I've also got the choice of maybe getting a les paul epi for a similar price, second hand with a few pedals and a 50w peavey amp :) A guy at work was going to ebay it, it was a mid range one for about £350 (the guitar) a fair few years back, my only concern is the technology behind it? I take it once a humbucker always a humbucker right? I don't have to worry about new low price stuff being better do I? I know a cheap strat is cheaper than a cheaper LP as a rule and the style of music that both knock out sounds fine.