yea I got to play a few at guitarcenter a couple days ago. One of them was not getting really any sustain or sensativity to my hammer-ons. It had 2 single-coil pickups and one of the managers thought I was crazy. Another one I played was awesome, 3 pickups, had some real "spank" in one of the employees words.

Also, I'm used to my epip so going to the bright maple top was exciting. I definitely want to get one in a few months.

I'm also going to get the 30W Line 6 spider II. That thing is amazing for your buck. $200, you get delay, chorus, flange, some others and great sound. Plus, there's a built in Distortion Boost and Noise Gate, and 4 preset buttons you can manually set.