Jason Lollar P-90

Standard spec Lollar P-90 modified to fit Fender StratoSonic.

As mentioned above, it's been installed in the Fender StratoSonic, both positions.
The original pickups were Fender's version of P-90 called "Black Dove". Garbage! When I took them out they were totally bent due to cheap materials used in production and they both measured pretty much the same DC resistance.

I had to fight to get any decent sound out of the stock pickups. After the replacement the sound is just there. It doesn't matter which position the guitar is in, it's just there. Nicely balanced and fairly clean as the P-90 sound should be. At higher levels the sound distorts nicely without the harshness associated with many other pickups.

Lollar was highly recommended for his workmanship and the pickup sound quality. Due to non-standard size of the guitar cavities I had to pay a little bit extra but it was well worth it. The guitar that I was aiming to sell has suddenly become a keeper. I highly recommend this StratoSonic/Lollar combination.

Big old single coil. After talking with Jason, he recommended a Standard P-90 set for my Les Paul and as usual, he was right.

I am putting them in my '90 Gold Top. I had Tom Holmes in there and they are GREAT sounding buckers but I always likes the clarity and grunt of P-90s and Lollar makes the best. I put them in both positions. I know what your saying = "P-90's don't fit in a humbucker slot". You're right. I had to route the cavity a bit. Not much, but they are skinnier then buckers and I am still working on ways to hide the space. Right now its cream colored wood filler and it's not bad but I'm still thinking. Jason warned me about this but I'm stubborn and wanted the Tone over the looks. The LP is kinda beat up from all my club giggin' anyway but Plays Great

Output level is very sensitive to pole piece height. I like them kinda close.. not as close as a Humbucker but almost. These pups still retain most of their tone when you roll down the vol which is Real Nice! Not as loud as buckers but close enough. Its just they are SO .. whats the word... articulate. I now have a LP that can twang Or bite you head off all by rolling the volume knob. I'll be playin' away and realize that that clean, full sound is my Les Paul! I had not been playing it lately cause I really like a single coil snap but the Lollars made it my Fav. Guitar again! I play thru a 2002 Dr.Z Maz Jr w/ Webers (unbelieavble amp), a '76 Princeton Reverb, '75 Super Reverb, '78 Marshall 50W MKII combo and a Metro 100W Plexi Marshall and few others. I only use a TS-808 or OCD so I rely on the amp and my pups to get my sound. Thats why the Z is so good. Unreal crunch at reasonable volume although it does get loud and the Lollars really let the output tubes do their thing while keeping a clarity that humbuckers just can't match. Buckers are Great for that heavier, meatier sound but I like complex overtones and full tonal response from my Lollars better. Thats just me. There are Plenty of excellent tones coming off bucker axes out there but my Lollars are staying in my Paul!

I played an outdoor job for about 4,000 folks and used my LP w/Lollars and my Metro 100W w/Hotplate. I got some Great compliments on how my guitar (vs. my other guitar who played a Humbucker axe) cut thru the mix with a clarity and punch he couldn't match! That was exactly why I wanted P-90's! IN YOUR FACE. How sweet is that. I have been playing electric since 1969 and have a case of G.A.S like most of us. All I owned and played was my '69 SG and Super Reverb for like 20 years until I started tyring other stuff. My dream was always Les Paul like Peter Green,Mike Bloomfield,Clapton,Page and DUANE (my hero) and finally got my Gold Top Classic in '89! Original pups sucked.. tried a bunch of others but the Lollar P-90's make me smile! Its like I have my own sound. Not too many LP w/P-90's out there so I like it.
I would Definitely buy another set. As a matter of fact, I'm thinking about a set for my '93 PRS Custom 22! If you have NOT tried a P-90 guitar, treat yourself.

This is a Jason Lollar standard P-90 with a dog-ear cover. It was described to me by the tech as the vintage-style wind which, according to their website, is an AlNiCo V magnet with a DC resistance of 9.15K ohms.

