Originally posted by Incidents Happen

You'll pay alot more for a custom, though.....:D

Well, maybe not, in france, buying a Les Paul Standard costs the same price as a luthier made guitar.
Of course, the latter one has no 'gibson' logo, no "breathtaking" factor, but it sounds the way you want it to sound, and you get your money's worth...
Not that I mean that Gibsons are overprived planks of woods... er... Well... :)