Help me choose a pair of pickups

[alternativc]

Hi there!

So I've been thinking of changing the pups in my ibanez sz4020 (http://ibanez.wikia.com/wiki/SZ4020FM). It's a neck-thru guitar with a mahagony body and maple top, the neck is made of maple/walnut. It weighs a bit more than a LP and sounds about the same - a very ful and a bit dark sound.
I'm play mostly stuff thats somewhere between alter bridge/black stone cherry/nickelback. I want the birdge pickup to get me close to that kinda sound (full, saturated, etc...). The neck pickup will be mostly used for clean tones. I don't like thin sounding clean tones.

I was looking at the nailbomb for the neck and the warpig for the bridge (both alnico). Would that be a good choice or would it be too much?

I'm playing thru a framus cobra (which has been modded and it has a little less gain).

What pickups would you recommend?

[Telerocker]

Saturation comes from the amp. Of course the hotter the pickup, the harder the amp gets slammed. I think the Warpig is too hot and too bassheavy for the tones you're after. When I think by example Nickelback, I would shop in the vintage/hot-range and, bec the guitar sounds full and dark as you say, with some bite. Something like a VHII or Emeralds. They stay tight and articulate with loads of preamp gain. The neck-VHII is stellar.

[darkbluemurder]

Nailbomb neck would probably be good because you said you did not want a thin clean tone. Warpig would be too much output IMHO but the ceramic Nailbomb should be a good option for the tones you mentioned.

Cheers Stephan

[alternativc]

Thank you both for your input.

I think I'm going with the nailbomb for the bridge. Haven't decided yet on the neck pickup...

[Telerocker]

The Nailbomb can cover a lot of styles, though I find it has a 90's-metal-vibe to it. Just to know.