I was looking for a good neck pickup to pair with a Dimarzio Virtual solo bridge and Heavy Blues 2 middle pickups (which are both wonderful pickups). I chose the 54 Pro and am delighted with it. It has a high enough output when used in the neck position to balance well with the Virtual solo and HB2. And even though it was probably originally intended to be used as a bridge pickup it works very well as a neck pickup with a really nice woody, bluesy tone. It was just what I was looking for really. I have never much liked the skinny output wires that Dimarzio use, that's one area where the competition does a better job hence only 4 stars for quality, but the sound can't be faulted