Replacing pick-ups is tough, it's not like you can go out and try 30 brands before deciding wich ones you like.

I always stuck with seymour duncans, they always worked for me.

I've never cared for the Gibson stock pick-ups, one of the 1st things I always did after buying a gibson was replace the pickups. So far in my life I've owned 1 les Paul standard and 3 gibson 335's. I don't own any of them anymore (I wish I did for monetary reasons), don't think I would buy a Gibson any time soon in the future. I would like to have my next guitar custom built.