Need help with pickup selection.

[SorenP]

OMG! HEPL!

So yeah. I'm primarily an engineer and I dont know a ton about pickups. I'm looking for something a little less fuzzy than the 490s that come on my SG Standard. I don't really have a tone that I'm married too, It's more of a hobby I use it for demos and songwriting, not for a band or anything where I need to be locked into one tone. If I had to pick one it'd be a modern metal sound, so I'm looking for a diverse pickup where I have some flexibility so use with a floor pedal. Anything come to mind? Am I being a total pain in the ass with what I'm asking?

EDIT:
I was thinking about The angus young signature ones that Gibson offers. Anyone used this?

[ritchieiommi]

I'm not an expert on pickups however Angus Young's sound is very low gain, so I doubt his signature pickups will be what you are looking for in a modern metal sound. Have you looked into EMG active pickups or the Tony Iommi signature pickups?

[pixystick202]

Most good metal toned guitars have EMG set ups. I would research more about the active or passive option. But i know that the 81'85's sound awesome for metal. Just an i dea.

[JonnyM]

You already own a pretty mainstream pickup/guitar combo. However even leaving pedals and such out of it, that's only half the sound. Surely you guitar doesn't sound "fuzzy" at all volumes, EQ settings, etc.

So the real question: What is producing the other half of your sound?

What amps do you use?