Thank you and yes, it makes perfect sense.
It makes me realize that since I now here (at Warmoth) can get the type of guitar I always (unknowingly) been looking for, perhaps I shouldn't be too concerned with exotic and expensive wood types. Perhaps the thing for me is to get an alder body and maple neck and try some different pickups. At a later date, when the purse is sufficiently full again, I could try buying the same type of guitar, but just swap the neck or body wood type and see what result that would have on tone.