Just one thing though, before you spend all that dough - you have a Guild with Franz pickups, right? Because the DeArmond is not going to be nearly as nice, seriously. Nicer than with the 'buckers, but compared to the Guild, it's not even worth the trouble.
I sold mine - I got it for airplane travel gigs because I didn't have a proper flightcase for my X175's, but since having discovered my Starfire (III) case fits the overhead compartments, I sold the DeArmond and I've been taking the Starfire - and have been much happier on stage. Sax player in my band hated that guitar, he called it "the plastic one", he could tell with his eyes closed if I was playing that thing.