PRS is responsive to the market, and in an innovative way. They are building what the market wants, with PRS quality and design. You see that they have identified the current 'craze', tooled up, designed and have run with it 'like a whirlwind'. Yet you don't give them credit for knowing which way the wind is blowing. Looks like they see the current pressure gradient pretty well.
According to your estimate, PRS has 10-20 years to recognize and adapt to your predicted huge shift in the industry and the future (now relatively indigent) affluents. That's a really long time in the retail world. Things change MUCH faster than that. I suspect that there will be changes next year, next month, next week that will catch the attention of Paul & Company and if the changes look promising, they'll be on them like (insert your own metaphor for ravishment here).
By your own reasoning, the market you think he is ignoring isn't even mature (in many meanings of that word) enough yet for high end guitars. They have PS tastes but Ibanez wallets. When that segment gets to the point where they can afford a quality instrument, PRS will notice and build what they want and can newly afford.
Faulting the company for not making those guitars now and letting them sit unordered in the factory doesn't make any sense.
And of course you don't need to try a 594 to be able to tell us all about it...
According to your estimate, PRS has 10-20 years to recognize and adapt to your predicted huge shift in the industry and the future (now relatively indigent) affluents. That's a really long time in the retail world. Things change MUCH faster than that. I suspect that there will be changes next year, next month, next week that will catch the attention of Paul & Company and if the changes look promising, they'll be on them like (insert your own metaphor for ravishment here).
By your own reasoning, the market you think he is ignoring isn't even mature (in many meanings of that word) enough yet for high end guitars. They have PS tastes but Ibanez wallets. When that segment gets to the point where they can afford a quality instrument, PRS will notice and build what they want and can newly afford.
Faulting the company for not making those guitars now and letting them sit unordered in the factory doesn't make any sense.
And of course you don't need to try a 594 to be able to tell us all about it...