Just my thoughts here, but I think they are in the same ballpark price-wise... I would play the guitar before making a trade if I were in your shoes. I had an RG3XXV and loved the way it sounded, but it did have some sharp fret ends and a couple of high frets. The Edge II trem and ZPS3 worked great, but had a much stiffer feel to it than an original Edge tremolo. I ended up selling it, but if I could go back I'd keep the guitar and have the fretwork done to get it finely tuned. It might have been the best sounding guitar I ever had, although it had different pickups than the RG1XXV you are looking at. If you can, go try it out and see what you think... it will definitely have a different feel with the tremolo and shorter scale length. Good luck!Would you do the trade if you were me? This is my first "decently priced" guitar. But I really want a Floyd rose, im scared that it would be a stupid idea