Haha, thanks for all your help guys. I think i'll go for the Epi LP Standard + Alnico Pro 2 pickup swap.

Which store would you recommend i go to? Hopefully somewhere where i can get a better bargain and test the guitar thoroughly. Yamaha at the Curve told me that i couldn't switch distortion on when i was testing out an Epi. I mean, wtf?? I wanna buy an axe, of course i have to test out how it sounds clean AND distorted right??