Well....
CRap, I'll be eating my words for a minute.
I swapped in a Gibson Burstbucker 3 into the bridge...because.... I can't leave well enough alone. And I will now have to retract my words of " these pickups probably won't be getting replaced."
I'll say it was an improvement. The BB3 has a little more sizzle to it and I can make it sing a little better.
THe BB3 also has a barely noticeable, weird, high mid honk or something to it which I'll just eq out.
But overall it's an improvement.