Recommend a TS440SAT, known as the last good non menu driven radio.
Japanese made and reliable.
Good performance and easy to work on, uses standard parts, simple to fix. Some mods have been sorted for it, plenty on the net.
Full service manual available on the net, what are you going to do if your new pricey SDR radio fails - good luck, you'll need plenty of it, and where are you going to get the equipment parts and firmware to repair it, I had a generic one fail its now useless.
I got a TS440SAT with the dot problem and just fixed it, if you are a real radio tech its easy to fix. Just remove the the five or so bits around there and scrap away the glue - done, easy. Step by step video on you tube. I think most have already been done by now anyway.
Great for surfing the HF bands, is very pleasant to use, has Vacuum Florescent Display (VFD) and extra smooth big tuning knob, also keyboard if you want to use it.
Maintained its value over the years, price hasn't moved since I bought it. Sure better than buying a toy one from you know where!