After years of using a peavey guitar with stock peavey pickups I spent $450 on a highly recommended Warlock. The Warlock did not impress me so I decided to return it and upgrade my peavey. I spent $89 on an EMG-81; it was not a hassle to install; the difference was mind-boggling. I did not know that there could be such a difference between the stock peavey humbucker and the EMG-81. The EMG-81 is actually clear. You could barely distinguish between the notes on the stock peavey humbucker; the EMG-81 is way clearer and shreds on clean and distorted. Try for yourself.