I have the Cold Sweat set in a mahogany body/carved maple top Soloist style guitar. The CS bridge is the definite hard rock pickup: bright, clear but not harsh at all, very tight in the bass but not unforgiving, lots of growl and power but not overpowering. Harmonics jump out of it. The CS neck is warm, round and clear, maybe a bit too warm compared to the bridge but this makes for a distinct voicing when both pickups are selected. Especially the CS bridge has made this guitar my favorite.
I have only had one basswood guitar in my life. It had a maple neck w/ rosewood fretboard, a Floyd Rose, two PJ Marx humcancelling single coils and a DiMarzio PAF Pro (later a FRED). That was a nice guitar. I believe the CS would have made it even nicer better ("nice" is not the appropriate word for a pickup with that much cut and bite as the CS bridge).
Cheers Stephan
