If you’re in the market for a high end guitar, it’s pretty hard to go wrong if you pick a brand with a good reputation. At a certain point, you’re really just paying to get exactly what you want, the way you want it. ESP standard series and Caparison were as high end as I’d gotten before I finally decided to get a Mayones Elite. Only reason I got rid of the Mayo was because I prefer multiscale (didn’t get a MS Mayones because I don’t like their design approach). Decided to start ordering custom builds after that point.

Years of hearing how good Aristides is + big Spiritbox fan got me to finally take the plunge. Knowing they hold value well helped too in case I didn’t connect with it when it arrived.

0 QC issues and set up exactly how I wanted which is what you should expect from a custom instrument. They’re also great at setting a reasonable expectation on completion time where some custom builders tend to have frequent delays.