Budda
Axe-Master
My vote is try each set in the 3 guitars you're swapping in - take DI's while you record clips and make sure you put the required info down somewhere (Logic has a notepad, phone notes app, regular doc, whatever). And don't alter the demo preset whatsoever including fw upgrades until you're done testingIt's been probably 7-8 years since I replaced my 57/08s, but that aggressiveness seems to be what I remember not liking about them at the time. Just seemed a little too sharp to me, while the 53/10s seemed a little too polite. However, my tastes have evolved since then and I'm curious what I'd think of them now.
Also makes me want to try a DTG again... I've liked PRS since I first played one back in the '90s and have several.
You asked about feel, and in all honesty I don't know how to answer that. I find feel to be a guitar setup thing, not so much a pickup thing. I don't notice one pickup seeming to have a "faster response" than another, for example. And setup can alter how the guitar sounds without changing the pickups - my R9 with 9-42's is a testament to that. It sounds much brighter even though I didn't touch the pickups whatsoever.
I find the A2 paf (turk, burstbucker) to sound a little more full and compressed compared to the A3 royal. This makes sense as the A3 is a weaker magnet. If you have a guitar that is notably darker than the others with similar pickups and you want a little more clarity, the royal is a good choice. That said, try going down a full gauge as mentioned first - cheaper and maybe more effective haha.
As far as I know, Mike Turk is still winding but I haven't seen NPD posts other than my own and the person who suggested I try them. I can reach out for you if you would like. I've done firmware updates between the burstbucker set in the R9 and the turk set, and those specific BB's were sold with another guitar and possibly different than the BB's in my goldtop. Hopefully my clips do a decent job illustrating differences.
I would try a set of vineham royals, sweet59's and maybe a slightly underwound sweet59 set and see what you think (after trying the PRS pickups
Hopefully that helps! I'm off to tinker with the setup on my les paul custom.