VHII vs Rebel Yell

[braintheory]

The Aftermath sounds like it has a lot of low mids.  The Rebel Yell has a lot of high mids and really imparts that 'marshall' sort of a crunch to high gain heads.  I love it with my Gibson but it might not be your bag.  The VHII has even more treble because of the asymmetrical wind.

In my Dean CFH I wouldn't say the Aftermath has a lot of low mids, not that it's lacking any either.  Also, I like a lot of high mids in general and love the marshall crunch, but a lot of people described the Painkiller as having that type of sound and to my ears it definitely did not.  The PK sounded too boxy/bloated to me and a good marshall does not have that sort of sound.  So, basically, I hope the Rebel doesn't have the qualities that I didn't like about the Painkiller.  I could be very wrong, but the descriptions I've read make the rebel yell sound like a warmer and less aggressive PK.  If that's the case then the Rebel Yell is probably not for me.

[ericsabbath]

I swapped the cold sweat for the aftermath, then a holy diver
the sweat had noticeably more bass, less mids and more highs than both
the diver had a very close voicing to the aftermath in the same guitar, but warm instead of "scratchy" and much lower output

[braintheory]

Does the Rebel Yell (other than output obviously) have any tonal similarities to the Riff Raff?