Well me being impatient I rushed my tech into getting my pickups installed before practice today things I noticed clarity, clarity, clarity sound huge and the john Sykes thing is so true! ha, they sound really great and the clean tones i was surprised! amazing for a ceramic prefer it to my stock alnico IV pickups I have to play with the pickup height a little more but overall i love these pups! sound aggressive on chords but smooth on leads, also noticed an organic type of compression hmm.. sounds lovely in a lethal way will post more thoughts after the honeymoon stage.