in all honesty, compairing a PRS (anything) to an epi (anything) isn't a good compairason. 1. the tone that they each produce is going to be completely different, and 2. the feel of the ax is going to be completely different. When it comes to compairing the Gibson sound to the PRS sound, I love both. They both make amazing guitars. true enough, they are both way overpriced on most models, but when it comes to finding the ax that feels and sounds like it was made for you, I don't mind paying a bit extra. And Chuck.....I'm not going to down you for saying the Dragon pup's are no good, because they defanately have a unique sound and aren't for everybody. My PRS has Dragon II's in it, and I love them. They are so versatile. I can get an extremely heavey rip your head off sound to a real fat blues sound to a warm and smooth jazz type sound. But like I said, they're not for everybody. PRS just happens to be my cup of tea.