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Outrageously bright with a 1MG volume pot. I am liking it.
Way, way brighter than my neck HiGain, which I like.

Usually, with HiGains or HB1's, I have to have the treble and mids pegged at 10 on my amp to get as bright as I would like. Even with the 1MG volume pot. (changing tone pots and caps never brightened things up. Just the volume pot did dramatically.).
But with this setup I can back off the highs to 75% on the amp and still be plenty bright. More tonal range to work with. Still huge bass and mids, which makes sense since the higher in value you go nothing gets taken away, just highs added.

Oddly, not much comb filtering is heard in the middle toggle position with the HiGain in neck and Toaster in bridge.
Maybe because the HiGain and Toaster pickup EQ profiles are so different.
Now I am thinking about replacing the neck HiGain with a neck Toaster to pair it up, even though they are so expensive.

Really interesting. Any chance you could make some recordings?

It's funny how this is the opposite of the setup my Rickenbackers both have.

Yes. I will try to post a demo tomorrow.

Here is a sound sample.
Amp EQ is mids and highs full up but Bass at 5. I left the highs full up so you can hear hear how bright it can get. It is brittle bright.
Played with fingers. Rotosound SM66 40-100.
Tonestyler set at true bypass. 1MG volume pot.
First, you will hear the HiGain neck pup, then the toggle switching to the Toaster in bridge, then the middle position last. Comb filtering not bad compared to when I had other pups in it.
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https://soundcloud.com/user-222948482/4 ... f00bdba5bf

That is very bright, indeed. Maybe brighter than I would go for.

Then again, it sounds like you recorded completely clean, which I also never play lol.

Yes. Clean.
I like bright and clear.
The Rotos in the recording are fantastic strings, though a little harsh on the top end with the Toaster and 1MEG volume pot.
I am now using DR Fatbeams and they sound less harsh on the top end than the Rotos , even though they are a little brighter and crispier than the Rotos. Better Piano/harpsichord tone.
Either way the highs can be dialed back with the tone knob if one wishes. So far I am enjoying the clarity though.

I pretty much always have my tone knobs all the way up. The only reason I don't bypass it entirely is the push/pull functionality. I guess I could probably bypass the neck tone knob though.

I always play into an amp that's at least a bit overdriven, and my cabs don't really reproduce any frequencies above 5K.