Yeah, most impressively - he could bring it live, no lip syncing and ripping it up on guitar. For the longest time I wondered what the fuss was about, now I'm starting to get it.
I played a entry level harley benton a while back, it was pretty decent. I preferred the neck to the SX tele's. Shipping wouldn't be too bad - I recall there being a flat 40E charge to SA from THomman.de? If so, it's a fine excuse to get a few other bits ?