Knowing that this is an artist specification guitar, it takes some of the copy cat aspect away from it. BUT... those specs include a 6 screw bridge, old style vintage saddles, and I don't know enough about the new pickups but they do sound stratty, My take is that besides the birds and headstock, and minor cosmetics like the enhanced cutaway, you have a basic copy of a modern Mexican made Stratocaster for xxxx dollars. I'm sure collectors and complete PRS addicts will have one for the catalog of PRS they have, but I think that even with the ability to shell out... I would have to pass.