I got my EHX 4x12 from GC Used forever ago....surprisingly arrived fine besides a crushed caster (someone had literally put the little tiny plastic office chair casters on it so no surprise there)
I like a few standout tunes Holdsworth played on, but to me a ton of his stuff sounds exactly the same with very little memorable melody
That said I always did find him fascinating and listened to that whole conversation.
For what it's worth my P50E's had WELL over 10 years worth of break in/use on them
I still have my VHT FB 2x12 loaded with them to this day; still don't really like them
They are decent enough in the room but very bad under a mic in my experience
The "hollow" comments are spot-on; it's like...