'In my opinion, you usually get what you pay for '

an honourable opinion, but I'm not sure its true any more - not with companies like Faith and Cort doing all kinds of wonderful solid wood guitars from factories in China and Indonesia. I can't believe its sustainable from any point of view - what they must be paying employees, the earth's resources of fine wood etc.

One luthier put it this way to me - I wish I could produce a guitar like that for twice the price. Its a freaky time - get in there!