Neck Pickup for leads to pair with Nailbomb bridge [gib LP]

[JoshuaLogan]

Hey everyone,
I think I'm probably going to go with the Nailbomb for the bridge in my gibson les paul. this particular guitar doesn't have a maple top, it is all-mahogany...neck, body, everything... all-mahogany. So, it is a very "woody", warm, maybe a little dark sounding. It just has the stock gibson burstbucker pros in it right now. They sound good, but I'm looking for better.  :D

The bridge pickup isn't as full as I'd like it to be, so I'm just going to go with the nailbomb for that. For the neck pickup, I don't know what to get. I'm not sure if the nailbomb neck would be a good idea. I want my neck pickup to be able to do two things: warm, thick nice sounding cleans & thick ballsy mid-range focused leads with lots of clarity under heavy distortion, for shred type stuff. It doesn't have to be the absolute hgihest output neck pickup for this, because that would probably take away the cleans I want it to be able to do. Both clean on neck, and distorted solos/lead riffs on neck are important.

Suggestions?  :)

P.S. I forgot to mention that the burstbucker neck pickup has too much bass in this guitar, so I need something that is pretty much even across all frequencies... more mid-range focused... shred  

[Eric]

Sounds like you want a Cold Sweat neck. It's become the neck pickup for shred.  Plus lots of people have paired them with Nailbomb bridge pickups with good results.

[JoshuaLogan]

Thanks for the reply.

Does it do cleans well?

[Mister Crowley]

I'm going the Mississippi Queen for the neck pickup in my Les Paul. I'll be getting a Nailbomb bridge as well. It's an HB sized P-90 but I've heard clips and it sounds awesome with distortion and clean.

[Eric]

The Cold Sweat does shred very well. It will clean up as all BKP do.

If clean is more of a priority than a VH2 might be a better choice.