These are the pickups from one of my first guitars - a trusty little Epi LP Special II. The problem, of course, is that while the pick ups themselves were actually pretty well-made the ceramic magnets were just awful. So I decided to fix that problem and swapper them out with Some AlNiCo 9 bars.
9s are EASILY the most underrated of the AlNiCo variants. They have all the in your face power and brute force of 8s And it all comes in one package that includes the sweet, mellower sound of 2s and 3s depending on your tone and amp settings. I still need to test these but I definitely feel like they’re going to be beasts. I’ll change the description as soon as I’ve popped them back into the guitar they came out of and tested them out some. I’ll also make sure to post a video.