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Originally Posted by SATCHMO
Ok first of all, What is it that you don't like about the pick-ups that are currently in your SG? Secondly, what type of music do you play?
Active pick-ups are battery operated and have a hotter signal than normal passive pick-ups. IMO, upgrading to actives can make a huge improvement in the tone of a bass guitar, but tend to be a pretty big waste of money for a six string.
My reccomendation for a distortion pedal never changes: The Big Muff by Electro-Harmonix. Buy one. It's all you need.
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The pickups in the SG are just really bad. They don't absorb distortion very well; the distortion is always really crappy, regardless of the setting. There isn't a very broad range of tone either. The sound is really shallow, somehow. It was ok in the beginning, but after playing numerous Fenders, Gibsons, PRS, and ESPs, I just... really dislike the sound. Like I said, I can't really discribe it, but I think shallow is the best word to describe how the sound is.
I play a lot of stuff clean; I'm rather into funk as well as slow rock/accoustic/jazz stuff. For distortion I mostly use overdrive. I don't very often use very bass-y distortion, but I tend to play a rather wide range of things as far as distortion.
Will check out The Big Muff, thanks.