Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 3:27 pm
Thanks! I like how these pickups sound. I know bar magnet pickups are normally cruddy but these sound really nice. 
Ceramic pickups have a bit more of an "aggressive" sound to my ears, like if you want something that really chimes you either have to be on an in-between position with them or using alnicos, whereas one ceramic strat/tele/bucker pickup by itself will always sound a bit meaner/snottier. More my personal experience than anything though, my amp is always set a bit brash to begin with.
There's room for both with me, I have two strats and two les pauls just to have ceramic/alnico flavors on tap.