"I am astonished that anyone could complain about the power of the Rainsongs"

Not power that I was complaining about, Peter. It was the tone (or lack of it) that I disliked. I've played a couple, both sounded very thin, very little 'body' to the tone ('gutless' is the word that springs to mind).

But that's IMHO, and I fully understand that we all have different ears and our ears hear and like different things.

In terms of finish and playability, however, they were faultless.