What kind of pickups for a PRS CE 24?

[Econ]

I'm buying the guitar used and it has a dimebucker in the bridge and something unknown in the neck position. What kind of pickup combo would you suggest? I play 80's hair metal, hard rock and shred typr music (Vai, MacAlpine, Moore). For equipment I use an AX FX Ultra with a pair of Adam Audio A7 studio monitors.

[jdr94]

With such a nice setup, does it really matter? I personally like active pickups, but with all that the axefx can do i would think what u have now would sound great. Maybe a '59 at the neck?

[Mazrim]

Well, I think the Dimebucker is a turd pickup. You need something with a bit of transparency and something you can put lots of layers on I guess, with that set up.

If you could stretch I would say go with either a BKP Holy Diver or Nailbomb or Suhr SSH+ or Aldrich (bridge) and pair that with a BKP Cold Sweat or Suhr SSV in the neck.

If you want pickups that you might find second hand more easily, try a DiMarzio Super III, EVO II or Seymour SH6 in the bridge and pair that with a Seymour full shred or DiMarzio Paf Pro in the neck.

[markD]

i had a duncan custom/custom and a '59 in one of my CE24's a while back. it was a good set-up, but i still prefer the original HFS and dragon bass that PRS puts in at the factory. the duncans sounded good, but it lacked that PRS "something" that makes PRS unique.

[Mazrim]

Good point, actually. I had a '95 CU22 and the Dragon 1s in it were awesome so if you could somehow get hold of a set, they would scream. I would say the HFS and Bass are nearly as good and the Dragon IIs not so much. I never understood why they stopped making Dragons and persisted with Dragon IIs.

I'd get that awful Dimebucker out of there asap though.

[markD]

PRS is one of those guitars that just sound the "best" the way they come. i thought the SD loaded CE24 was sweet until i got a new one that was bone stock. it destroyed the SD loaded one. so, i went on a quest to play a few PRS guitars, and i brought my SD loaded one....the stock PRS guitars KILLED the modded one every time.

you can find used PRS pickups on e-bay. they aren't cheap. some pickups you can buy from PRS, too. go to their website and see what they have in stock.

[birdie_in_Texas]

I love my CE24 with EMG's..

I have the 81/85 combo with the rotary selector replaced with a mini toggle