Great review mate and lovely photos of a wonderful guitar
.
For those who might not have come across
Caparison - it's a Japanese company that was founded by one of the chief designers from Jackson/Charvel back around 1995. Not well known out of Japan until recently but some interesting artist endorsements - Caparison have only recently started to be distributed in the US, Australasia and Europe. A lot of people who have played them rate them as
at least as good as top of the range Jackson, Ibanez (including Jems), ESPs etc if not better. If you can find them they are well worth checking out, particularly if you're into metal/shredding.
Cheers,
Tony