CaptTennille
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IMO it's not just the pickups. It's the whole guitar. Swamp Ash body, maple/ebony neck, no tone pot and an L500XL pickup results in treble hell. At least in the bridge position. I once owned a classic N4 in the 90s but sold it because of that. I later found a mahogany version (mahogany body & neck). I like this guitar much better. By far not as bright, but I still changed the neck pickup for a less hot one.
The crazy thing is, Nuno has this incredibly bright guitar and says "you know what this needs, a ProCo Rat going into the front of the Amp!!!"
Hard to argue though. He probably cranks his amps to the point that the added treble cuts through the fatness.