Why rule out Jackon, Ibanez and ESP? Like I said in my last post on this thread, I liked playing blues on a Jackon. The Guitar world is full of cliches about who buys what kind of guitar......i do my best to ignore them when choosing gear.

Fender have always been a traditional kinda guitar and now look at people like Dave Murry who play metal on them!

Look at the range of sound Vai gets from an ibanez....okay so theres more to the sound than just the guitar but the guitars designed for that sort of playing and if its got the potential to be played like that then sky's the limit whatever style your into.