The guitar I installed this in is an Epiphone "Custom Shop '57 Reissue Les Paul Junior," which is the set-neck version, not the bolt-on. The guitar itself is a featherweight with a very bright and twangy unplugged tone, which translated almost exactly through the bridge-position P-100 pickup that was installed at the factory. The stock pickup was fairly lively sounding, but low in output and suffering from a severe grunt deficiency. Adjusting the pickup closer to the strings didn't solve either problem.

The Lollar's output is higher than the Epiphone pickup, so problem #1 is solved. The guitar is mostly going to be run through either my home-built "Champeluxe" (a 5F1 tweed Champ chassis in a tweed-Deluxe-sized cabinet with a Celestion 12" speaker, a home-built tweed Deluxe clone (5E3) with an Eminence Cannabis Rex speaker, or a home-built Marshall 1974 18-watt clone with a Celestion G12H-30 "Anniversary" speaker. I also have a '97 Marshall Bluesbreaker Ltd. and a '00 Marshall 1987X head through either an Avatar G212H cab (Celestion G12H-30 "Anniversary" speakers) or an '83 Marshall 1960A 4x12 with Celestion 65s.

My tonal goal for this guitar was/is a Telecaster on steroids, with some of the twang, all of the clarity and a bit more output. The Lollar totally nails that sound. With the volume and tone all the way up, the sound is right in between a vintage-output humbucker and a single coil, with the output and push of the humbucker and the single coil twang and articulation. The balance across the frequencies is very even and you can hear every note in chords clearly. With the volume rolled back, the midrange drops out progressively for nice clean chords without mud.

I'm a rock player influenced by the playing and tones of Bluesbreakers- and Cream-era Clapton, The Allman Brothers Band, Warren Haynes and Paul Kossoff, though I listen to everything under the sun and play everything from blues to country to classic hard rock and metal. My amp collection should give you an idea of the type of sounds I aim for. This pickup covers a lot of ground in these areas for me very effectively. I don't see it being a great choice for the PRS/Mesa Boogie downtuning crowd, but I might be convinced otherwise; I'm not going there myself, though.

I don't like to rate anything 10 / 10, but I think this pickup actually deserves it.

I've been playing almost 25 years and have used a lot of different gear. I'm not at all a "flavor of the month" guy, and I've learned that instruments and amplifiers really need to "have it" from the get-go or I'm not going to be satisfied and will eventually send it on. My experience tells me that a guitar's tone is primarily in the wood, and pickup changes don't usually result in a night-and-day difference unless the original pickups are garbage or you're changing the pickup style to something radically different. I'm extremely picky about tone, unfortunately, and deficiencies in that area drive me to distraction. I have two very nice Gibson Les Pauls that occupy different ends of the tone spectrum, a Gibson ES-335, a '50s-style Telecaster I built and a Fender Powerhouse Stratocaster that doesn't suffer from the extreme midrange scoop that has made me a Strat hater for years.

For me, this Lollar P-90 has transformed an acoustically-great but electronically-deficient guitar into a sweet tone machine. I considered a Seymour Duncan Vintage P-90 and a Gibson P-90 for this guitar, but the feedback on the Lollar was universally positive and I didn't want to go through pickups until I found one that did what I wanted it to. I'm really glad I decided to try the Lollar, and I would definitely put the same pickup in another P-90 guitar without hesitation. For me, it's absolutely perfect.

Single coil P90, dogear pickup.

Dropped it into the bridge position of my Re-issue Gibson Leas Paul Jr double cut, perfect fit and dead easy to install. It's a one pick-up guitar so no confusion there. Replaces the original Gibson pick-up, which to be honest was really ok. I just wanted to see if I could get a little more "something" out of my guitar. I did.

Output seems to me a little hotter than the Gibson. It seems to drive my amp just a wee little bit harder and it hits the sweet spot just a little bit quicker. I have played it through my Vox AC-30 Custom Classic (great amp but HORRIBLE pre-amp tubes!!!!) and my Marshall 1978 JMP50 half stack. The cleans are crisper and the crunch is more defined somehow. I hate trying to write about how something sounds, let's just say that, to my ears, it all just sounds better and more responsive to my playing. The Gibby PU is up for sale, ok - nuff said.

