Having got home and checked my DMG I find *many* alternative classes suggested there!
p25 the beast slayer ranger who only gets one favoured enemy, gets a paladin-style mount at 5th level and detect evil.
p26 Paladin of a deity of healing, with all curing spells instead of his normal spell list.
p26 Beastmaster ranger with only animal related spells
p26 Cantor (divine bard) whose spells are all taken from the cleric list
p26 the Witch (new spell list for sorcerer variant)
p27 Undead stalker - ranger with rogue proficiencies, one favoured enemy (undead), sneak attack that is ONLY usable against undead, spell list changed to deal with undead, subterfuge and sneaking, Smite Evil against undead given at 3rd level.
Interesting, eh?
BTW, in my campaign I ditched the standard "specialist wizards" and introduced three specialists - illusionists, necromancers and elementalists. These get the spell focus and spell capacity of a specialist but use their own unique spell lists (upon which I've included some appropriate spells from magic of faerun, Relics and Rituals etc.)
Anyone else produce spell caster variants with different spell lists?
Cheers