1. DiminisedDevil hasn't a CLUE what he is talking about. Just because these companies you refer to bought a few machines and came out of the dark ages does not mean these guitars have no human contact... As a matter of fact, if you ever play more than 4 Gibson LP's you will notice that while the necks are similar, no two necks on the Gibsons are EXACTLY the same. That is because there is an old grey haired guy sitting back there with a spokeshave and a surform HAND profiling each and every neck... The same holds true to PRS... DD, just stay of edromanguitars.com...
2. As far as that fat, redheaded, luckycharms leprechan-looking wannabe sales man named Ed Roman, I wouldn't trust anything he says about anything....for someone who is supposed to be an authority on all things musical, he know jack dick....Also as far as his bulls*it guitar line is concerned, I wouldn't touch it even if the freaking pope himself highly endorsed it...you can't trust that man... he fakes guitars as well as makes them... just remember that the next time you look into one of his so called J-Frog guitars.... It could be a Kramer Fire Sale body with a J-Frog neck on it...Everything he sells is also overpriced...
Here is a simple test for you... find the Kramer pages by any means necessary ( I think he took it down for remodeling but you can still access it from some of his other pages) and find the 2 neck Richie Sambora model guitar... This particular one he has is a Japanese model that was produced in considerable numbers, but yes they are hard to find over here... Call him up and ask him about that guitar, and I will almost bet he will tell you he is looking to get $8000 out of that guitar because is was a limited run of like 6 guitars and there are only 2 for sale in existence of some bulls*it like that. Even better... I bet he will probably tell 10 different stories to 10 different people... Now... This guitar is probably worth in my opinion about 2k-2500 bucks, and I would love to have one, but he will tell you he can build you an EXACT copy of it for 4k.... So... who's to say the 8k one isn't a copy...
Now that I have gotten way off track about the purpose of this thread...
Just to let you know... As a collector myself there are a few things that I look for when I decide to buy a new guitar to add to the collection...
1. Name brand... I stick to the large brand names... Kramer, Gibson, Jackson... I rarely look at the offshoots such as Epiphone...
2. Your particular issue would peak my interest, but only slightly... The only thing us hardcore collectors look for anymore is the fancy one-off's or limited editions... Those usually end up coming from the custom shop...
3. Also, myself I also look for limited editions in production models like for instance, the Adrian Vandenburg model Peavy that came out in the late 80's-early 90's... They had a neckthrough quilt top version that is HIGHLY sought after... They are going for, in mediocre condition, as much as they were brand new if not more... I, right now, have my eye on one for a price of a little over a grand that I am thinking about adding to my collection... but I wouldn't buy one of the regular production Vandy's unless I was looking for a player guitar, then I would only spend at max, $300 for it...
4. Most guitars that I collect are at least 15-30 years old...so your Epi would probably not get my attention until at LEAST 2018...:)
So. If you throw a cat out of a car window, is it considered "kitty litter"?