I guess the single coil EMG's are much better than the humbuckers, pero I suggest you guys try out the EMG 89 w/coil tap tapos samahan niyo pa ng EXG, SPC or afterburner, champion!
yung panalo sa EMG, maximum sustain and output kasi pwede mo ilapit ng todo sa strings yung pickup w/out compromising string vibration, and the fact that they contribute to reducing noise. Tone-wise, I thought the SA's were excellent, much better than any other passive single coil I have tried (easily smokes those HS pickups by DmZ), yung 85 and 81, well they sound sterile to me, pero yung 89 sobrang ganda. it all boils down to personal preference though. para sa akin, EMG's are great sounding. Yung H4's etc. pangit talaga, better get an SD JB/Jazz or a pair of PAF Pro's.
@cayle
yup, '90 JS1BK, kailangan lang ng set-up pero it sounds fantastic! and the neck reminds of a 62 Stratocaster, totally not like the one on my friends RGT42, ang ganda ng feel, may skunk stripe pa hehe.