First post, wooo!
This look really good. I love some of the things Epiphone do when they're not just making cheaper Gibsons.
Another guitar in the hollowbody marked that's worth considering is the Dean Rhapsody. It's not the usual Dean fare. Their website leads me to believe that they don't make a standard, 4-string, fretted guitar anymore. They only have fretless, 8-string and 12-string on there. They have only the one pickup, but it sounds good, and obviously where and how you pick plays a big part in the sound.
Worth finding the 4-string fretted version second hand, though.
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Dean: some awesome guitars and an awful website