How does it compare to the Tremonti tone wise? Can you still Les-Paul-ish meaty tones with it? What's the overall character?
The tremonti bridge pickup is tighter and more aggressive and quite a bit hotter were as the cu22 is warmer and meatier.
The neck pickups sound quite similar to my ears although i think the tremonti pickup is slightly more 'bell like'. although the cu22 makes me wish there was coil taps on the tremonti.
Clean both pickups in the Cu22 sound awesome to my ears very warm and clear with plently of spank when split. all in all a very versatile guitar, Warm and Meaty without getting muddy.