LTD Viper 50 mod project...was it worth it?

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This LTD Viper was my first guitar, and it's been lying around for ages begging and pleading for an upgrade. Thanks to something that rhymes with "shmovid," I've found room in my schedule to get it done, at least for now. Was it a worthwhile use of my time and money, or should this rusty old thing have gone to the scrap heap? Watch and find out! (spoilers: worth it more as an enriching and interesting experience than as a bang-for-buck upgrade).

Timestamps:
What was I going for? 3:34
Tuners 4:02
Nut 5:12
Frets 6:30
Neck 7:26
Pickups 8:55
Bridge and tailpiece 11:26
Miscellaneous stuff 12:44
Was it worth it? 14:02

To get the tones you hear in this video, I used a mix of JST Toneforge Jeff Loomis (for cleans and lead guitar) and the Fortin Cali plugin (for distorted rhythm tones).