9 because the instructions for this review says nothing gets a 10.

No pick-up or built-in tuner, which is how I wanted it.

Perfect after I adjusted it too my unique requirements.

Excellent build quality.

MacNichol's is excellent and RS answers the phone and takes quick action (sent me an extra bridge saddle so that I could raise the action - I know MacNichol's would have done this for me...)

A very light guitar so I imagine not as durable as the CA's Guitar Player shows being dropped on the floor and than playing in tune, but still an all carbon guitar!

I've had my H-DR for 4 months or so now and really appreciate what a fine guitar it is, and I think better understand how it differs from a conventional wooden dreadnought. Here are my latest observations...

•It retains the power of the all carbon RainSong DR but has a more traditional tone. I might have purchased the WS if I did not already own (at the time) a CA GX. The H-DR does project a somewhat brighter tone to the player than the audience; a feature I've grown to like. In the end I eBay'ed the CA GX since I felt it was less powerful in a jam and not particularly brighter sounding to me when practicing (ideally I jam with a dreadnought and practice with an OM).
•If you are in the habit of sighting down the neck and checking the fret board extension alignment, the cut-away RainSongs look more normal with the cutaway supporting the fretboard over the body. The dreadnought, with no transverse brace at the end of the fret board, looks a bit strange since the top distortion from the bridge (typical of all guitars) is not terminated at a transverse brace, and pulls the fretboard extension down slightly. Maybe that is one of the contributing reasons for its volume, the upper bout is not braced (most newer wooden dreadnoughts have an L shaped neck block, a large transverse brace, a "tongue depressor brace", and unscalloped X braces by the sound hole -- all missing on the RainSong which might mean the upper bout pumps air too). That said, if you want to use that extra volume buzz free, the action needs to be a bit higher.
•The H-DR is not as rigid as my CA's were, or a wooden guitar. It is not over built (my conclusion about CA's - though likely a result of their resin injection technique for the back/sides and not a design requirement) and it does not need to be strong enough to handle long term creep like a wooden guitar. So if you pull the neck back with not much force, something you might do naturally while playing and stop as you sustain the last chord, you can alter the pitch slightly. Kind of a chorusing like effect. Maybe some player out there will find that a feature. It does not bother me, but it is different from most other guitars. I find the Parker Fly similar in this respect.

And for reference, my review on Amazon (which I stand by today): No Need to Worry About The Long Term Supplies of Wood
I was at a jam last Sunday night with half a dozen other dreadnoughts pounding away and I was able to cut through lead lines even though I had my H-DR1100N2 strung with relatively wimpy strings (Elixir Polyweb 11's). There were many comments on how nice and big it sounded. I now really appreciate the slightly brighter tone it projects up to the player (I love Polyweb strings for their lack of squeaks, but the dull tone can get annoying when practicing). My bottom line on the Hybrid: nice conventional looks, no slide out of your lap Ovation effect, very loud by wooden guitar standards, great tone by wooden guitar standards (traditional RainSong customers will likely prefer the older all graphite models), excellent build quality, so light that other guitarists just want to hold it up to be amazed, a truss rod for us perfectionists, and all the convenience of composite materials (humidity/heat indifference).