Upgrades

[Mjk412]

Hey everyone! Sorry If this is posted in the wrong spot, I’m still new. Thanks for your help in the last thread. So I decided to go with the prs se in the blue burst color. I just love this color. Im going to upgrade the pickups in it, not sure which yet, I’ll do some more research. But what other upgrades do you guys recommend? I want this to be one awesome se. I can’t afford the American custom, and a left handed used will be hard to find. So I figured bring the SE to as close I can to the American custom with upgrades. thanks everyone!

 

[markd21]

Well, to me the 57/08 is the be-all-end-all for regular sized pickups. Others can be cool, but when I do an upgrade on any HB equipped guitar, I go gor the 57/08. Pricey, but soulful.

 

[Bowtiefanatc]

57/08’s, 59/09’s, \m/ pickups or Bare Knuckle Pickups for me personally.

 

[SinSir]

Sticking with PRS the 59/09 is a good one too.

 

[SinSir]

Wouldn't ever take my DW tomahawks out of my se cu24 floyd either. Technically not a PRS made pickup but they are in the DW CE.

 

[Draconomics]

Hey everyone! Sorry If this is posted in the wrong spot, I’m still new. Thanks for your help in the last thread. So I decided to go with the prs se in the blue burst color. I just love this color. Im going to upgrade the pickups in it, not sure which yet, I’ll do some more research. But what other upgrades do you guys recommend? I want this to be one awesome se. I can’t afford the American custom, and a left handed used will be hard to find. So I figured bring the SE to as close I can to the American custom with upgrades. thanks everyone!

Hey, welcome to the forums! So, my current obsession is Bare Knuckle pickups. I love the Abraxas model, but they make so many great pickups. In A/Bs against some other things like Seymours, DiMarzio, and some PRS pickups I have I was most impressed with Bare Knuckle. They are pricy, so the used market is the place to look.

 

[alantig]

I think the most common other upgrades on SEs are probably the nut, pots, and tuners. For my money, I think the best approach is to evaluate the guitar first and see how you like it. Just because I don’t like something doesn’t mean you won’t. That said, if you do change the pickups, might as well do the pots at the same time.

 

[bodia]

Definitely the nut. I’m lazy, so I put locking tuners on everything. Congrats on your incoming PRS.

 

[SinSir]

I think the most common other upgrades on SEs are probably the nut, pots, and tuners. For my money, I think the best approach is to evaluate the guitar first and see how you like it. Just because I don’t like something doesn’t mean you won’t. That said, if you do change the pickups, might as well do the pots at the same time.

I second all this. Evaluate it first to see what works for you and the guitar then tweak. Trust me I'm guilty of not following this advice too.

I didn't use to be an electronics swap guy. I'd change pups but keep the electronics as long as they were decent. Then I got my core and my tone chase got a shot of NOS. I can honestly say I put electronics ahead of pickups now.

Tuners because I'm lazy and the nut if I'm having tuning issues and nut sauce or graphite didn't work.