Bill Lawrence L-298SM

Pickup features: Passive Single Coil
Impedence or other specs: pole design

Model of guitar or bass: S470DXQMTL
Position: middle
Pickup being replaced: stock Ibanez INF middle pickup
Other pickups on guitar: INF1-->L500L & Inf2-->L500XL
Artists using this pickup: I don't know
You musical style(s): Jazz influenced death metal & creative original clean riffs
Reason for pickup change: need for output and clarity without going passive

Perceived output level: almost indistinguishable from the high output produced by EMG actives
Tone: balanced and warm
Sonic evaluation: I either use a Line 6 PodXT with headphones OR Guitar into a Digitech 2112 into a Mesa 50 watt power amp into a guitar cab.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: clean undistorted, screaming lead, jazz inspired original death metal

Comments: I would buy these pickups again. They are easily the best pickups I have ever played. I like them more than EMG actives which I thought were "God" until I broke my procrastination and bought the Lawrences. I have been playing as a disciplined recreational studio guitarist for about 10 years. Gear is listed above all except I also own an Ibanez RG470 with dual EMG 81 Humbuckers. I love the clarity, punch, straightforward design of the pickups. No gimmick crap to invade the supreme quality of these pickups. I previously was an EMG junky, but found that after time I did not like the preamp effect of them....I found they compressed the sound a weird way and had a mild noise gate or delay type effect to them. I am completely satisfied with the Lawrences and highly recommend them to anyone.....Seriously if you are considering replacement pickups run and order these. They are inexpensive compared to almost all other pickups and sound great. When I first played with them I honest to God started smiling and was like..."Holyyyyy Shittttt" because they were that good.