Sorry, I just thought of another question relating to magnets etc.
If the defining pickup of 80's Metal was arguably the DiMarzio Super Distortion, which is ceramic, why is the Holy Diver Alnico 5? I've always assumed that the Holy Diver was an improved Super Distortion but surely, if it's after the sound of that era, it would surely be ceramic, which I believe it was originally. Why the change? And if that means the Holy Diver has changed position a little, which BKP is now most like the Super Distortion - Cold Sweat? Miracle Man? I'd have thought the former was too bright and the latter was too modern in its voicing.
the first version had similar specs to a dimarzio super distortion
second prototype version became the rebel yell
the 16k A5 is actually the third version, and duncan based (JB, of course)
the latest version doesn't sound like Vivian Campbell on first Dio album at all
more like Doug Aldrich on the Holy Diver DVD
but a reissue of the oldest version would be interesting
I don't think it was the same as the cold sweat as someone mentioned these days
similar specs, but I GUESS it had a different wire coating (polysol instead of enamel)