The SE Mark Holcomb is built for progressive metal precision, a 25.5 inch scale paired with a flat 20 inch fretboard radius for fast, low-action playing.
9 mods reviewed: 3 drop-in, 2 need verification, 3 need modification, 1 not compatible.
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The SE Mark Holcomb is built for progressive metal precision, a 25.5 inch scale paired with a flat 20 inch fretboard radius for fast, low-action playing. There's also a 7-string SVN baritone version of this signature model at a 26.5 inch scale, a genuinely different guitar, so specs don't carry across variants. The fixed bridge has individually adjustable saddles and a string-through design, more repairable than a one-piece wraparound but still a PRS-proprietary part, not a generic hardtail.
Tailpiece
Fixed plate-style, string-through
Neck mounting
Bolt-on
Scale length
25.5" (648mm)
Nut width
42.9mm (1.689")
Not published by PRS: string spacing, tuner hole size and bridge mounting spacing. Measure these before buying tuners or a bridge.
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Sold by the maker as a direct replacement specifically for this guitar's bridge, not a generic hardtail.
MannMade USA markets this explicitly as a direct replacement for the PRS hardtail bridge used on the Holcomb and baritone SE models, string-through-body design matching the stock mounting.
One specialist source lists this as a working option for this guitar's unusual bridge spacing, but it has not been confirmed by multiple owners yet.
A specialist retailer's writeup on this exact guitar's bridge options describes the Babicz FCH Original Series as using a universal mounting pattern that works here, but this comes from a single source rather than multiple confirming owner reports.
Help confirm this fit
Fits using 3 of the 5 existing mounting holes, so no new drilling, but the other 2 original holes will be left empty and visible.
This guitar's stock bridge uses an unusual 5-hole mounting pattern at 10.2mm hole spacing. The Schaller 3D only uses 3 of those 5 holes, so the swap works without new drilling, but leaves 2 original holes visibly unused.
Help confirm this fit
This is the same pickup set this guitar ships with stock, a genuine factory-spec option if you need a replacement.
This is effectively the same Alpha and Omega pickup set this guitar ships with, a genuine OEM-spec match rather than just a similarly sized third-party part.
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View at ReverbA well regarded humbucker, but some owners report it running wide for PRS SE-spec routes. Worth confirming fit before ordering.
Player reports describe Suhr's Thornbucker as physically wider than PRS SE-spec humbucker spacing in some cases, potentially requiring pickup ring or route adjustment.
Help confirm this fit
This is an active pickup set that needs a 9V battery inside the guitar, a bigger job than a passive pickup swap.
Active pickup set requiring a 9V battery mounted in the guitar. Not just a pickup swap, needs a battery cavity that may not already exist on this model.
Help confirm this fit
£349.00 at Andertons
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A common tuning-stability upgrade for PRS SE guitars. Should fit without modification.
Matches the standard PRS SE-tier tuner spec used across the current SE line.
£99.99 at Andertons
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A genuine PRS part, but owners report needing to drill new mounting holes to fit it on SE-tier guitars.
PRS forum owner reports describe these Core-tier tuners requiring new mounting holes drilled on SE guitars, not a clean drop-in despite being a genuine PRS part.
Help confirm this fit
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View at AmazonIf you have fitted any of these to this PRS SE Mark Holcomb, tell us what you found and we'll update the data.