If it was stolen I would definitely get a new one, and quick! I've been playing for over 25 years and my gear isn't exactly "boutique" but its pretty top notch. I am a working musician and I really want to have a good sound that I can dial in night after night. This PU is a keeper and the search (at least for this guitar) is over. This PU is dead quiet for a P-90 and it rips. That's all I ever asked for. Another important note, I live overseas and had to have a few contacts with them to get all the details straight and they were really cool and helpful. I even got a personal email from Jason today which was a nice touch. So lets re-cap: Great price, great service, great quality, great sound.

Two alnico magnets, six polepieces, one coil, wire, plastic "dogear" cover.

I installed it on a new LP Jr. because Gibson/Epi's pickup quality isn't as consistently high as it used to be, and I wanted a pickup which was truly outstanding. When you only have one pickup, you want it to be good!

Output is typical of a standard P90. Used it with a Vox, a Fender, and several other amps, and a wide variety of pedals.

These pickups have a couple of traits that are unusual. One is excellent frequency response; they provide clean, warm lows and amazing airy highs, and a very balanced sound. They also have a unique level of detail. If you're good enough, you can get sounds which would be lost in the blur of a lesser pickup. If you're not so good, they will bring out subtle flaws just as accurately. Either way, they will make you into a better guitarist.

It's a P-90, so it's good for everything from country/surf/rockabilly to punk. Probably not the best choice for metal.

I have been persuaded to try A/Bing my Lollar against some P-90 style pickups made by Bill Lawrence. Unless one of the Lawrences sounds as good or better than the Lollar, then Jason's P-90 will remain king of the hill. I would get another if destroyed/stolen.

Been playing on & off for 35 years, and have 4 other guitars (all custom solid body electrics).

If I could change anything in the world about this pickup, it would be... hmmm, this is hard... make them humless? Sell them for $5 each? Make them fit into lipstick covers? Within reason, there's nothing I can think of.

Jason is a great guy, and extremely helpful. A definite 10 on customer service.

Single coil P-90's. I don't remember most of the specs but after talking to Jason about what sound I was after, I got the standard bridge winding and the neck pickup 5% underwound which to my ears gives more clarity - And they don't squeal.

I had these pickups installed in the neck and bridge positions in a double pickup Zero aluminium body guitar built by Gene Nygaard in Seattle. (thin hollow but no f holes and shaped almostlike a double cutaway LP Special) I replaced a pair of Duncan Antiquity P-90's. I changed them because I was looking for a little more definition and brilliance. The Duncan's are very nice PU's but this guitar is very resonant and rich sounding and so were the pickups. It was a great blues tone, but I was looking for more edge - a more rock and roll sound.

The output levels of these pickups and the Duncan's were similar, but the overall sound is much different. The Duncan's are big and rich sounding -the Lollar's have more sparkle and a really "live" sound. They have good bottom and nice highs - they bite without being spikey.They are what I was looking for.The group that I gig with most often does 50's through 70's rock and some R&B. The pickups work well for all of that including slide. I got the neck pickup 5% underwound because the guitar has a single tone and single volume control - you can't balance out the neck and bridge enough for my liking with this configuration. A normal winding on the neck pickup is too bassy and makes the neck and middle positions too muddy for my taste.Because of that I would hardly ever use the pickups in combination, and only rarely did I use the neck pickup alone. These new pickups with the neck pickup wound differently made a huge difference.

I would definitely use these pickups in any guitar with P-90's.These are my favorite P-90's with the exception of a set or two that I played in some old Gibsons
I've been playing for about 40 years and have a USA Custom strat which has Lollar pickups as well. I really like these pickups too.

Single coil
Passive

Epiphone '57 Reissue LP Jr.
Bridge
Replacing P-100
P-100 is just a stacked humbucker. Wanted P-90 sound

Output is moderate. I'm using no effects thru a Fender Blues Jr./with a Greenback in it.

Tone was amazing. Goes from absolute snarl to brite clean.
Amazing Tone!

