As I mentioned in another thread in another heading, I have an IBANEZ AR300 that I bought last summer to take on vacation as a sort of an "I won't get too upset if it gets damaged, lost, or stolen" guitar since I didn't want to take either of my Les Pauls out on vacation . I've been going back and forth as to whether I want to keep this guitar or get rid of it. If I keep it I might do some mods to it such as a bone nut and different pickups. I've posted some questions on the IBANEZ Forum but I get a lot of BS answers and crap about how totally awesome they are (better than FENDERs or GIBSONs). The AR300s are decent guitars and sound reasonably good, but since I've purchased my two Strats recently I'm even more confused!
My question is... would it be worth it to do some upgrades like Seymour Duncan pickups and a bone nut, just leave it as is and enjoy it for what it is, trade it in on another Les Paul (I have some upgrade LP parts that are just screaming to be installed on another Les Paul), or should I trade it in on a Telecaster? If I put new pickups on it something more vintage sounding - not real high gain), what would be your recommendations?
Thanks!!