I going to buy a new guitar too. Im thinkig of a Ibanez RG550 EX og PGM 30. I have a Fender Squier. Ibanez has almost the same size necks as the Squier. I just tried a ESP M-100 at a guitar shop. It looked verry cool. with a FR, 24 frets all of that. But when i tried it it just didn't work for me. The neck was TOO tick. It was so weard for me to play it.. and the pickups didn't give the right metal sound im looking for.

So try before u buy!

I have question.

If i bought the RG550 EX and replaced the pickups with Seymore Duncan with that cost just as mutch as a Steve Vai signatur or isn't pickups that expensive???!!??