Bought my first PRS (SE CE 24 Standard Satin), Any upgrades?

[howsmadae]

As title says, I just bought my second guitar (first one was a squier bullet mustang hh). And I was wondering what upgrades I can do to this guitar?
I have heard that the best upgrades currently are Mannmade bridge and Mannmade Locking tuners. What else could I put in this bad boy? I'm also just a student so please recommend best bang for buck stuff. Thank you!

 

[d^rren]

Best improvements in my opinion would be:

1. GraphTech or PRS USA nut. Better tuning stability. You’ll need a tech to install and get it slotted properly.

2. Locking tuners. Either the PRS SE kind, or a set of Gotohs.

3. Pickups.

4. Bridge block.

5. Bridge saddles.

Replacing the entire bridge with a USA MannMade one will cost almost as much as the guitar itself.

 

[TheCraftsman]

Replacing the entire bridge with a USA MannMade one will cost almost as much as the guitar itself.

This is true but I replaced the whole thing with the MannMade 2049 Trem on my CU24-08 and highly recommend it

 

[DISTORT6]

First - do everything to keep it tune.
Second - everything else you don’t like.

 

[deathworlder]

Only 'upgrades' are Gotoh SG381-MGT locking tuners, lampshade knobs and 1/4" tubing in the tremolo springs.

 

[TheCraftsman]

As was said to me before also, don’t be in a rush to change the pickups, live with em a while and see how they are for you

 

[andy474x]

SE locking tuners, a good nut file or USA/core nut replacement, and core pickups would be my first steps. Sometimes I actually really like a guitar with the stock molded/import trem on it, but if I want to go that extra mile, it's a Mann job on the trem, either block/saddles or the whole unit.

 

[Glide-bpm]

Best improvements in my opinion would be:

1. GraphTech or PRS USA nut. Better tuning stability. You’ll need a tech to install and get it slotted properly.

2. Locking tuners. Either the PRS SE kind, or a set of Gotohs.

3. Pickups.

4. Bridge block.

5. Bridge saddles.

Replacing the entire bridge with a USA MannMade one will cost almost as much as the guitar itself.

I actually got a great deal on the hybrid locking tuners and hybrid MannMade tremolo bridge for right around $300 for both with a discount code from John Mann!