This may sound corny but I don’t pick my guitars, they pick me. I’m a very “honeymoon” style buyer. I honestly NEVER played on a Schecter and never cared to. I was a die-hard Gibson girl. Then I walked into Guitar Center and there was the most sexiest, manliest guitar I had ever seen hanging on a wall. I immediately had to play it and it sounded and felt just as great as it looked. Sure enough, it was a Schecter.
The thing about buying guitars is you can know all their specs and everything, but you won’t know it’s the right one FOR YOU until you play it. I also noticed that you listed a lot of custom signature guitars. Keep in mind that what works for one artist and their music might not transfer as well for yours. Don’t get me wrong, Synyster Gates’ custom guitars sound absolutely insane. But when I went to go play my original work on it the sound didn’t transfer as well. It was like when I was first getting into Skid Row and I had to have the same pickups that Snake Sabo and Scotti Hill had. It sounded great for skid row stuff but it sounded like garbage on my original stuff. I think more than anything you need to find a guitar that speaks to you. Regardless of the specs, regardless if it’s a signature model, regardless of the brand or the price. Is there a guitar in the above list that really calls out to you? One that you would just absolutely love to have?