PRS guitars blow Gibson's out of the water, in my opinion. Why? The pickups, the fact that you have basically 24-fret access, etc.
Dickey Betts was known to play a Gibson Les Paul his entire career, and then in 1994, switched to a PRS, because the PRS could make the same/better 'fat blues' tone that he wanted. Not only did he get more access to the frets, but the guitar weighed lighter.
I think that PRS guitars rely less on the actual wood, and more on the pickups, or so it seems (at least to my ear:D).
Glad to hear that you have Two fine axes, now!
~Incidents