I have to agree with the pretty much everyone so far. I find myself gravitating to mid-output pickups with my preamps, but especially the MP-2. The Classic is just more forgiving in a lot of aspects. It's better with picking attack, which makes it seem more organic, like an INSTRUMENT. As Harley pointed out, the magic is in the fingers, not the gear.
Guitar bodies do make a difference too - the heavier the guitar, the more I gravitate towards higher output humbuckers. Nothing active or super high gain, mostly Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB pickups in my guitars. My heavier guitars are solid mahogany bodies, most with a maple cap. The lighter ones are either basswood, hollow mahogany bodies, or korina. My Korina Explorer though, has Gibson PAFs, not a high gain PU at all. It sounds amazing.
In the end, it's all subjective. There is no right answer, only the answer that is right for you.
Slightly off topic: What cracks me up is that all of us strive for that grail tone, slaving through settings and consuming tons of gear to get it just right. Then, we post recordings and all our tones are very similar, just made with a different recipe
Could be because we are all influenced by similar beasts. Hence, the ADA gear that they used is what we use.