Does made "Made in the USA" matter?
The first thing I noticed about the Fender Super Champ XD I recently picked up was the country of origin - China - and I'm not really sure if I'm bothered by this or not. After all, my Epiphone Les Paul is Made in China, and maintain that it is superior to every Korean LP I've played from Epiphone. ...This reminds me that I've yet to plug that guitar into that amp... Strictly speaking, I'm not a believer in a product's country of origin having anything to do with quality - if proper time is taken to train (knowledge/experience transfer), and proper equipment and materials are provided, the quality will be there. Sure, experience counts, which is why the longer you produce something somewhere the better it should get, but seeing as we're talking cookie-cutter production, I don't see that as the fundamental part of the equation. What does all of this have to do with anything? Well, I've come across some used amps I think are pretty intere...