Originally Posted by: charlebois...9) lol no one uses dimarzio's anymore - shame really but i'll keep it as an option...

Well, that's me done then. All but two of my guitars have dimarzios.

I'd be looking more at your amp and effects for an upgrade. I had a guitar with the V7/V8 pickups in it, and I don't remember it being that bad.

Also, bear in mine the 'wylde overdrive' pedal is noisy - or at least the one I had was....

So yeah, upgrade the pickups if you want, but I think the amp and effects will get you a bigger and better result....