what he says about the wood quality is dead on, the 1527 also would have a much nicer neck profile, being a prestige model... the stock pickups on the 1527 are better too, although imo either guitar would need a pickup replacement... if i were buying another 7 i'd probly buy a RG7421 or RG7620(depending if i wanted a trem or not, RG7421 of course is fixed bridge string through body and the RG7620 is Lo Pro Edge 7)