quite a few US guitar companies have had import models made in the Czech republic over the years. Dean Guitars did this in the late 90s. Yhe quality was so good it is rumored that they stopped having them made there because the imports from the CR where better made than the US made customer shop. I've had 5 of the CR Deans (still have 2 of them) and they are just phenomenal. And yeah, the female hotness quitient seems to be pretty high there as well.