Back in the 70's I had an Ibanez "Lawsuit Les Paul". Traded the nonstock Dimarzzio super distortion p.u. for a set of Gibson h.b.'s. Awsome guitar, if you can find one. Right now I've got a Godin Exit 22-s. This is the best all purpose guitar I've every played for $497.00. It has ssh pickup setup, real bluesy with the neck and middle single coils, stinging rock leads out of the bridge humbucker. If you go to godinguitars.com it's one of the performance series. Nice, no non-sense satin finished mahogony body. The neck is also a satin finish which makes it really easy to move up and down. Also, has very decent hardware for a mid priced guitar and comes with the straplock buttons attached. No case, but it comes with a very heavy duty, weather proof gig bag with shoulder straps, kinda reminds me of my Jansport backpack.