That TV Silver model has the same "Epiphone TB Plus" pups as the predecessor ltd ed Siverburst TBs had. Those pups are horrible, way wore than the usual Epi angular soapbars. In fact those silver humbuckers are guitar pups (six pole pieces and all) Epi uses on its cheaper guitars, they are wound for output not sound and have an obnoxious emphasis on cheap sounding mids with little treble and bass. I replaced mine with Gibson TB Plus humbuckers and the difference couldn't have been more stark.
I have to take issue with this Uwe. I recently purchased an Alpine White Epi LECS with the chrome pickups. At the store, my Jackie Fox / Overend Watts side was bowled over by the classic chrome and white, but I was similarly impressed with its ballsy, overwound tone. Noting comments re these pups, and knowing that chrome TB Plus pickups are readily available on ebay, I took the plunge. I also ordered a pair of the Gibson TB+ - just in case the honeymoon with the Epi pickups was brief. The next order of business was to lift a pickup out to see if there were indeed six polepieces. What I found was a brass plate with six holes, but no visible screw ends pushing through. Underneath, I could see wax potting peeking through and around the plate. Two phone calls to two different Gibson CSRs verified that the chrome pickups are the same, internally, as the black ones. Admittedly, the Gibson line on ALL TB Plus variations has been somewhat ambiguous, so this is taken with a grain of salt. Perhaps they are using the brass plate from the guitar pickups simply as an electro-mechanical element for grounding and to keep the wax in position. Finally, in a band context, the bass did not disappoint, cutting through the guitars and drums with little effort - but not what I would call overbearing in any way. The Gibby pickups will not go to waste (they may see use in a pair of EB-0 projects as bridge pickups), but I remain unconvinced that the OE pickups aren't up to the task. In fact, apart from a low fret (repaired under the Epi lifetime warranty), I found the LECS to be better than expected. Even the Epi neck profile (which I traditionally despised) has been far easier to live with than I feared.