i trust you're not trying to say that MIC or MIK guitars are built with more care than a standard USA Gibson? I think you'd agree with me that that's not true. Let's run with that. What evidence do you have to back that claim? Why would American workers put more care in their work than a Korean or Chinese worker? Is it genetic? What about a Korean American or Chinese American working in a Gibson plant? Do they put less care in their work than a full blooded American worker (whatever that is)? I live in a town with a big GM plant and honestly, the workers there have very little work ethic. I have friends that work there and have been told some amazing stories. Many American workers today care more about the pay rate, benefits, and personal time than the actual work. 50 years ago that wasn't true but it is becoming a sad fact of life today. I love my country but the American work ethic is not close to what it used to be. I would not be suprised at all that many countries have passed us by in that department.