Give the Ibanez GSRM-20 a look. Short scale (28.6"), so very fast and compact; they fit guitar gigbags. They are decently made and finished for the cost, they sound decent, and at £160 or so from Thomann they are not bank-breakers. Just make sure you change the stock strings... eww
Thomann links: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/ibanez_gsrm20gb_ca.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...gsrm20gb_ca.htm[/url] or [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/ibanez_gsrm20gb_bk.htm."]http://www.thomann.d...srm20gb_bk.htm.[/url]