What was crazy about Custom shop was, if you just wanted a simple change that wasn’t production, they would start at a base for any changes at around $2800 or so and add from there, and this was back in the 90’s. I had my heart set on getting their firebird style guitar with a thick neck carve after trying one at a NAMM and the cost was just too much. I would have loved a King V with a thicker neck too but nope.
I drove to BC Rich (Senior was still alive at this time, very cool dude and Junior took great care of me) in that period and ordered a custom V with a widow headstock (first one ordered with that at the time). Got the neck shape I wanted, color, pickups, wood choice I wanted, totally custom and it cost me $1600.
P.S also learnt that driving a rented convertible Camaro, top down, in Summer, a few hours up 15 is a real bad idea if you care about sunburn…lol