hi. personally i love bc richs, i have the pleasure of owning two of them. i have a job as guitar tech at the lcoal music store and let me tell you that bc richs are great guitars, yes even the foreign ones. for one my platinum pro warlock is one of the best playng guitars i have played. sure its no custom shop but for a production guitar its fucking great. yeah ive done an assload of tweaking and i put in new pickups but you cant expect to get a perfect playing gutiar out of the box. buy a bc rich and put in a set of dimarzio evolutions i swear you wont be dissapointed. the other bc rich i own i just recently aquired and its a USA custom assassin. i got it off of my old guitar teacher for a great price, plays wonderful and it came stock with a set of dimarzios. personally i think bc richs are great especially with the dimarzios in them, so go for it, get a platinum pro, the most youll probably have/want to do is tweak the neck a little and replace the pups. or if you have a little more money to spend get a custom shop either used or new. one thing t note about the bc richs is most of the higher end models have floyd rose bridges which can be a pain sometimes if you dont know what youre doing. oh and on the note of the stealth, im not sure if they ever made an american production model, but i do know that you can still get them you jsut have to order them custom shop, might want to check out the jackson warrior if you want that body style. i hope i could help but really just go with whatever you want dont listen to anyone because its all personal preference
