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The neck pickup is in a different spot on the SG, more like where it would be on a 24 fret guitar, and it changes the sound quite a lot. Enough that I personally don't like it.
So definitely pay attention to that when trying out an SG.
I’ve had mine over 10 years now (actually bought it pretty much as soon as one first appeared on a dealership wall), played quite a few SGs in that period (I actually really like SGs), and with the exception of a couple of ‘60s vintage Juniors and Specials haven’t come across one I’d swap the Mira for.
I think they’re pretty damned close (as you’d expect given the similar materials, construction, weight, body thickness, pickup combinations, and in spite of the PRS being a 24 fret neck, neck pickup position) with the added benefit that the coil tap is one of the more effective, useful implementations I’ve come across.
If you’re heavily reliant on the SG’s control setup with individual volume/tone controls for each pickup you might find the Mira’s master tone/vol setup a bit limiting.
If you like the general idea of an SG but aren’t set on a specific model then I’d say it was very well worth tracking a Mira down and having a blast, because it’s got a similar “voice”, does a similar job, has a similar “vibe” about it, but is more substantial feeling than an SG (you *can* do the SG vibrato by pushing/pulling on the neck party trick but you’ve got to be trying pretty hard...), and feels like a way better finished, better made, more polished piece of luthiery than Gibson offer around the same price point.