Beer--Blueridge (Saga corp) has made a big splash with its laminated AND solid wood guitars getting some great feedback from diehard U.S. guitar buyers who vowed theyd never own an Asian import. Johnson guitars is also some Chinese brand too I think and they have a new line out that supposedly beats Blueridge for sound and quality. I think Guild, which is Fender now, has a Chinese imported line and Breedlove has a Korean import line. Anyway the Blueridges supposedly are pretty popular and good quality and sound great according to independent reviewers.