I have 57/08's in mine. It's "less hot and more PAF" as you said. I have them on a coil tap switch. Tone is subjective but I'm really happy with them. I guess changing them is more difficult than a solid body, but if you loosen the pickup selector switch you can access everything pretty easily through the F hole.
I changed them because I had the pickups, then got the guitar, and figured I should have my 'best' pickups in my best guitar. I wasn't expecting to have such different amp settings between them, and it's hard to do a direct comparison because of that. My perception is the 57/08s are cleaner, more 'natural', more harmonic, and they sound good tapped.