Dear Whirlinturbin, I think that the specs are very good (mine was/is almost the same, but I splurged for the PSE and full natural leather on top of your options). I am not sure of the visual difference between leather and base, but my suspicion is that it is not much. With reguards to the price, I say jump on it as you will not find anything much cheaper (I managed 6.5% off and was proud of that, and it looks like you are doing better). My 2 cents is to make sure you get the options you 'might' want that are either impossible or cost prohibitive afterwords. You can always do PSE afterwords, but you will not be able to do full leather for example.