Just saw on Musician's Friend that they are blowing out a couple of ESP LTDs. I assume because they are old models that will not be in the new lineup.

One is the SN-1000FR/FM with a Floyd and EMG 81-SA-SA pickup set.

The other is SN-1000W with a Wilkinson, locking tuners, and a Duncan Custom 5 and two SSL-1s. Not sure why they went with vintage stagger pickups on a guitar with an almost 14" radius.

Obviously the former would be more modern and metal (although Gilmour uses the EMG SAs), and the latter would be more traditional. The only issue is that I've never played an EMG neck, although they sound like what I'd like: thin, big frets, bigger radius. Decisions, decisions! I do also the fact that the EMG pups would be noiseless. Even though the 81 is considered one of THE metal pickups, I think it sound surprisingly good clean.

The price of both of these would be slightly more than the Jackson SL4X, but I definitely wouldn't have to do anything with pickups. The only downside would be that I couldn't use my Jackson case for it.