I'd go for a Custom 22 with a stop tail. I have a 2008 and use it for all manner of high gain metal type tones with the Dragon II pickups, and while they are solid for this purpose, I definitely prefer the tone of my 1997 CE 22 with Dragon I pickups. If you're patient, you should be able to find a mid 90's Custom 22 hard tail with Dragon I pickups for a decent price. Don't get me wrong, I love my Custom 22 with the Dragon II pickups, but the Dragon I's are definitely a hotter, higher output pickup that will hit the font of an amp harder than the Dragon II. The Dragon II bridge pickup sits between a McCarty and a Dragon I and has Alnico magnets as opposed to ceramic as you find in the Dragon I and HFS. Back in the 90's and early 00's a PRS with either HFS/VB or Dragon pickups (I or II) into a Mesa Triple Rectifier was THE sound of nu-metal.