Guitars can be worth more in pieces. eBay seller, Stratosphere, sells thousands of guitars he takes completely apart. Obviously, he focuses on Fender. Gibsonreliable sells Gibsons in pieces. Sad but true. I've bought several projects from them both.... In my case I had a Fender Roadhouse Strat, but I preferred rosewood, so I bought a Lonestar neck and swapped them. I had an Epiphone Les Paul and put in some Gibson Burstbuckers in it...