Hi Mertay, thanks for your reply!
Thing is, if i can find let's say the X6 for 150€, let's do the count (i checked price at Thomann)
Pickups: lets take something that can be compared to ibanez models: Air Norton (66€) + Tone Zone (75€) + True Velvet (58€)
Floyd Rose: Schaller FR (151€)
Tuner: Schaller F series locking (86€)
Switch/pots/Jack: megaswitch + pots + jack + cable ... should be around 40/50€ max.
The paint job: that more a matter of time than cost
but let's say around 30€ for sand paper, paint and varnish.
If I sum up: 150+66+75+58+151+86+50+30=666€ (wow, the number of the beast came out!
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So for 666€ that's a custom guitar with pretty nice specs that you could only find in more expensive models.
That should compare to an Ibanez Prestige, like the RG655 (same pickups configuration), which sales for 1200$ new, so i guess it should be possible to find secondhand ones for 700/800$, no? At the end you are right, the financial advantage is not very significant (i'll save a hundred bucks maybe) and i might struggle to sell it second hand... but that will be a really exclusive guitar that should play extremely well
Now the question is... wood quality in this type of guitars? For example, is the wood quality of the japanese Ibanez wayyyy superior than the korean/indonesian of the cort? Is it noticeable for this kind of guitar?...
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