The "made in China" sign is generally a universal thing, it can be found on basically everything nowadays.It doesn't fend of customers when buying toys and phones but when placed on headstock of a guitar it becomes the ultimate repellent .
Usually when you head in to a guitar store you want to buy a guitar(if that is obvious enough) so you go up to the store assistant and say 'have you got a Gibson Les paul' . They could say yes or say they recommend a Epiphone Les Paul.So you try out the Epiphone, its sounds beautiful but its has the 'made in China' sign on the headstock.
The Gibson sounds just as nice as the Epiphone but it has that 'made in the USA' on it. Even though it might look a tad better and have more work put into it I'm not the kind of person to pay £1500 extra on a better lacquering process and a name on a headstock etc.The only reason people get Gibson's and Fenders is because their either famous, rich or want bragging rights. If you famous fair enough because you don't hold a USA made guitar then no one is going to look up to you. If your rich, well who cares it's your money and your probably a collector or someone that has snobby friends to brag to. I understand some people just can not do without their Les Paul or Stratocaster mad by Gibson or Fender but think is. If you have the money you might as well but really spend that money on amp or more guitars so is it really worth paying £1500 for something that hardly changes the tone.
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