[jtkung]

Lots of amazing guitars coming out of South Korea. Here are a few:

• Wolf Guitars. $300-400 Pretty amazing.  https://www.allinoneguitars.com/wolf
  
• Agile Guitars $400-500 http://www.rondomusic.com/
  
• Schecter, low-end ESP, etc.  $300-500
  
• Michael Kelly - Amazing stuff for $300 and up https://michaelkellyguitars.com/
  

I especially like the stuff from Kelly where he teams up with known pickup makers.  So you really get the best of both worlds -- high quality workmanship and woods from a known and established S Korean manufacturer, and great hardware -- esp the pickups. He also offers some cool electronics mods. All for well under $1K, some at only $300+.