I am fairly new to guitar playing...
I tend to like the Gibson models. I have an SG G400 Deluxe (its an epiphone but it is what I could afford)
I have not played the guitars that you are talking about so i can not really weigh in on them. Hope that my input helps at least a little.
*I looked at the C1 that Patrick suggested. It looks like a good guitar at a great price. I have not looked at the other models*