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In what ways does your Silver Creek dred differ from a Johnson Carolina dred form a couple years back? I owned one of the latter and aside from the fact that it had a laminated back and side it otherwise looks very, very much like your photos. Similar but not identical inlay work, what appear to be exactly the same tuners, as far as I can recall the same binding and endpin, very close to the same headstock shape and I believe an identical pickguard. I must say the finish on yours is much glossier than on the J-C's I saw and your fingerboard looks to be of very good quality for an inexpensive Asian instrument.
My Johnson Carolina was pretty open sounding from the get-go. It was my first guitar and I initially had extra-light strings (10's) put on it and it still had an open sound. Once I switched to 11's it was a boomer. I know what you mean about the bass not being exactly Martin-like (but what is?) but still being sufficient. With my eyes closed and someone else playing it I doubt I'd ever want to spend more than $259 (or whatever) on a guitar again but in my case the narrow nut and narrow string spacing at the bridge was a deal breaker (fingerstyle, you know).
What are the dimensions on your Silver Creek? I'd love to see one of their 000-sized guitars which do have wide spacing and look every bit as nice as the dreds, at least in the catalog.
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