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whats a good bucker in an all-maple (except the rosewood fretboard) guitar that wont make it sound so harsh and overly bright?

Ok here is the problem. My first bass was an Epi Les Paul Bass, and at the time that I got it I played the crap out of it. Since then I have moved on to better sounding amp; playing basses. I still have it because I new that I could never sell it for anything like what was given for it amp; I like to look at it. I still take it out look at it (It is for all of its other failings a very pretty bass) amp; play it, but it just doesn't sound good to me anymore. The factory pups amp; electronics are crap. Something that I find is common for guitarsamp; basses from the Far East. I would like to replace the pups, but the bass is routed just like a Les Paul guitar. That is, it is routed for amp; came with standard size humbuckers. The only company that I can find that makes a standard size replacement humbucker is EMG, amp; I just never liked the way EMG bass pups sounded. I bought a cheep Peavey pup from my guitar player not too long ago when the wax holding my bridge pup in that bass melted amp; the pup fell out of the bass. I was thinking about building a mount / ring amp; putting in a mini humbucker in the bridge, and leaving the cheep peavey guitar pup in the neck. If there are no other options I would like to have some custom shop pups made, but I don’t know how much that would cost or how to go about that. I just want to know if anyone has any suggestions at all on this.

hey guys,

Is there anyone who can make a comparison of these budget guitars?

I'm going to use one for the first time on a gig next weekend. It's a borrowed amp (it belongs to the sound room) and I'm not totally familiar with it. I'm using it with the stock EL-34s. I don't plan on changing any tubes, but I notice it sounds kinda bright. I'm going straight into an old 2x10 ported cabinet. I'm using a prototype distortion box.

This is a Tom anderson Classic model i.e. with 3 vintage single coil pickups.

is it just me or are they too bassy... not liking them at all...
the neck pickup's really muddy too.

The time has come to shuffle in some new gear. As a result, some of the previous tenants must be relocated.

I have read a lot of posts that are asking how do I get Vai/Van Halen/Page/Gibbons/etc/etc/etc's sound. I get the impression that people think a big chunck of it is the pup. I think that the specific pup is only about 10% of the equation. I think the style/chops/hands is about 50% plus, or more with certain people. If you have a pup even close to the range, you'll be close enough. FOr example...we all know early VH used a stock Gibson pup (remember that for everyone poo pooing the 498T!) SO what do you think...here's my take:

well i can't get rid of the muffled sound in my 212 flextone, so i'm considering buying an extension cab rather than buying a new amp. will thsi definitly work? i get good tones from the flextone, it's just so muffled and dull that i can't stand it. what suggestions do you guys have for a decent cheap extension cab?