I was in Sam Ash last year and they offered me one of this epis, a fender blacktop and a G5246T Electromatic Double Jet Gretsch. It took me 10 secs to choose the goldtop. It actually has Gibson picks and the pull/push tones helped a lot. It's great for all styles, I also played with it in a bossa nova concert and it sounded great.
I also apologize for my bad English.
Saludos desde Argentina.
By the way, great solo in Vital e sua moto from the best latin american band ever.