Walnut/Canary PRS style build..Rebel Yell, Black Dog..or?

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I'm in the works of having a Walnut top/body guitar with a Canary/Rosewood neck built.

The original intention was  to be a Mahogany bodied as that is what I am familiar with but the builder suggested a Walnut body.. and well pretty much all of my guitars are Mahogany so  I figured why the hell not?


I am looking to use this particular guitar as an inspirational muse rather then my standard go to for my typical writing and playing.

I play more progressive meta/punk and use a VHT live and an AxeFX Ultra in the bedroom. My current guitars with a BKP pickup selection is as follows:

PRS with Nailbomb/VHII
Les Paul Studio with Painkiller/Coldsweat
Peavey Impact 2 with Warpig (greatest low price guitar I've ever owned. And it married the Warpig far better than any other guitar I have)


I'm looking to go low-mid gain prog style with this guitar. Very open with minimal palm muting and lots of over rung notes. So naturally I'd like a very rich harmonic content and chordal clarity.
On the occasion when I go back to my typical playing style, I'd love the pickup to be -capable- of fast/aggressive/high gain/digging-into-the-strings type playing without sounding bad. But it's not a focus, as I have other guitars that do that exceptionally well.

The only problem I have in my own research is that Walnut seems to be a very mid-range heavy guitar wood for bodies. What people seem to suggest most for a Walnut body is the Holydiver and Rebel Yell. The Diver is too much muscle for my intentions, and I plan on kicking the Warpig out of the Peavey to be replaced by a Diver in the future anyways.

So my question is: Would a Rebel Yell sound appropriate for what I am asking? And in the even that I could opt for a lower gained pickup, would the Black Dog's mid hump be too much for a Walnut body?

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Apologies for the overly long and eccentric post. :D


-edit-

As a side note, I'm not a fan of Ceramic pickups. This takes a Coldsweat out of the equation though I think it's a fantastic pickup in every regard.

I've done tons of research and still cant quite put my finger on where I'd like to go.

But I've had an interesting epiphany...what are the opinions on either a moderately overwound VHII or an AlNiCo Coldsweat?

[ericsabbath]

what you want is a Riff Raff
it's a VERY open sounding pickup
string separation clarity through high gain is amazing
still has a lot of edge for heavier stuff, but it sounds quite smooth on power chords

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That sounds like a pretty good idea. That pickup wouldn't be overly bright with the guitar itself though would it? The Riff Raff.

[4Eyes]

Hi, I have a similar guitar you are going to get. (PRS style, mahogany body with walnut top, rosewood/ebony neck with ebony fingerboard)

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=1529818286&aid=91133

I have BKP Painkiller Bridge and VHII neck in it and this combo sounds very good in that guitar. I'm pretty sure you can get all the sounds you need for your playing from that combo