Who He? Though I am not in the mood, I can challenge his mango wood guitars against the wood of my Gil Yaron. LOL. Classic OAS. But nowadays, I just stick to the advise of my trusted experts rather than on anybody who pops out of the woodshed. And you know what, the real experts DON'T use facebook.
hahaha! you really have changed bro! (in the forums, hehe.) kaya ako advice ko palagi whenever someone wants to have a "cheap" custom job, subok na lang sila ng mga fernando, squiers, even yung mga hamer sa JB. they might find a good one among the others. the main point being, kailangan mo mag-testing, hehe.
otherwise, you can spend thousands to ten thousands trying to upgrade the parts on the guitar pero it'll end up dead pa rin. wood makes the difference. the upgrades only enhance, not change the tone.
now, siguro if we had a wood factory that has been drying and aging some mango planks for around 10 years or so, that might be worth a try, hehe. that is, kung hindi pa sila nilalanggam, hehe.