I have three or four conventional wood guitars with better tone than my Rainsong, and three or four with worse, or at least no better.

But I can't take the better wood ones anywhere without lugging a heavy hard case. And I have to be careful never to leave them out in the sun or in a vehicle which is in the sun. And in (Vermont) winter, if I travel with them I have to leave them in the case, when I bring them into a warm place, until they come up to room temperature, or the finish will crack. And I have to keep readjusting the action height with changes in humidity. And if I'm playing on stage and a drunk climbs onto the stage and I whack him with the guitar, or a bottle is thrown at me and I block it with the guitar, it will probably damage a wood instrument.

AND most people aren't sensitive to nuances of tone to notice the differences in tone quality. And when it's coming through a PA at a gig, or being played at a party to accompany dirty songs being sung by drunks, virtually no one is.

So the Rainsong works better for more of what I do, than the more expensive wood ones.

Peter