Perhaps I was a bit facetious about the "soul" of a lugless frame. Guess I'm biased! But I certainly like a good bead. I suppose my point is that there can be such a thing as "the perfect bead" because it's a technical thing. And the resulting frames may be technically equal. A lugged frame, however, requires the maker to make purely aesthetic decisions about how to configure or finish the lugs. That's what I meant by "personality".