I'd say you should go with an Epiphone aswell, i had a bc rich warlock, got rid of it cause i couldnt stand the sound and the quality .. I tried out an epiphone explorer, definetly a sweet guitar but i ended up going with a gibson flying v..they made a new series (melody maker) that's in the same pricerange as most epiphone guitars , lotta people has been complaining about the pickups..i lowered mine a tiny bit and havnt had a problem with it.. the body is maple which makes it really light and in my opinion thats a great quality on stage.. definetly worth a try
