Thought I would weigh in on the PRS topic. Personally, I am a big fan of PRS guitars. I am very fortunate in that I am related to someone who collects guitars, but doesn't really play at all. (long story). In any case, I only say that to reference the fact that I have a pretty large guitar collection as a result of inheriting quite a few. I am also very blessed to have a wide variety of guitars from different companies.
I currently have 7 PRS. 2 lawsuit singlecuts, a stripped 58 singlecut, a limited run McCarty, a DGT, an SE Zach Meyers semi Hollow singlecut, and an SE Bernie Marsden singlecut.
Outside of the PRS brand I also own: a Gibson Les Paul R9, 3 Fender strats, 2 Gretsch's, and 2 Reverends.
Again, I feel incredibly blessed to have the guitars I do and I love them all in their own ways. Truly. And as several others have stated it really is an individual thing with what instruments you do or don't connect with.
For me, my Paul Reed Smith's are my clear go to guitars. To me the quality, craftsmanship, and playability way exceed all my others. I play all of them regularly and certainly use different guitars for different specific situations. But PRS gets most of my attention and are the guitars that just feel and sound right to me. They also, in my humble opinion, are the most versatile for me too in regard to playing different styles on one instrument. I use my PRS guitars for metal, Hard rock, rock, worship, and blues. They do all of it well in my humble opinion.
My R9 is my most valuable guitar from a straight cost/dollar perspective, but I just have a really hard time being comfortable/natural with it. I guess the best way to describe it would be to say it always feels like a bit of work to play it and that I am fighting with it somewhat. Beautiful instrument overall.
Just thought I would share my 2 cents on the topic. I fully understand PRS are an acquired taste and not to everyone's liking. I am all good with that. I am sure many will feel my take on the R9 is sacrilege.
I also know Joe would clearly disagree with my thoughts as well. I will reiterate the story quick that I shared in a previous post about my last meet and greet with Joe. I asked him what advice he would give me being someone who has spent most of my life playing hard rock and metal and that is truly trying to transition to being a Blues player. Joe said first thing you need to do is get rid of whatever pointy and probably 7 string guitar you are playing. I told him I play mostly PRS. He said...yeah....go ahead and throw those away too.