What is the difference? I mean in the process...do the guys at the custom shop actually build a guitar or do they merely select parts...good parts, mind you...and assemble them? Now take a guy who takes a licensed body and neck or just a copy body and neck and matches the parts for best fit, visual appeal etc and assembles them and sells the product as a parts caster...what is the difference? And doesn't seem like a bargain when one of these assemblers can offer his product...maybe reliced, or not at 1/3 the price of a custom shop piece...not talking about big name luthiers here, but a guy who knows guitars and how to make them sound and look good...tell me what I am missing?