Help Identifying SE Custom 24 Mods?

[CharcoalDan]

Bought my first PRS, a used 2019 SE Custom 24 Limited for the roasted maple neck. Plays like a dream, but sounds so different from my other guitars that I'm wondering what I got under the hood.

It was from an online store, I don't have access to the original owner. I'm not a PRS expert, altho I've been lurking here for a few months. I'm hoping I can get some help identifying what parts, exactly, I have here.

It has a 5-way switch, not a 3-way, but also the push/pull tone knob. Pickups are cream, not the zebra black/cream, and also the brackets are black, not white.

Is this for sure a modded guitar? Any suggestions on what mods this has? If I peek under the hood, any suggestions for identifying what's what?

Thanks for any help. Man, it's beautiful!

 

[Black Dog]

It looks like the pickups were changed. I researched this guitar and it looks like it came with 85/15 “S” zebra pickups. Take off the control cavity cover and see if the wire harness was modified.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Hi and welcome. Congratulations on your PRS.

This YT vid might answer some questions -

The specs of this guitar online certainly show it came with a 3 way selector switch as standard. Pickups look like they were Zebra finish.

I would surmise at the very least that the selector switch and pickups have been modded.

Pickups are most likely Dimarzio (or a clone), as I believe that they hold the patent on double cream bobbins. They could have of course be an after market pickup from another maker.

Happy exploring “under the hood”.

 

[CharcoalDan]

Thank you both! Thrilled to finally own a PRS, altho I was expecting a stock model. My journey begins...

 

[Andy_C]

As stated above, selector switch, pots, and pups look to be upgraded. There is also a chance that someone upgraded the capacitors as part of the new pots which would likely have an effect on the sound of the guitar. Nice PRS!