These pickups are amazing. I have gone out of my way to replace the stock pickups in 2 Studios and a Double neck with these. The added punch is just perfect. I have one classic with the pickups exposed and it is the perfect metal guitar. On the other 3 LP's I covered them and it mellows them out just enough to get a good solid OD sound but also have a nice clean Blues bottom end on the 496R. Granted I have never been so tied to the classic LP 50's and 60's pickup sound. With my Marshalls I can dial in whatever I want with these pickups and the range is much greater then the stock pickups in the standard and studio.
