Originally Posted by: Jolly McJollysonLet's add $300 for the wood in the $3000 guitar. That's a bit more accurate. Better electronics, we'll add $200 for that. Better bits and bobs (tuning machines, bridge, knobs, etc.) that's $150 (costs $60 for a decent set of tuning machines anyhow). Now those nice abalone inlays, or perhaps mother of pearl, we'll add $25. The Rosewood fretboard or whatever is another $100 extra from the piece of crap one they pawn off on the cheaper guitar. That makes 775 extra dollars, which brings our total to: $1,475. Now let's put the letters "PRS" on there. That's an extra thousand dollars right there. Now you have a $2,475 guitar. I think that's how the math is done.

Carvin guitars, for example, are just as good as these mama jammas, but they cost about 1000 less (for the high end ones vs high end PRS). Probably because they don't tote the name "PRS."