I exhaust that 5 minutes on a stroll through Guitar Center.
I think it's a travesty to stock $1500-$5000 guitars on the wall, and have 1 out of 30 that actually play like a $1500-$5000 guitar, and it still just be another "off the shelf" retail guitar.
The very least that they could do is do a professional setup on those guitars so that at first grab, they scream "BUY ME!!!
That's why I built the TFS6. I came up with my own shape, decided my own neck profile, parts, etc, and went about doing it. Been my main guitar for over 20 years now, and I would not have been satisfied by just forking out $3000 for something at GC just to have to spend more money on setting it up.
That's why I'd gladly buy Warmoth Parts, and make a $1200 play like a $5000 guitar and there be nothing like it in any store anywhere!