Kray Van Kirk used to tour before he stopped in Juneau to pursue a PHD. Several years back he frazzled the finish on several guitars at a Fairbanks, Alaska, gig. He switched to Rainsong and has two of them nowadays. They sound fine to me- they hold nothing back, that's for sure. They give everything they've got.

He says the best thing about them is that he doesn't have to worry about them.

That said, I still wouldn't want one. There is something about wood...