[jhpacker]

I agree with your take. I've definitely owned and played some excellent sub-$1000 guitars, but at the lower price points things it can be frustrating to deal with things like low-quality tuners, improperly shielded components, etc. I'd say 90% is about pickups, strings, and frets. Most of the 60s guitars I've played were not great tbh.

[atoav]

The channel I mentioned measured the internal cabling of an 60s Les Paul and it had a WILD capacitance swing changing with humidity (more than 100% of the orignal value). Meaning the capacitance-induceed resonant frequency of the guitar would shift strongly over the course of a gig.

Needless to say, this is probably not a thing anybody is looking for.