Gonna replace my SG with a 2nd Tele. What pickups could come close??

Out of curiosity, what is it about the SG that you find un-ergonomical? Balance? Weight? Control placement?
I only as because I am playing with the idea of replacing one I traded off 25 years ago, and may have forgotten why I did so.

 

It's not that, an SG might be worth more than a MIM Standard, even if it's a satin SG.

 

I'm trying to understand how an SG is ergonomically lacking/deficient? Are you referring to playing while sitting, or standing?

If standing/neck dive is the issue, a wide strap will go a long way toward solving that issue. I had the precursor to the SG, the Epi Wilshire, and the strap really helped.

 

Sorry to hear of your discomfort. I had an SG years ago, with years worth of regret for trading it off. My curiosity stems from my desire to have another SG, but have a concern there was something about playability that I had maybe forgotten that made it easy to part company all those years ago.

 

Ask a man/woman who owns and plays an SG equipped with a Bigsby/Maestro/Sideways Vibrola about neck dive and they’ll look at you funny.

SG’s need a wang bar for balance/to counteract neck dive - you don’t have to use it !

My Gretsch SG (Corvette) is lightweight and perfectly balanced.

I wish it came with a Gigsby repro but the “lic by Bigsby” is just fine for the $450 the guitar cost.

 

...which is why I wonder why folks think they need a lightweight Tele body. An ash body with common hardware & pups, fitted with a maple neck & quality tuners will be neck-heavy as well. In my crazy simple way of observation, a balanced guitar is 95% of the equation to having a comfortable axe to play, ahead on string action & body contours. My 1983 Carvin LB-50 bass could serve as a textbook example of how to balance an instrument. It is 100% maple, weighs a bunch more than any Tele, and is fatigue-free in the playing comfort dept.