Jim - I can definitely relate to what you're saying. I own Hamer SATF double-cutaway (a Korean-made model) that I absolutely dig! Beautiful flame maple top, lovely neck, great tone. I've played some high-end PRS guitars, and I can equate a lot of the "feel" of those guitars to my Hamer. Right now, I'm running the stock p'ups in it, but have some plans to swap them out for some Gibson Burstbuckers (from a Joe Perry sig model). It'll be my "sleeper" guitar.