OK I've changed my mind again due to cash-flow and found this instead: http://www.thomann.de/gb/esp_ltd_mh_100qm_nt.htm
If he wants to get a better one in a year or so, he will! I'm just kick-starting him, lol.

I was gonna get a micro-cube amp - will that do for just kicking about the house?

Haha Soul - I hate buying presents that don't mean anything to the recipient and I'm not gonna get the £59.99 guitar 'starter pack' from Asda! I'll look ya up if anything happens to him - but not if it's 'suspicious circumstances'