you gotta wonder what kind of guitar ends up in the garbage. unless it was an evil, sadistic girlfriend/wife, throwing her hubby's carvin in the circular file...
i lied. i do have one other bass, it's a hybrid fretless that i built from parts of other basses that i had: a p-bass body, no-name maple neck with the frets removed and dean markleys all around (neck, p-bass and bridge). yes, the unused parts did end up in the trash.
so i guess i can see the value of a factory building you exactly what you want. just not 5 grand worth.