Green Day Pickup Shootout: Seymour Duncan SH-4 vs Bill Lawrence L-500XL

This is a follow-up to an older video I did a couple of years ago comparing the two pickups that Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day has used in his famous "Blue" Fernandes Stratocaster over the years. These are both fantastic performers with many similarities but each definitely has its own character and voice. Please leave a comment on which you prefer and why.

This time around I'm recording the pickups with a combo of an Sennheiser MD421 and a Shure SM57 instead of my iPad, so hopefully a truer example of the sound of these pickups comes through.
0:00 Intro and Gear
4:11 Who Wrote Holden Caulfield: L-500XL
5:26 Who Wrote Holden Caulfield: SH-4
6:39 Welcome to Paradise: L-500XL
7:51 Welcome to Paradise: SH-4
9:03 Basket Case: L-500XL
9:44 Basket Case: SH-4
10:27 Stuck With Me: L-500 XL
11:42 Stuck With Me: SH-4
12:57 Geek Stink Breath: L-500XL
13:47 Geek Stink Breath: SH-4

Gear used:
-1979 Bill Lawrence L-500XL pickup (in 1981 Fernandes "Revival" Stratocaster -same guitar Billie Joe Armstrong uses)
-Seymour Duncan SH-4 pickup (in Fender Partscaster - my mainstay guitar for years)
-Amp: 1978 Marshall JMP 50 MkII (has been modded with an added gain stage and a master volume; on the back of the amp) -no fx used, straight amp.
-Cab: 1992 Marshall 1960AV with original Vintage 30's
-Microphones: Sennheiser MD421 and Shure SM57
-Mixer: Behringer Xenyx X1222 USB (used for blending the guitar mics before sending to ProTools)
-Recording software: ProTools (recorded straight in, single tracks, no EQ, Compression, etc.)