I bought my AL-3100 (used) with WCR's already installed. I bought my AS-1000 w/ the stock pickups, new. I believe the amph and the way you play has a lot to do with tone.
I'm sure the WCR's are great pickups, but in all honesty I can get just as good a sound out of the stock pickups in the AS-1000. I change the amph settings a bit, but the balanced sound (not too bassy or tinny/shrill) can be had from either guitar. Maybe I'm getting tone-deaf with old age, but that's my two cents worth.
Guitars
Wilburn Versatare, '52 FrankenTele(Fender licensed parts), Fender USA Roadhouse Strat, Fender USA Standard B-bender Telecaster, Agile AL 3000 w/ WCR pickups, Ibanez MIJ V300 Acoustic, Squier Precision Bass,
Amps
Ceriatone Overtone Special, Musicman 212 Sixty-Five, Fender Blues Jr., Peavey Classic 30, Fender Super Reverb, Traynor YCV-40 WR Anniversary w/ matching 1x12 ext. cab, Epiphone SoCal 50w head w/ matching 4x12 cab (Lady Luck speakers), Avatar 2x12 semi-open back cab w/ Celestion speakers
Pedals
Digitech Bad Monkey, Digitech Jamman, DVM's ZYS, Goodrich volume pedal