Re: You'll probably hate me on this...LTD EX-102 or Jackson RR3?
Get a 200 series or higher LTD, the 100/50 series wasn't that great.
I played a VB200 and VB400 side-by-side before, they're both mahogany and set neck but the 200 felt and sounded better even though it had the H4s instead of 81s, I was quite surprised how awesome it was. The EC200QM was quite nice too but I couldn't deal with the craptastic access.