humbucker rout. Wound hot for single coil- more like PAF impedance 8-9k.

I put these in the neck & middle positions of a 1970's MIJ Matsumoku Les Paul clone (set-neck, all mahogany, 10lb.s) routed for 3 pickups. I replaced the neck pickup because I wanted some different sounds (S-S-H) & the stock middle pickup was DOA.

The bridge pickup is a GFS Nashville Filtertron clone. I installed a 5-position rotary switch instead of the 3-way pickup selector so I could get some coil tap sounds & more variety.

None that I know of beside me, but I really liked the Nashville, the Fat PAF & the Power Rails that I've bought from Jay.

The output is warm & clear with a good bottom end & lots of shimmer. It does not 'jangle', but if I was looking for jangle, I'd have put on filtertrons or De'Armonds.

I play through a Garnet 25W 1x15" combo every other sunday; a Garnet 5W 1x12" combo for rehearsal & an Epiphone Valve Jr for practice. I use a Boss ME-50 multi-effects unit.

The Dream 90 sounds like the missing link between single coils & humbuckers- that is, not as thin as a Strat pickup , but not as muddy as a PAF at its worst. The pick dynamics are the best of any pickup I've ever played. The neck p/u & the reverse-wired middle p/u combined nicely with the north & south coils of the Nashville to give me some cool 'middle position' sounds too.

I play classic rock, blues & folk-rock. I use this axe for slide about 90% of the time. The Dream 90 is an ideal match for my style. There is just the faintest hum though...

I would replace if stolen or lost, but I might check out the Mean-90 or Dream 180's too...

I've been playing for about 35 years. I have two other Les Pauls- a Memphis Black Beauty & an Epiphone gold-top. My other axes are vintage Rickenbacher & Epiphone lap steels from the 30's.

I love this pickup for the muscular, vintage tone & pick dynamics.

I compared this pickup to similar P-90 clones sold by Diesel & Kent Armstrong and I preferred this one. I have also tried other GFS product previously & liked them.

I am satisfied with this pickup, but still might try the Mean-90.

It's a passive, true single coil p90 in a standard, Gibson humbucker size. I believe the impedence is around 8k.

I put this in the neck position of a 2002 Squier Standard Fat Tele to replace the muddy stock humbucker, which was only good for one sound, had no versatility, and didn't mix well with the stock bridge single coil (which also will eventually be replaced). I wanted something that could balance better with the bridge pickup output wise, still be thick and full sounding when played clean, but with more highs and harmonics that would cut through when the gain was up.

This is my first p90 and it's a good pickup. Very balanced tone with a flat natural eq and less hum than I was expecting. Where it really shines is under a good amount of overdrive for rhythm work in a classic rock style. There it gets a good, snarly bite but with great string definition. I can hear the Beatles here, early Rolling Stones, early Black Sabbath Sex Pistols-- basically a lot of hard-driving 60s and 70s rock. It doesn't sound "round" or "cutting" like a Strat, nor is it as thick and full sounding as a humbucker, but it's still useful. However, unlike other people have said, it doesn't "sparkle" when played clean. It's a decent sound, but sort of bland, which was a real bummer.

Although I think this is a good, versatile pickup, it's really not what I was looking for in this guitar. These are great for people who rock out old school--I can imagine them sounding fantastic blasting out power chords through a cranked Marshall-- but that's not me right now. If I keep this guitar, I'll probably sell this pickup on ebay and go back to some sort of PAF-clone for the neck. Still a good pickup at a good price.

I got no clue other than what everyone here says.

Fender Squier Bullet Special--one pickup, one volume control, nothing else.

Put this in the bridge--there is only one pickup in this guitar. I opted for the bridge version of the Dream 90.

Replaced the stock Squier ugliness that was in here.

I wanted a better sound. The stock humbucker was brittle and thin. Also, I wanted the cool look of this white pearloid pickup. Looks really cool in this bland guitar.

Output seems medium to me. Similar to the junky stock humbucker that was in here.

Use this with a Roland Cube-60 and Roland Micro Cube

Tone is midrangy, but with biting treble and more depth than what I had before.

This is a great pickup for flat out rock. Set the amp on a Tweed (Bassman) or Brit combo (Vox AC30), and go from nice clean to flat out overdrive. I have not found it great for really heavy music.

I have only used this as a bridge pickup since this guitar only has one pickup. It has guts.

