Re: PRS SE Floyd Pickup Options
Parallel Axis are great for fat & clarity. PATB-3b is like a '59B with higher output that didn't lose the high end. But the high end is remarkably smooth, despite there being a healthy amount of it. And it's very responsive to pick attack, lighten up and it's smooth, dig in and it snarls.
I have a PATB-1b in an RG570 that had excess lower mids, but NO bass, and managed to sound both dull AND piercing, with a JB in the bridge. Indescribably enormous improvement, it has bass, the low mids aren't bloated, there's singing upper midrange and crazy harmonics, actual high end but not shrill... Perfect for that guitar. It can be a bit scooped in some guitars, especially if you get the height adjusted wrong (when I initially set it up, it was a bit too far from strings, mids simply DROPPED out, it sounded like a cross between a piano and a tele, huge sounding bass, biting highs and little else. Very cool, but not what I was looking for). So if one doesn't sound right, play with height a bunch before throwing towel in! Which is generally good advice for any pickup, there are plenty of others that are radically different beasts when you find the right height.
BTW, PRS SE Floyd appears to be 25" scale, so not long scale, though it's a hair longer than the typical Gibson 24.75", it's not a strat's 25.5", either.
Antiquities could be amazing, if you want A2 PAFs. Not sure they do trem-spaced, or how much that bothers you. I tend to find polepieces not aligned with strings visually distressing, and I have run into it affecting tone/volume balance. I don't think PAF automatically means A2, magnets in real PAFs varied considerably. A2, A4 and A5 are all known to have been used. If you want something with a bit more output, but still has a bit of A2 feel, a magnet swap to Unoriented A5 might be the way to go.
Perpetual Burn/Sentient might be a fun combination. Not too overamped for low gain or cleans. I'm not sure I'd do '59/Custom, given the bright amp.
There's plenty of great Seymour Duncan choices, but I'm considering Railhammer Alnico Grande bridge & Hyper Vintage neck for a PRS SE Custom 24 I'm redoing the electronics on. Bridge seems a bit warmer than a Custom, but not scooped like a Custom 5. Little more PAF feeling from the samples I've heard, even though it's a 15K wind IIRC. Tight on low end, smooth on high notes. Neck pickup is 7.5K and much more PAF level of output, but smoother high strings, tighter low strings due to the mix of rails & oversize stud poles. [I'd probably go with a Railhammer Reeves Gabrels neck, but they aren't readily available yet outside his custom Reverend guitars...]
