BWM - I was referring back to Uncle Phil..
but now realise he didn't actually call them 'Asian junk' [I was still groggy from mid day siesta..]

In fact, he also acknowledges it's only the cheap replaceble parts that tend to be a bit inferior..

Cool - mudcat no longer seems so hostile to guitars made in the far east...

Our work here may soon be done...???


btw.. my two '59th and 60th birday presents to myself' brand new USA Gibsons..

[since 2015 - 2018; warehouse over-stock prices plummeted due to Gibson imploding towards bankruptcy]

..were let down by shoddy failing electrics, broken plastic parts, and finish flaws...

I needed to get both sorted under warrranty...