I tried out an Epiphone ES-335 in a guitar shop for the first time the other day and fell in love with it, in particular the warm and full bluesy/jazzy tone that I got from the neck pickup. However, the bridge pickup seemed a bit lifeless to me, and since I'm also looking for a versatile guitar that can handle heavy rock through to metal, I've considered buying it but switching out the bridge pickup with a nicer humbucker with high gain capabilities. My budget for the pickup would be ideally around 100. Does anyone have any suggestions of pickups, or feedback on the idea in general, whether it would work etc. ?
