The output is too high for my liking. It has a scooped sound that is lacking in mids. Had to take them out of my Wolfgang Special and installed Bareknuckle holy divers. More mids and less output.
These are toned down slightly from the early years. they have great tone! Only gripe I have is on the bridge the poles doesn't appear to spaced correctly for FR bridges. ( as nicely as SD does on their Trembuckers)
The only bad part about this pick up was installing it in my ESP guitar , the mounting ears had to be trimmed down. These USA pick ups sound awesome. Made this guitar come alive. the tone is great.
Installed them on my Purple burst Wolfgang Special with the roasted maple neck. The Pickups are phenomenal. I Hot rodded the whole guitar.I recommended this pick-ups if you want to sound like EVH!