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The usual suspects are the DiMarzio Super Distortion and Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB.
Your P90-in-HB-size idea might work. The HS format associated with Kurt Cobain is more versatile.
I've got lots of humbucker winds left in my deal if you can find a colour combination to fit. http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/106698/many-made-to-order-pickups-available-at-discount-see-explanation
My Firestorms are the punky / classic metal go tos in my catalogue.
I have a HB sized P90 from @Alegree and it is great. Works well for fuzz tones and clean.
This post suggests that Cobain used JB in his Mustangs......
http://www.seymourduncan.com/forum/showthread.php?205879-Mustang-with-Cobain-customizations
I have a JB in my Squier Bullet Mustang and it grunges up very nicely just driving the amp...
http://www.irongear.co.uk/irongear_pickups_008.
or one of these
http://www.irongear.co.uk/irongear_pickups_029.htm
Cheap enough for a punt, if a little on the hot side....
https://www.alegree.co.uk/collections/humbucker-sized-pickups/products/heat-wave
The first is my take on the super distortion, the second is my take on the JB. Either would work for an aggressive rock sound. I've got zebra or white colour combinations left in my deal. Side note: Heat Wave is standard slug/screw format despite the photo that I need to replace.
People seeking to sell older specimens would have you believe that older is better. Some seem in awe of examples of this model that have been wound on a machine under the guiding hand of long-term employee, Maricela Juarez.
Over the years, I have owned a couple of SH-4 humbuckers with the JBJ model identification label on the baseplate. How different these sound to examples with the current Duncan production sticker, I could not really say.
Does the output cable type change the sound? Does the length of the elevator screw lugs make any difference? Does direct mounting into the guitar body à la Edward Van Halen make any difference?
Some pickup experimenters demonstrated that changing the polepieces and/or the magnet formulation made a difference. The JB with an Alnico 2 bar magnet sounds not a million miles away from the old SHAH-1 Allan Holdsworth model.
Does any of this matter? Probably not. Does it matter what Kurt, Eric or Yngwie use? Probably not. Create your own sound.
So I wound a similar pickup differently to keep the general characteristics of it, but get rid of that horrible high mid hump. I suppose that's probably one of the key characteristics itself, but I certainly find mine more usable.
I think the JB is primarily used at both ends of the distortion spectrum - from pop punk (Green day) to metal (Megadeth). It doesn't really sit well in the middle ground in my opinion. That middle ground is my main interest, so that's perhaps why I detest it so much.
I'm having some work done on another guitar is just now so need to see what the damage is on that before deciding what to do with this one. I think that I might just replace the bridge pickup and then wire it just for volume and tone, it will cut down on the expense and hassle a bit.