Id decided a couple months ago I was going to get a good, higher quality solid body guitar. As much as I like my Agile hollowbody and Washburn HB, now that Im actually starting to play here and there I got concerned about reliability and feedback. I figured I'd just get a LP Studio, can't go wrong, right? And of course, I got talked into the LTD EC- 1000 instead. I was suspicious when he mentioned it, but when he showed me THIS one, with the satin finish and same Duncans that i have in my HB, instead of the EMG's, I gave it a shot. Loved it, and 2 months later still do. Theres a couple shots of it in my pics....Oh yes and it saved me a few hundred bucks too!