Carvins start around the $1500 mark. I've been looking at some customs by Bill Crook, and his go for $2K and up. Rice Custom Guitars has one model that lists for $1100, but the rest of them are $1700 and up.
Jamezboy - if you're at all handy with tools, your best bet would be to build your own. Warmoth, USACG and several others sell custom necks and bodies (both finished and unfinished), and if you keep an eye on their "web specials" you can get pretty decent prices on them. Pots, switches and tuners are relatively inexpensive, and you can spend just about whatever you want on pickups - from bargain to ouch! You can build a nice guitar for significantly less than buying a custom if you shop around a bit - then take it to a shop and have a good setup done and you've got yourself a very good-playing custom guitar without the "custom" price tag.
Mac
"I wish I could play that fast - then I would have the option of not doing that."
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