They offer you plenty of output for driving your amp hard, while sounding clear and detailed when you want. Pickups Email to friends Share on Facebook - opens in a new window or tab Share on Twitter - opens in a new window or tab Share on Pinterest - opens in a new window or tab Add to Watchlist The 85/15S pickups are just a Far Eastern made humbucker based on PRS's regular 85/15 pickups. In perfect condition. Maybe the 85/15 sets sound better on the mahogany/rosewood C24s, I don't know. Paul Reed Smith acquired exclusive rights to the original pickup wire from the original machine used to … Here's a pair of Paul Reed Smith 85/15 pickups. The two humbucking pickups in this SE Custom 24 are Paul Reed Smith-designed 85/15 S’s. The MT pickups sound similar to the 85/15 pickups used on the regular Custom models, but the "MT" means they have multiple tap points that provide a true single coil tone with very minimal drop in output when you go from humbucker to single coil mode. There are few companies that ever get their stock pickups right due to their attempts to … FWIW Adam Jones of Tool supposedly uses the JB/Jazz combo but I recommended the Custom 5 as well because the output is a little less than the JB, lending itself better to the RHCP and Jeff Buckley tones. No wimpy or anemic sounds here! An update on PRS’s original humbuckers, the 85/15 S’s are designed to sound terrific whether used in humbucking or single-coil modes. The same pickups that are in the new PRS 30th Anniversary models. The pickups in the PRS SE Custom 24 have a pretty even love/hate split across the review boards. Honestly I found the difference embarrassingly bad considering this PRS retails north of 5k. I believe guitars in that range should have pickup options or at least not such a narrowly-voiced set or rather, mis-voiced. The SE 24 is stocked with an “S” series of the 85/15 pickups that the standard 24 carries. 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