Sqaubins. Would PRS ever allow SD to make custom shop Duncans with the PRS look?

[AdrianSD]

Yeah, but a big part of why PRS pickups are more expensive than Duncan or DiMarzio is only because they make a lot less, and a lot of parts they use to make them (like the square bobbins) are unique to them.

Don't know about the US, but in Australia we have a number of "boutique" - as in small shop, not expensive just because, aimed at lawyers and tech bros - local winders that obviously produce a lot less than Duncan, or even PRS, that sound every bit as good or better as those and cost less. They're not made to look different on purpose, like the PRS ones, though.
PRS went down the Apple path: make it different so the user can't use, or won't want to use non-PRS parts. And charge as much as one can get away with.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Don't know about the US, but in Australia we have a number of "boutique" - as in small shop, not expensive just because, aimed at lawyers and tech bros - local winders that obviously produce a lot less than Duncan, or even PRS, that sound every bit as good or better as those and cost less. They're not made to look different on purpose, like the PRS ones, though.
PRS went down the Apple path: make it different so the user can't use, or won't want to use non-PRS parts. And charge as much as one can get away with.

Im not in the US, and I agree with you in that the other part of why they’re so expensive is just because that’s what’s on brand for them.

 

[soulforger]

Parallel Axis pickups and variants like the Dyad kind of do have very similar look aside from the pole pieces of course!