Telerocker, the pickup that you suggested I did try and I didn't like it, personnel opinion is just that.
I know what you mean when you thought it would be "on the top end" but Tim said the Black Dog sounds great in a Strat. My son reminded me when he asked Tim about George Lynch tone and recommended the MM for his Strat and it sounded "Awful!" No disrespect to Tim at all, but it was one of my least liked BKP! It turned out that the Calibrated Holy Diver set sounded more Lynch & EVH, and most of the 80s to some 90s, all in the technique, that I use them.

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of my son's guitars