The PRS’s look great, play great and I’m sure well made, but generally sound sterile to me, while a good Les Paul sounds great (lively, punchy, complex), but the only Les Paul’s that have really sounded great to me were some Custom Shop ones or obviously vintage ones which can sound extraordinary. Otherwise, some of those older vintage Japanese brand Les Paul are to my ears better sounding guitars imo than the PRS or Gibson USA line and less money. I forgot the names exactly, but some of my friends have collected a few. I think there was Navigators, which sounded killer, but now quite expensive, also Orville, Edwards and Degas if I’m not mistaken. I think those ones were under $1k, but not sure what they go for these days. Way better than any US line Gibson I’ve tried, but not as as good still as a good Custom Shop Gibson. For what it’s worth though, my opinions are solely based on tone, not playability, aesthetics, build quality, etc.