I am going to buy some more GFS pickups after this. I may try a couple of these Dream 90s in my Ibanez Artcore. The pickups in that are pretty muddy sounding.

I have been playing for about 15 years. I own a MIJ '62 reissue Strat, Gretsch 6119HT, Ibanez Artcore. I have a Blues Jr. (in need of repair) and a Roland Cube 60 and Roland Micro Cube. I also mess around with my son's Jay Turser JT-200D Les Paul copy (dang nice for the price!), and his old Squier Bullet Special that I dropped this thing in. I never would play that Squier because it sounded like total crap. Now it's fun.

I love the look of this pickup and the in your face overdriven tone. It sounds very classic to me. Not modern or metal, just classic rock.

I chose this because for the price I figured if it sucked, I'd only be out $30. I am not disappointed. I love it.

As you can see from my guitars I have a pretty good variety of sound. This pickup fits in between them all which is what I wanted. I swear it almost twangs at times when it's clean, but nothing like my Gretsch.

The only thing I don't like too much is the hum. But I can live with it. It doesn't seem as obnoxious as my Strat. All in all, I'm very pleased and am going to check out more GFS products. They're pretty inexpensive and I think this thing sounds pretty darn cool.

p-90/humbucker case
passive
impedance is 8.ish

pickup is installed in a 1990 fender squier
bridge
pup replaced was a "overwound" aftermarket single coil
none.......all by itself
dont know
i changed the pup in search for a open "vintage" tone

pup output is a nice medium level
my effects are:ts9 tubescreamer,digitech delay into a marshall vs265 with a sovtech preamp tube.
tone is middy of course,fairly tight bass with nice warm highs..just what i was looking for!very well balanced
although mine only has one pup(bridge)i would expect the neck p-90 to sound very good also.i play classic rock,power blues.this pup suits this type of music very well
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if this pup were stolen,i would get another!!
ive been playing 27yrs.
other gear i own epi les paul with a 498t bridge pup,and a frankenstrat i put together,(1970 body,1998 maple neck,vintage elec.)
i really like the open vintage sound!very well balanced,think the doors,thorogood.
if the pup had a little more volume it would be nice,but thats part of the vintage magic!
the pup is alittle noisy but very tolorable for a p-90

p-90 in humbucker size

I use it on my epiphnone les paul in the neck position for replacing stock pickup.

It's hotter than the stock pickup,with good tone but sometimes muddy,good with clean sound,very good with overdrive sounds for lead ritmics.
I play alternative indie rock

It's a goog pickup compared through the price paid for.
It's better than the stock pickup and not too distant from other brands like seymour duncan.
If you want a cheap good pickup to try new sounds try it.

Pickup features: Humbucker-sized P-90
Impedence or other specs: 8k-ish

Model of guitar or bass: Gibson Les Paul Special
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: 498T, SD '59, GFS Liverpool
Other pickups on guitar: none yet
Artists using this pickup: Madd Kalaway, Brenden Misereaux, Jon Cornwaller, Just Kidding, etc.
You musical style(s):
Reason for pickup change:

Perceived output level: pretty hot
Tone: balanced sound on all strings, but overall dark for a p90. takes well to alot of treble boosting.
Sonic evaluation: I ditched the stock Gibson humbuckers 498T and 490R. I tried a Seymour Duncan 59 in the bridge and neck and thought it was lacking in some frequency, not sure. I just didn't like it. Then I tried a GFS Liverpool and it was the best of the bunch. That pickup sounds awesome, but not for me. If you're looking for a very vintage sound, that thing is IT. Then I tried the Dream 90 on a whim and I love it. I've owned two other p90 guitars and have been trying out a bunch and they sound pretty good, but they never sound as good at home through my Blues Junior. But this thing is kind of in a world of its own. It just rocks. I can't decribe the sound, but it's very thick and syrup-y compared to other real p90's, both clean and all the way up to heavy heavy heavy overdrive. Yes, you can do metal with this pickup. Too noisy? Hell no, it's the quietest single coil I've ever heard. I'm using 500k pots and they're perfect. I can't wait to get a neck one to see how the in-between position sounds.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Funk, CCR/Roots rock, rock a la AC/DC

Comments: I really like this pickup. I was getting sick of shopping around and trying different pickups. Get these! Jay at GFS is a cool guy and knows his stuff. He'll help you pick the right one.