I have modded my new PRS SE Paul’s guitar with:
- Fishman Fluence Open Core pickups
- 3-way mini toggle switch per pickup to select between the pickup's 3 voices
- A Free-way switch to select between bridge, both and neck pickup
(2 rows of a regular 3-way switch: lower row to select whatever the mini toggle switches are set to and the upper row all single coil sounds always) - Single coil sounds are soldered for the the outer “coils”
- Volume and Tone knobs are push-pulls to select the high-frequency tilt (HFT) option per pickup
- Lampshade knobs (did not have enough grip with the round ones)
- Graphtech ratio Kluson style locking tuners (had to ream the tuner holes)
- Dropstrap
The quality of these PRS SE Paul's guitars are quite good - not as good as the PRS core models, but I am thinking it does not matter. I really thought the upgrades made a difference.
My one negative about this model or maybe my particular one is the nut, which is not cut properly. Some nut sauce helped, but I still want to get this replaced - maybe with a bone nut,
Funny story - I did not actually want these white pickups, but because of the pandemic all Fishman Fluence Classic or Open Core stuff is sold out anywhere here in Canada and even at Thomanns. I really wanted the brushed steel pickups with cream pickup rings. Amazon had only 3 white sets of the open core in stock and nothing ANYWHERE else in Canada. I actually purchased the set I wanted from Sweetwater, but after ordering I got contacted and told they are not allowed to ship them outside of the US - some special agreement with Fishman. What the Duck !
And so after debating for weeks - hoping the 3 white sets on Amazon would sell out I finally went for it after I found this dude and his copy with cream-colored Dimarzio's in it: