Gordon Smiths are great, generally. I might if I were an electric player use one but change the pickups for Jackson C-90s. I have played a Charvel that used that pickup and it was huge and dirty. I put a splitter switch in it that made it more versatile.

Acoustically, I have heard many but only two that have totally walked on my pair of Mugens (a THE-78 and a THE-78-12). Max played my 6 at Ash and seemed to like it. I have a Martin OM1 that is their equal but in different ways, and I love my Hagstrom J-45s but they are middier and more rounded: less aggressive (apart from the redburst which is a honky-tonk piano disguised as a guitar). They are of equal value but different. I also like my red label Yamaha FG-360 and it might be better still if I got a neck-set and refret. Big boom but not the bite of the Mugens.

The killers I have heard are:

Andy Cavan's Armstrong was still powerful streets away.

William Pint's Koa Goodall was quite awesome in the style I like - huge bass and extreme penetration, all the time with sweetness.