Improving an Epiphone

[Acathla]

Hello all,
Just picked a sweeeeet epiphone Les Paul Studio (Pirates of the Carribean edition!!!!) and love it to bits.
Fairly happy with it so far, but planning ahead I think a pickup swap is in the books.
I play mostly soft rock, sometimes step up to a bit of AC/DC type goodness, so I was wondering if anyone could recommend a decent setup for neck and bridge?
Seen some nice handmades from Swineshead (A uk comp), but know a lot of people like the Seyour Duncans.
Not sure on a budget at the mo, so gimme what you got!

 

[Acathla]

Was looking at the '59 actually. I've got a few mates who have tricked out their Epi's with a pair of those pickups and they end up being such good value! All the looks of a proper Gibson and a cool sound for well under the full asking price of a true Les Paul. Plus....you find me a real Les Paul with a Pirates of the Carribean skull and crossbones on it!
Cheers for the suggestion matey, I'll look in to this one and see what I reckon about this with the alnico II pro.

 

[Acathla]

i'd really rather not!

Don't knock it till you've seen it! Actually, I realise most people would rather not. Just been after a LP for ages, and am a big Pirates fan, so once I saw it I had to!

If you have a look on their website, you can get some samples and compare models. Slash used alnico II pro's to get his lead sound. It's all personal preference of course, but that's what i'd have. You can always use your switch to get the mix between the two

Sounds good, defo like the Slash tone, but I never feel I can trust the sound clips, too much production going on! But, thats another vote for the Alnico II pro's, so they are looking interesting.