^ *nod nod* no offense taken. in fact, the wisdom is noted.
i still need to ask the question for i'd be using it as baseline tho: so PhP2K *is* a good figure for that kind of work? this would be the first time i'd be requiring a luthier's skills and only my 2nd guitar to boot. and yeah, the prospective baby ain't that expensive. i'm not going up on any stage in any case so i just need a guitar that sounds RIGHT.
but still. yeah, 2k is a tad too steep for my budget now, hence the question if the conversion can be done in stages (e.g. nut+pickguard+saddle first, saddle slot later or something like that). methinks it won't hurt as much. or so i hope.
and the question still stands: how bad does a flipped saddle (i.e. rotated around the z-axis so as to get the e string on the low side of the saddle where it belongs) on a wrongly-oriented (i.e. right-handed) slot affect the overall intonation/sound of the guitar? i tell you, i'm still quite the noob on those things. hehe.
daghang salamat po!