Guitar manufacturers really should be peeking at this thread.
WAAAAY more trems/floyds, maple/ebony fretboards, push-pulls, blend knobs, piezos, and three-pickup configs to be seen here than you'd expect from looking at what's on the market.
GUITAR COMPANIES: FREAKIN ***TAKE NOTES*** ALREADY. While modding is fun... now... that was after a few painful and nervous days spent with drills, soldering irons, and knee deep in forums wondering what the heck went wrong. Fiddling is fun'n'all, but sometimes ya just want a product that's freakin done right the first time, right off the assembly line: all bases covered, no corners cut, no cheap electronics, no flimsy hardware, no zinc anything, no teeeny-block trems, no noisy wiring.