Price watch (80)

Would you agree that discontinued stuff are indeed rare but they don't necessarily deserve the price hike? Also, a collectors' piece - according to...? For the record, no RG was ever equipped with a Floyd Rose bridge since they began life in 1987. The RG1450 is indeed a good guitar, worthy of its Prestige label but we won't pay in excess of $2K for one, yes? The default bridge here is the Edge Pro version, why should we pay more for the RG1450 as opposed to a Genesis RG550 (Edge bridge)?

A Chinese copy with boutique humbuckers on board in excess of $500... I'm sure you would buy this guitar for less, regardless of the pickups in there. Also, there would be keen interest for the pickups if they are not resident in this guitar. Just saying.