King Crimson":2hh8qaud said:
VigierUSA":2hh8qaud said:
PRS has its reputation of being bought by doctors and lawyers for a reason.
Simple - they don’t play it. They hang it on the wall and speak about it at their cork sniffing parties.
I've owned 7 PRS guitars over the years and aside from the esthetic value, the underlying build quality is mediocre at best.
That's unfair, PRSs are excellent guitars - go over to birdsandmoons.com and check out all the live shots and videos of those guys playing everything from the cheapest SE to the most decadent Dragon or Private Stock. I won't get into a flame war, but if you're telling me that a Quicksilver made by that used car salesman is better than all 7 PRSs you've played, I'm inclined to believe you either are ED or work for Ed or played a bunch of PRSs he wanted you to play before you picked up a Quicksilver. I bet the guy builds a pretty decent guitar, but if they were really as excellent as the three Roman supporters I've ever encountered on the forums said they were, he wouldn't need to trash other brands to sell 'em. It seems to me he's got sour grapes because PRS won't open him as a dealer...
My (underdeveloped) point was that there's a different aesthetic to a PRS than a Jackson - with a PRS, you're looking at visually stunning woods vs. relatively common woods covered by a solid finish. And the one with the solid finish is somehow twice the price. PRSs also have proprietary pickups, carved tops, etc. Also, my dr/lawyer comment speaks to a different type of player for each brand. When I think Jackson, I think of a more workmanlike player - someone like Mark Morton from Lamb of God. When I think PRS, I'm thinking of someone closer to Al DiMeola or Santana. I don't think it's unreasonable to assume there's a gap in the income level of the players influenced by those two types of players. Really, I'm comparing apples and oranges, but they should at least be competitively priced apples and oranges...
