I quite agree. I've heard many a fine player's sound degraded by lousy pickup and/or amplification choices. We've discussed this topic here before, but it continues to be a concern, particularly when there are some better pickups available than what are still commonly used. Even lousy pickups can often be improved by skilled installation. In short, and imho, many solidbody electrics can be made to sound as acoustic as many poorly amplified acoustics. (Reminds me of the story, which might be apocryphal, that Buddy Holly's Strat sound was partly due to being acoustically mic'ed.)