I know about the Phred option, but I'm hoping for a lacquer finished guitar for around $1k-1.5k with OBEL and Jerry pre-amp. Anyone know of any budget builders. Thanks!
You can get Andrew Olson to add it to a guitar of your liking for ~$250.
http://www.aoguitars.com/pricing-5
As well as others, I'm sure.
Troy Post could probably build one in that range depending on what woods and electronics you wanted.
http://www.postguitars.com/