Hawkwind, those Vintage guitars are great. I have a LP Goldtop with P90s (actually P100 stacked humbuckers) and I can't see where the extra £1500 is in a Gibson.
I agree, Vintage are great value for money.
While I've played a friends Les Paul, I didn't really get a feel for it as it's in such perfect condition I was concentrating more on avoiding scratching it with the belt I was wearing at the time.
But there's the problem I don't mind so much about my Les Paul Vintage copy, if it gets scratched it's not the end of the world and the SG has a lovely aged patina already, so it doesn't matter