My wife treated me to a set of Bonnie pick ups by Bonamassa and Seymour D. I think she was fed up of me moaning about the standard updated SS pups.
Incase anyone is thinking of trying a strat set of pups, they fit the scratchplate perfectly as the dimensions are the same, but then the pickups wont clear the guitar body centre sections, which needs to be routed to make room.
IMHO the upgrade in tone is well worth it.
My tone (or at least what I aim for) is somewhere between Clapton and SRV which can be quite trebly and harsh with some pups, and backing the tone off doesn’t really help. I personally found the SS pickups from 2021 onwards a bit harsh on the top end and the Bonnie pups are a marked improvement.
Once the guitar body is modded it opens up the vast array of strat pickups on offer, a relatively simple mod too if you’re not worried about butchering an expensive instrument, which I was but did it anyway coz I’m reckless and stupid.