I have the Schecter hellraiser C7 (no floyd rose), and its pretty much a good deal, the EMG 707 they come with makes a pretty good job on heavy riffs... I recomend the no floyd rose version if you want to experiment with lower tunings.. Tough if you want to make more "dynamics" playing the EMG 707 wont help, those pickups are awesome but probably wont help you on playing Vai/Satriani style of solos, you should get some guitar with passive pickups for that, also i still find the Schecter a bit "heavy" for bendings compared with Ibanez for example...
Still, the Schecter is pretty good, the set neck construction makes them beautiful, and sustain is amazing, also tone is outstanding, i dont see how Schecter could be a bad choice...