I don't know whatever happened to Septemfluous, but I owe him a *huge* thank you for turning me on to the Michael Kelly brand.  I bought a jumbo acoustic electric by MK back in the summer and in my search to replace the Ibanez SZ I thought I might try the MK Patriot Custom.  Although my favorite color in the family is the amber one:

I ended up getting a "black fade" used on eBay for $270!!!

It showed up today and I can't get over what a high quality instrument this is.  Both pups are individually coil-tappable, and bouncing between single and dual coil mode on the front pup alone was great for bright, stratty tones and then dark, smooth jazz-ish tones without any adjustments.  Dial in the bridge pup and the thing just shines.  The neck pocket is angled to fit your hand perfectly as you slide up the neck.  I liked my Ibanez, but I never liked the pickups.  That doesn't seem to be a problem for this guitar -- it's got some sort of "PAF Plus" pups and they sound killer.

Here's the MF description:

It starts with an extra deeply carved maple top on a hand-selected mahogany body. The set-in neck is tightly fit to assure maximum sustain and performance.

Installed in this best-in-class body is a set of pickups developed especially for this guitar, built using the same classic all USA Made components as many collectible humbuckers. To give the Custom a high output edge while retaining a deep rich tone requires exacting specifications, including a special overwound technique. Normally, humbuckers are mounted from plastic rings, suspending them apart from the full vibration and tone of the body. These are attached directly to the maple and mahogany body to draw every ounce of sound out. The coil splitting allow you to switch each pickup from a full humbucker tone to a single-coil tone with a simple push-pull pot.

An ebony fingerboard, recessed control knobs, Grover tuners, real abalone block inlays, TonePros locking bridge and an amazing flame maple top complete this amazing package.

Yeah, sure -- there's some sales hyperbole in there, but I was fully prepared to spend the $450 or so it would've taken to buy this new, and I would have thought I'd stolen something. 

Seriously, if you're in the market for LP style dual humbucker, this thing should be on your list.  Read the revews on Harmony Central and on the MF.com website.  Really, forget the price, this guitar feels and sounds as nice as my Fender American Deluxe Strat.

Cheers,

Fester2k