You guys are never satisfied with stock pickups, huh? When I had my Dimarzios I thought they're the best thing ever. Then I started playing stock strat and les pauls, sounds decent for stock.
actually it depends, if i need moar spank (compression) some stock pickups just dont have that, its funny because most pickups from my botik guitars were too open for our music, i still keep them and some were just meh ..to illustrate
warrior isabella - bartollini (stock) - > dragonfire chrome screamers
warrior knight - sd custom2x (stock) -> dragonfire chrome screamers
200$ pickups replaced by 24$ pickups, all in the name of 'thats the tone i want'
prs sc250 - prs pickups (stock) - > da clone
prs cu22 - prs pickups (stock) -> da clone
sub ax3 -> dragonfire screamers
sub silo3 -> dragonfire screamers
the only stock one i have is my carvin, its the sound i want