Only way to know for sure is to measure the size of the heels and scale lengths. Rich scale lengths seem to be...all over the place (25.5" and 24 5/8" seem to be the most common).
Back then it depended on if it was cut in the USA shop (well, Mexico, actually) or was an ESP. Also post Class Axe is different. Rich wasn't exactly known for consistency. :lol:
I am generally not a fan of painted necks, but I've had no issues with the SL3s I've played. The clear they're using isn't "sticky" like the old one was.
They are. A couple of the Wildcard runs are, too - especially the Vivian Campbell Joker tribute, which was excellent - but the prices on them have exploded.
KInda hard to plan your gigging around whenever they finish their runs, so they're really kind of like ordering customs. You can order Jackson USA Selects with topmounts, too, but the timeline is long... Badlands is doing cool stuff, just not in a readily available fashion. I mean, you could...
I forgot one - I don't know how hard it is to get the FU Tone guitars in the EU, but they're extremely good guitars for the money: https://reverb.com/item/82398690-f-u-tone-strat-electric-guitar
Yeah, they'll probably have to cut a recess. I had a guitar that was a Floyd conversion from a Kahler and it ended up with the full-size rout basically going entirely through the body. Depending on how crazy you want to go, you can have it filled and repainted.
Very few are dive-only, most are floating. Topmount != flushmount, which is what the EVHs, Wolfies and Axis are. Almost all of my topmount guitars have stabilizers and can be pulled up. If the OP prefers recessed, there's options like stabilizers and the Tone Vise drop tuner that will work in a...