They are fantastic pickups that sound great in spite of the artist association.
In my experience, the best result is had in a basswood body / maple bolt on neck / rosewood board instrument like what they were designed to be put in. They do many tones very well.
I know Misha likes the inner / outer coil split tones but for my money, the outer coil sound isn't so great and I much prefer the neck pickup in parallel instead. That option gets a lot of use on my RG7421.
