Yeah I definitely passed on the Dot. It was cheap but not that cheap. My price range is under $300. My main guitar is a Highway 1 Strat that I like, I just want something to back up for gigs and that has some different tonal options than the single coil strat sound. I do love Fenders though, so I have been looking into the Vintage Modified Squires even though most of them are single coil guitars as well. I have a friend who has two made in Korea Epi Les Pauls and they are nice guitars so those are on the radar. I'm not set on a hollow body like the Dot per say.