If I were going to go that route, I would have to go with Warmoth. I have girl hands, and I would want the Wolfgang neck with its radius and nut width. I would put Anderson pickups in it though!
Anderson has always been cool and was quick to respond when I had a question about the pickup...
I'm happy with my Way Huge Conspiracy Theory. It gets the job done for me. I just use it for 2 things. It's great at adding some shimmer to a clean or it can be a nice overdrive/crunchy thing that sounds natural on top of a clean channel.
I've always loved the pickups. They're not for everyone though.
I played one of the guitars about 15 years ago. It's was really nice. I'm a Les Paul douchebag though.
To answer the question though: All guitars are too expensive, but the dollar is a lot weaker these days.
A Gibson Les Paul Custom in 2002 was between $2350 and $2500. Today, that should be $4225 to $4500. Gibson wants $5500 today.
PRS was kind of in the same ballpark as far as pricing back...
I never got to play any of the Vettas. I like tinkering around with all of that digital stuff. I've avoided the AxeFx stuff because I would get stuck in tweaking limbo. It's fun though!
Dino from Fear Factory used that setup after his Marshall was stolen back in the day. I always liked the SLO model on that first expensive Line 6 combo. Something about it just tickled me the right way. I had that Johnson Millennium 2x12 combo around '99. It had a few cool sounds in it...
Yep! Basically, the preamp circuit will be voiced a certain way where there is a cutoff frequency for each amplification stage. There could be steep shelving at a particular frequency that isn't pleasing to someone's ear. This can be adjusted, but the end result may not be all that great...
As many as the shareholders that own Gibson/Mesa want for them to line their pockets with money. If they can sort out a ground loop and actually design the amp correctly, well, that remains to be seen. LOL
My dad had a nice "honey hole" for them at Toledo Bend just off the dock where he would go down there for a few hours in the morning and catch about 25 or so in about 2 hours while he shot the shit with all of the other retirees he had met down there. After they drew down the lake to work on...