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@Dramatic_Hammer I should be okay as I play lots of really awful guitars at work, which are abused to the extreme and anything that's half decent will be fine for what I'm looking for.
@Jung Yes, Tobacco burst looks great.
@Pifko and @rickster They're great finds, but a little too expensive for me at the moment, as I need to get a wah-wah pedal and probably a little practice amp too. I'm not sure I need anything quite that nice...
Whatever you go for, I would want to play the thing before buying it. When I got my tele I played loads before settling on a standard MIM - it wasn’t the best plugged in but a pickup swap (custom shop Texas something or other) solved that.