I've had 8-10 guitars over the last few years. I'd buy one, try it a while then end up selling it. One that I haven't sold is my Ibanez RG-270. I gotta tell ya...this is a very inexpensive guitar, but if you mod it just right, you'll not find a better shredder out there. The 80's - early 90's RG are stock with Wizard necks and these necks are known shredders. I replaced the crappy stock pups with EMG's (HZ's) and now its a killer. You can usually find an RG on ebay for around $150 -$200. Spend about $50 bucks more modding it and you'll marry the thing. Remember to BLOCK the tremelo!!