Hey you Ibanez 540 S guys, what bridge pickups do you like in them?

[Badonkey Kong]

I'm a hard rock to metal guy - looking for string clarity and medium to high output. I've tried:
Tonezone - yuck!
JB - kinda muddy, or at least not clear enough in the low end for my tastes.
Custom 5 - was so long ago i don't remember. lol may need to try again.
Illuminator - kinda just too much everything.
Dreamcatcher - this is not bad, and in fact i love it in my Ash body RG, but it's a little too middy for the 540 I think.
Full Shred - not bad, and i like the split coil, but probably need something with a tad more mids.

Wall of Shame - Dimebucker. These were actually easy to work with and dial a good sound, but none of my other guitars sounded good with the amp settings i had to use to get them to sound good...

Any and all input welcome.

 

[DrewJD82]

Dimarzio PAF Pros fit that bill. Well balanced without too much of anything, it's the pickup that made me realize I love medium output pickups over high output by a long shot.

 

[Warmart]

I have Dimarzio Pandemonium's in my S and they work awesome. Came with tone zone, which was really bland, ginormous improvement.

 

[unix-guy]

I personally like the original (DiMarzio made) IBZUSA pickups.

 

[Eagle]

I have a JB in mine.

I’m a fan of Frank Gamble and dot fingerboards.

 

[Piing]

I personally like the original (DiMarzio made) IBZUSA pickups.

As the sage Roy Batty said: "I have seen Gravity Storm attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion's Mo'Joe. I watched Air Norton C-beams glitter in the dark near the Dark Matter of Tannhäuser Gate. From Freds blazing, to Saturch8 erupting like Bluesbucker Magnesium... All great on RG, but nothing like the original IBZ/USA for the S540."

It is a mojo combination

 

[jaxadam]

Mo Joe

 

[jimmy Biter]

Norton/Air Norton does it for this one

 

[Iron1]

Either Duncan Distortion or Elysian Trident II.

(The Warlock is now owned by @DrewJD82 )

 

[Warmart]

My take, the S's, being very thin designs, benefit greatly from pickups with some oomfiness(tm).

 

[saarangnarayan]

Tonezone - yuck!

THANK YOU. That's the worst pickup for heavy music IMO. Too much mud. Just yuck.

Others have made some great suggestions, but I'll add to the list the Fortitude, Dominion, PAF 36th Anniversary, and my all time favourite, Dark Matter 2 for playing the kind of music you describe. Evolution and Evo2 are fabulous, too, but are a tad higher in output, though not too crazy.