I hope some one can give me some good advice. I have an American Stratocaster(Fat Strat H-S-S) with a SD Pearly Gates in the bridge and two Tex Mex single coil pickups. I have a Line 6 Flextone II Plus (1x12). I like and play all types of music, however the sound I want to have is that of a guitarist named Stephen Egerton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Egerton). He sounds like recent Paul Gillbert or Joe Petrucci. He plays a Music Man. His tone is distorted/hi gain but articulate with an almost synthesizer quality. He kind of sounds like Prog Metal (Dream Theater). I was thinking of getting a Dimarzio Tone Zone in the bridge and Fast Track, Super Distortion or Tone Zone strat-sized humbuckers in the middle and neck. I realize that part of the equation is improving my technique, but will changing the pickups I have help?