Of course, if I could convince my wife, I'd be going with Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Custom, but since that is not likely to happen... I need to consider how good of a guitar I can get for much less money.

I've been looking at the Epiphone Elitist Les Paul Custom and it seems like a pretty good guitar, especially for the price.

I'd like to hear comments and opinions on this.
Thanks,
-MarshalClaw