Upgrades for a 2015 Paul’s Guitar?

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I have a 2015 Paul’s Guitar and noticed that PRS has introduced several upgrades to their core line over the years.

With that in mind, I’m curious about which of these updates could be applied to my 2015 model if I were to send it to the PTC. The most obvious upgrade would be the TCI pickups, but are there other improvements I should consider
 
Unless you're unhappy with the pickups on the guitar, I wouldn't necessarily consider the TCI pickups an upgrade; they're just going to be different, not better.

I had the Paul's 2015-16 pickups on one of my Private Stocks, and thought they were perfect (I only sold the guitar to put the money into some orchestral recording gear).

Others here might have different ideas, but I'd leave well enough alone. Is a 1968 Les Paul necessarily 'better' than a 1959 Burst? Some things are just perfect the way they are.
 
Unless you're unhappy with the pickups on the guitar, I wouldn't necessarily consider the TCI pickups an upgrade; they're just going to be different, not better.

I had the Paul's 2015-16 pickups on one of my Private Stocks, and thought they were perfect (I only sold the guitar to put the money into some orchestral recording gear).

Others here might have different ideas, but I'd leave well enough alone. Is a 1968 Les Paul necessarily 'better' than a 1959 Burst? Some things are just perfect the way they are.
I'm very happy with the sound of the guitar with the normal Humbucker mode, but the single coil mode has a bit of volume drop and based on what I've heard, the TCI´s coil splits are probably the best in the industry. So the only thing I would be very inclined to swap would be the pickups. However, they seem to be impossible to buy?
 
I'm very happy with the sound of the guitar with the normal Humbucker mode, but the single coil mode has a bit of volume drop and based on what I've heard, the TCI´s coil splits are probably the best in the industry. So the only thing I would be very inclined to swap would be the pickups. However, they seem to be impossible to buy?
Volume drop is minimal on updated version. I have a 2019 Paul’s. I didn’t play a a previous Paul’s guitar but have tried 408s. I had a 2024 s2 24-08. It’s crazy to me but the Paul’s guitar smokes the 24-08 despite it being the same pickups.
But like others I’m not sure the difference is significant enough. Certainly try a newer one first. I wouldn’t blindly trade assuming newer is better. Some on here swear the older Paul’s had better humbucking modes.
I would check to see if any wiring changed. For some reason I want to say it did when they went tci route. I bet that made a bigger difference than pickup tinkering
 
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