Saved up i have 300 dollars and i am either going to get an epiphone special GT 2 which is two hundred and i could buy a new amp or some pedals with the left overs. The other guitar is a epiphone les paul standard which is three hundred bucks. which one?
Depending on your amp, you may wanna look into getting a new amp before a new guitar. Most people would rather play a mediocre guitar through a nice sounding amp than play an awesome guitar through an amp that sounds bad. Remember, the amp makes up the majority of your tone and a good amp can still sound good with a bad guitar but a bad amp will sound bad no matter what you use with it.
An epiphone under $800 will suck. For a good quality guitar for that amount I would go with http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-IBA-RG321MH-LIST?SRC=D0407FG0HAMS0000&utm_source=froogle&utm_medium=feed&