Recomend some bass pickups

Let me be the first to recommend the EMG Geezer Butler GZR PJ set. It comes with pups, pots, wires, and output jack. They’re obviously great for Sabbath and all other Classic Rock as well.

GZR PJ

 

Yep. EMG Geezers. They woke my P bass up. And they're stupid simple to install.

 

I can't recommend these awesome pickups enough! Michael Anthony 78 Signature : Michael Anthony Signature '78

 

Aren’t AiC tones an active Spector? And Tool is mostly Wal? That would contrast vs. Sabath and classic rock. Perhaps a GZR in the PJ format would work, but may be quite traditional nevertheless (which is a great sound!).

but if you wanted to expand a little, yet stay with passive electronics, I’d give Wilde/Bill Lawrence PJs a try. I have the P (P46) and it sounds like a more modern version of the classic P. With some (passive) tone shaping, I can get plenty of classic sounds too (tho I still have a P with Fralins and flats if I want to go old school). I hear their J-45s also have a similar “modern J” vibe...

Bill Lawrence Pickups

 

I put the EMG GZR Butler PJ set in my Yamaha experiment, then actually replaced the factory round wounds with a nice, fat set of La Bella's. Kinda went away from your sound preferences. But.. it only took 10-15 min to install the whole set (strings on). I'm getting the sound I need for my current project and I can throw the rounds back on when I need more Precision.

I'm also a Tool fan. Love that bass.

 

Are those the same pickups as Schecter’s tone monster series? Those were a PJ set with some serious attitude.

 

I was told they were wound a little hotter than the standard monstertone pickups. Man do these pickups say "here's the beef!"

 

You betcha!

 

Lindy Fralins.
P-J Set by Lindy Fralin - Fat, Thick, and Noiseless Bass Pickups.