Have you ever thought about an Ibanez SA series? mahogany body, a more vintage-style tremolo (it's still a two-point, it only looks vintage-y). Single coil neck / mid and a humbucker bridge. The tonal possibilities are endless.

go to a good guitar shop and play all of em

hmm. yes somone else recommended SA's. i would want a tremelo for what i'd be playing, right?

Jackson dinkys are pretty good, but i agree that you should probably try Ibanez. Go to your local guitar shop and just ask to play a few that catch your eye

alright. thanks guys

for the price range you have mentioned, you should try a couple of epiphones. i didnt go to the link for the music that you play because my connection is no good and i dont have all night, but the higher end epis are fairly good quality guitars. it would not hurt to try a few before you make a descision. if you like gibson sound ( who dont ) the epis are a reasonable option. in my experience, epiphone offers a more similar product to gibson than squire does to fender. i have very little experience with ibanez and im not gonna put them down but you might be doing yourself a favor to check out other options.