I think the "heel from hell" bashing is much ado about nothing. I will give PRS this: they did something right, there wasn't a single dead spot on the neck of my old CU24. They are beautiful guitars, with the best trems I have ever tried, and they take a beating. But once I tried a 25th Ann., with a price tag of $850, and then came home to play my $1600 PRS, I knew I had to sell the PRS. the Hamer just had more personality and soul. Diff'rent strokes.