No one can say for sure - it's your decision but probably should upgrade your pickups in the Ibanez for now. The Schecters are not bad quality guitars (highly detailed and build quality is supposed to be pretty good - one model is about $550 and even comes with an original Floyd rose trem), but one of the main reasons many of those models are the prices they are is because they do not have top of the line pickups - so as someone above said - you would probably end up wanting to change the ones on the Schecter as well. If you buy the Schecter you may have a little better guitar but you're still going to have average pickups - which probably means you will still be disappointed by your tone and sound. Have the work done by someone you trust - a pro. If you go with active EMGs - you'll need to replace the 9-volt every so often. Your playing will sound very muddy and you'll know it's time for a new 9-volt.