Won't disagree with that Richard..
after all my time at mudcat I'm the last bloke to be accused of being an acoustic musician... 😜

Though must mention mostly hollow semi acoustics like 335 copies, etc..
and 'solid' bodies with strategically routed hidden resonant acoustic chambers,
which are becoming more of a norm..

and of course the entirely cheap and utilitarian but wonderfully resonant Danelectro form of construction
and non 'tonewood' materials...

Then there's my handful of guitars formed from the short lived attempt at building with Vibracell plastic foam synthetic 'wood'...

My test of a good electric guitar is how resonant and sustaining it feels
played for a few minutes before first ever plugging it in...

Joe - yeah.. this is a new experience for me...
But I daresay easier to resolve than if I'd bought it 2nd hand off a private seller...

Seriously I have bought probably upwards of over 100 guitars sight unseen mail order,
new and 2nd hand, from all sorts of shops and just ordinary blokes..
and I've only previously had 2 which suffered minor neck or body damage in transit.
Once which lead to a successful insurance claim.

I really can't help muttering to myself, "oh well here we go again"
whenever I often read comments in forums and blogs about the scaryfying risks of buying mail order being peddled yet again...

In the UK at least we have reasonable consumer protection laws,
folks should be more confident and trusting with distance sellers and dealers.

Even our notoriously shite courier drivers and depots, probably aren't completely as clumsy and careless as we always moan about..

In an ideal world the 3 or 4 local guitar shops which have gone out of business in the last 15 years would have survived,
and I'd still have places in town to try before buying.
But their stock was never that varied, and their prices always a bit on the greedy side...
[or to be fair.. reflecting the greed of buiness rents and rates on their shop premises..]

I'd have to go to Bristol or Exeter to actually stand a chance of seeing a guitar that I've discovered and researched on the internet.
With no real guarantee that even the big city shops would have them readily in stock...

Can't even get any real junk shop bargain finds since Cash converters style 'pawn' shops have taken over the high streets...