I ' ve got the bodyguard 380 with the laser . Trigger is heavy and long but for a pocket gun , I prefer that . Besides , it ' s more of a get off me gun it ' s not meant to be a competition shooter , so the trigger is fine to me for its purpose . For how small it is , it ' s ergonomic and not a pain in the ass to shoot . I would also recommend looking at the Kahr CW 380 . Great piece . I like the trigger better , but the BG 380 fit my hand better . YMMV <| sep |> I rarely comment here , but I felt I needed to get this off my chestfuck uspez <| sep |> You can get a really decent amp at a pawn shop for around 200 bucks . They ' re clammering to get rid of them right now . I ' ve got a half stack worth about $ 1200 bucks that I can ' t even get rid of because the market is so flooded . If you take it to a shop a full on tune up will probably be under ~ 100 more . With the 700 you ' d have left you could get a really good epiphone , which I think is what you want . I saw in another comment you said that you were worried about the distorted sound for epi , but I ' ve never found that . There are guitars that are better for distortion than others , like gibby SGs , but they ' re fine clean on a good amp as well . Honestly a decent epi is all you ' d need at this point . I ' ve been playing for 16 years and right now the gear I use the most is stuff you could get with your budget . Even for shows . Talk to the guy at the guitar shop about what your looking for and your budget and just buy whatever one you like the best . Really though go for used with the amp . You ' ll get way more bang for your buck . If you have any scratch left over get an effects pedal too . They ' re a tonne of fun .