Versatile bridge humbucker for a Strandberg Boden

[nero321]

I have a Strandberg Boden Fusion 6 string that I want to take into progressive metal territory and was hoping for some pickup suggestions.
This guitar has a chamberd alder body, a rosewood fretboard, it currently has an SSV+ in the bridge and SSV in the neck, and I'd like to replace the bridge pickup because it feels too weak to me. (I'm considering getting a full set anyway)

The bridge pickup should do rhythm metal that is aggresive and with good clarity on chords and maybe a bit of sharpness on the upper mids or highs to make it sound mean. (I'm not that informed in the EQ game so I might be saying stuff that doesn't make sense)
It should also have a nice lead tone with sustain that is not so harsh that it cuts your skull in half.
Lead tones should also still hold up under a bit less gain with nice responsive picking dynamics.
Cleans should be nice, clean tones I like are Petrucci and Andy Timmons, but I know most of the credit has to go to their amps, anyway I'm not so picky on it, just has to be good stuff 
I will play mostly in E standard but will go down at most to drop C from time to time.

the Silo and the Polymath caught my eye, any input on how to decide which one I should get?
I'm open to other suggestions if there is something else that can suit me.

Thanks!

[Chris Rowberry]

Hi,

The Polymath will be more precise and brighter in comparison to the Silo. The Silo will have a more classic rock/metal vibe. Going by your description I would recommend the Polymath but another you could consider too would be Ceramic Nailbomb.

[aieos]

I have a set of BlackHawks with A5 magnets installed in my Strandberg Original 6. The overall sound is modern, with smooth highs and a slight low-mid emphasis. The chord clarity is there with these pickups, in my opinion the clean sound is good, single notes are defined have weight and a thickness to them.

Swapping the A5 for ceramic magnets would probably trade some of the smoothness for the upper-mids/ high aggressiveness that you mentioned.

Maybe an option to consider.

[Dave Sloven]

With the ceramic magnets the top end can be a bit much unless the guitar is very dark.

I have two of the alnico ones and a ceramic one and the alnico one is nice a tight although it does have some purr in the low mids, with a rounded off top end that is really nice.

I also have a couple of Impulses and they have a bottom end equally as tight as the ceramic Black Hawk, less low mids but with the rounded off top end of the alnico Black Hawk, but the output of the Impulse is only 75% or so that of the two Black Hawks.  The output of the Impulse is in the ballpark of the Silo, Polymath, Juggernaut, Rebel Yell, etc.  The Black Hawk is more like the War Pig.

The neck pickup in the Black Hawk set is flutey and rounded whereas the Impulse neck is more chimey and Stratty.

Both work well in standard tunings and low tunings.  I have used the Impulse in guitars tuned as low as Ab standard and Black Hawks down to C standard.  In both cases 25.5" scale