I'm sold, the Holy Diver it is. I have a basswood superstrat in need of pickups also so if all else fails I can move the HD to the strat and try something else in the Epi.
It's funny, I bought the Epiphone Les Paul four years ago thinking this will get me by until I can upgrade to something else (which I have), four guitars later I keep coming back to the Epiphone and it still is my main guitar. So I've decided to stop trying to replace it and show it some love by upgrading the pickups and pots. Something about the setup and action on this guitar that keeps bringing me back.
Thanks agian for the help and sorry about the tangent, just thought I'd share a little.
Max