Hello everyone

I bought an Air Norton S for my start with Rosewood neck.
I noticed that with lots of gain the pickup was really articulate for shredding.
Split with the middle pickup it was really nice.
BUT clean it sounds like a blanket was thrown over my speakers.
Not a bad sounding pickup but doesn't seem that versatile.
Has anyone else experienced this?

I have a custom made MAPLE body DUO-SONIC that is very bright.
I currently have a Duncan lil 59 in the bridge and it sounds really good.
Any thoughts on using the Norton S in the bridge to warm things up.


UPDATE:
I installed the Air Norton S in the bridge of my Maple body Duo-Sonic. I decided to put an HS-3 in the neck.
Really good results.
I did find the ANS to be very sensitive to height adjustment.
I read somewhere that this is a "polite" pickup. I agree. Not hairy or rude, very smooth.
I thought the output was good but not incredibly hot. It was warm but not muddy. There was 0 of the ice pick sound some complained about.
The HS-3 is warm in my opinion and has a nice chime.
I wasn't looking for balance per se.
I like a weaker neck pickup so I can clean it up using the pickup.