who told you that it has p-90's? The real Les Paul have p-90's im pretty sure. The epiphone just has alcino magnet standard humbuckers from epiphone/gibson. Listen, ive had a epiphone les paul for about 4 months and i find it to be ok. Nothing special but good for the price i guess but i will not go another day with the pickups it has! There are jsut the most awful pickups in the world, if you buy a epiphone les paul, be sure to get ready to shell out for some seymour duncons or dimarzio's are gibson cause i really dont like the pickups! If you like the squire, i just suggest getting new pick ups, if you want an upgrade, get the mexican strat but the pickups arent much better, but the qaulity is.