Did a lot of research to find the best P-90 out there. I'm not a expert player. Probably more of a hack but I do know tone and sound and this is the P-90 sound you're looking for. price is not bad for this amazing of a pickup and Jason stands behind them. He also communicates very well, ask any question you'd like.

I don't think many things deserve a 10 but this is definitely one of them.

Single coil P90's passive pickups, impedance around 8.5K for neck and 9.2k for bridge.

I use the lollars on a les paul routed for P90's. It's a cheap paul clone and the stock pickups were garbage. They were completely unbalanced and muddy. Jason's pickups changed that, and now my paul sounds like a Gibson.

Jason did an excellent job on this pickup. The tone is crystal clear and clean. If I crank up the volume, I can get my les paul to wail and growl like a bloody beast. This is far better then anything P90 I have heard or used. The pickups sound so sweet and well balanced I can hear the fine details of picking and finger contact, the pickups are very sensitive and dont lose detail.

It is not muddy. These pups preserve the entire range of tone from low bass to treble without adding its own flavor or mushing up the bass or treble. Even the stock gibsons sort of mush up the treble and their neck pup sounds boomy.

The lollar is just perfect.

These are the best P90 replacements I have used. I tried the fralins and some duncans but Lollar beats them all because it sounds so musical. They can really kick ass with distortion too.

single coil passive pickup.

I replaced the dogear on my Gibson melody maker. The gibson sounded ok but wanted more.

Balanced and clear. I run a Gibson melody maker through a analogman MT-2 into a Blues Jr. I am in Tone nirvana....I am satisfied.

If it were stolen I would certainly get another. Been playing 30 years and have bought all kinds of junk. Lollar P-90 on a gibson through analogman ped ,into a tube amp is all you need. WIDE frequency responce and very touch sensative.

P-90 Single coils. Impedance in the high 7's.

I had Jason Lollar design a set of his famous dog-ear P-90 pickups for my Ibanez AS-73 semi-hollowbody guitar because I had read the reviews in Tone Quest Report and Harmony Central about these pickups. Unfortunately, the string spacing at the bridge was significantly different from the norm, so I suggested Jason drill out a slot in the top of the plastic cover of the bridge pickup to accomodate the unusual spacing. He charged an extra $80.00 for the procedure and it worked just fine.

Mine are in the bridge and neck positions, reverse wound/reverse polarity to provide a humbucking effect when the pickup switch is in the middle position.

Output level is very similar to the original ACH-1 and ACH-2 humbuckers. I play these babies through a Marshall JCM 600 tube head with Groove Tube EL34's. I use lots of reverb and assorted pedals. Before I took the guitar out of the shop where the pickups were installed, I played it through a Crate tube head with 6L6 tubes.

Through the Crate head, I heard a very fat, smoky bacon grease type of sound typical of the old blues dogs. However, through my Marshall, I get the purest clean tones I have ever heard and some nasty distortion with lots of snarl, growl and roar.

The tones are rich and balanced regardless of which position I play. I love the delicate, harp-like airiness of the neck pickup played clean and am positively addicted to the bite and roar of the bridge distorted. They also sound very articulate together.

Many reviewers have commented about the piano-like openness of these pickups and I agree. All I know is my guitar now sounds the way I always thought it could. I may buy the Crate head so I can get that fat bluesy tonality as well.

I play classic rock, hard rock and lots of blues. I think these are the best pickups I've ever played. I can't imagine a situation where these would be unsuitable. They make my guitar sing and dance.

Jason Lollar was very patient and helpful throughout multiple emails and phone calls. He sent special instructions to my guitar tech and mailed the pickups directly to him for the installation. I am as impressed with Lollar's customer service as with the pickups themselves.

I'd definitely replace these if anything happened to them. I've been playing for 40 years and own a Gibson Les Paul Standard and a Charvel Journeyman. Even though the Les Paul costs 10 times more than the little Ibanez, with these pickups on it, the Ibanez is now my favorite guitar. Tone Quest Report says these are the best P-90's made. Check out the other reviews at Harmony Central. They tell the truth--these little jewels are fabulous!