How would you describe the tonal characteristics of the set?
set: far from "cold", extremely clear and articulated in any situation, very versatile, very controlled midrange
bridge: bright, very powerful, crunchy midrange, cutting top, tight bass
neck: hot paf output, more middy than usual low output models, long sustaining, very fat sounding on leads
Why do most people use them on les pauls?
1. cause les pauls are awesome and very common in every style :D
2. cause they match really well the les paul voicing (thick body, fat midrange and bass, balanced brightness)
3. cause a big part of the buyers are john sykes/hard rock fans, and it was designed for that
4. cause they work really really well for classic AND modern thrash metal too! and les pauls are usually the heaviest sounding six-string guitars for that :D
In what woods does the cold sweat set work best with in your experience?
mahogany + maple top
I believe they work well on other warm sounding woods like korina, cedar, crabwood, nato
probably on basswood, since it's usually very neutral sounding
How do they differ from a nailbomb and a Miracle Man?
can't tell about the nailbomb, but it's hotter, brighter, crunchier, tighter, slightly less versatile and less midrangy than my holy diver
the mids are less fat sounding, but the strong crunch makes the mids VERY present
cleans are a bit more sparkly and aggressive, but still very clean and nice sounding
compared to the miracle man, it's a bit less hot, less bassy, a bit less trebly, more middy, less grindy on the low mids
I usually call it the miracle man/painkiller bas tard child
it definitely can sound very close to both, but it's a bit less powerful then its "parents"
the painkiller is louder, a bit tighter and lot more middy, but has very similar highs and lows
