When your Ric sounds thin and you don't know about that stupid treble-bleed cap, and you happen to have a couple of Gibson pickups in your spare parts drawer, or your local luthier does, then I can see why you would give it a try. People have installed Gibson Sidewinders in Rics for the same reason - they thought it was the pickup. Who would have thought that RIC installed a bass-cut capacitor in a bass guitar? That's insane.
