GC? Where's that? I saw one in Tokyo. Tried it. Didn't really feel that compelled to choose that over this. What I REALLY almost took was the Japan only black version with gold hardware...
Have you tried this cutaway?
P.S. The BFRs are much more expensive, and aren't limited for the JPs. I think the better one to look forward to would be the neck-thrus coming...
Guitar Centre.
That's the 2006 LE. Really nice, but the gold hardware kinda put me off, I want to actually play my guitars, not keep them
Which cutaway? The normal ones? The BFRs' cutaway doesn't bother me at all, I've tried quite a few normal JPs, and a few friends of mine have them too, and the fatter lower horn does get in the way sometimes, while the BFR has even better upper fret access with the thinner lower horn.
Neck-trus ain't gonna happen for EBMMs. This has been debated before over there, and it isn't gonna happen for a variety of reasons. That being said, a well-designed bolt-on neck can be just as good as a neck-thru (quoted from the EBMM forums).
Although the BFR is not a limited run for the JP, the market force will decide whether it will be discontinued of not, as BP pointed out in one of his post. But then again, a JP Baritone is in the works, only available as a BFR, that adds to the possibility that the BFR is here to stay!