Re: Boutique Guitar Showcase
Really? Why would I want to pay attention to your guitar collection? No offense, but I can't see one that sparks my interest; and that's just about the most polite way of expressing my opinion so as not to invoke an infraction.
Different taste bro, different taste. I am more to Japanese superstrats (ESP and Ibanez). I don't give arse about vintage Teles or Les Pauls, sorry.
Ok, now it’s clear. If you barely had the minimum interest in the topic you would call the difference from an industrial made guitar and an handcrafted guitar by a liutist. You didn’t even argued my previous post. Ibanez and esp found their way when ultra technicians arrived in the scene and tried to push toward that direction following the trend. You know what? Now superstrat market is in crisis, used Ibanez superstrats have lost very much of their value (ah... when brands are strong just for the trend).
Many people were mad at Ibanez for presenting new fancy products every month as if they were a fashion brand (which they were...!) devaluing incredibly the guitar they just bought... This is great thing for me as I want to get a good secondhand one without spending much, but this is the reason they started to push in the semi acoustic direction. Ever seen D’angelico guitars? Semi acoustic is now the trend. And millennials playing jazzy stuff on Instagram. (And I’m barely millennial...)
As I’m saying, old brands are becoming weaker: Gibson barely bankrupted for his incredibly overpriced collection of mediocre quality built, Fender is trying everything to keep the brand strong creating PaRaLLeL UniVerSe series, selling Bluetooth speakers and other useless stuff, and Ibanez... as I just mentioned.
However the topic here was boutique guitar and handcraft quality. Fender, Gibson and Ibanez, along with their industrial series also have che custom artisanal shop. Even “Echo” guitars, which always been a bit crappy, are now offering lutist made guitars starting from €4.5k.
All these guitars are highly priced and are, indeed, all of them good guitars.
You can find handcrafted superstrat or whatever you need, the liutist will craft it for you.
Now, if you’re so close minded to not value instruments in their wide spectrum because you’re the 1 only musical genre fanboy, that’s a thing. If you’re not, your intention is just jumping on someone’s other thread and start posting nonsense.
I’d like to fave a feedback on your degree of information, I like sharing knowledge.
As you can tell by the pictures in my signature that I have A Gibson Les Paul, a 1952 AVRI Fender Telecaster, a Gibson SG. a Fender MIA Stratocaster...and a SUPER STRAT Yamaha RGX Custom guitar which covers your spectrum of guitars that you have mentioned in your statement. Now I find that hilarious if you did not pay attention to my guitar collection that I have and I do find these new boutique guitars ahead of their time...a timeless classic. 
