Recommend me some DiMarzios.

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Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

I've only a brief experience with the regular Evo (that's the one on the floral Jem, right?), and I thought it sounded pretty good. But obviously that's not enough info to know how it will go with my guitar.

NO.

Floral Jem has PAF Pro in bridge and neck positions.

The EVO has a LOT more gain and it's twice as bright as the PAF Pro.

The EVO can kick as with the right amp though. (Ecstacy, Legacy, Egnater TOL, etc)

For some reason, the phrase "twice as bright" is quite scary... I won't judge before playing them though.

Evo, PAF Pro, Breeds, and Air Zone are definite contenders. I'll probably go with the Evo at the bridge first, since it seems to be the closest to the tight & modern thing I'm looking for. Although I'm not quite sure about the Evo neck...

Dimarzio is a company that just makes pickups that are "different" in some respect. They have the PAF copies and all that but I really feel like you can get some great original tones out of their stuff because they do stuff the other guys aren't doing.

That's exactly what I'm looking for.