Jarick
Experienced
Alnico for me. Suhr Thornbuckers are in all my guitars.
Alnico as well, and all my humbuckers are Suhr Thornbuckers as well (PRS, Les Paul, Strat bridge).
I go back and forth between A2 and A5 in my Strat...I have hot A2 pickups which are hotter and fatter than A5. They are a little warmer and more musical while the A5's are bright and spanky and percussive. A5 Suhr Classic T pickups in my Tele and stock A5 P90 in my LP Junior.
I have only tried a couple Ceramic pickups and they are okay. I'd like to try Dimarzio Super Distortion sometime. But I like having consistent lower output pickups in my humbucker guitars.
Actually I have a Dimarzio Cruiser coming in for my Strat bridge...that will hopefully be a nice middle ground between PAF and Strat single coil.