Im not looking for the standard guitar.. I dont care about brand names, necessarily but want a good sounding electric. Something I can have a nice clean sound, almost jazzy.. to blues, rock.
Basically an all arounder. I was looking at the Hamer echotone....
http://www.hamerguitars.com/?fa=detail&mid=402
Or this one:
http://www.hamerguitars.com/?fa=detail&mid=2044

I am looking for under 500.00 and dont mind non USA as long as its quality. Not sure the ones I picked out are quality.

Does it matter that its a laminated top in the case of an electric?

Oh and I like the Grateful Dead.. so I would like to capture Jerrys sound;)

Thnx!
M