Actually, Japanese guitars are pretty good. Like Japanese cars. When Fender started getting their first Squiers from Japan they were appalled to find out the quality was way higher than the guitars Fender USA had been putting out.
REgardless of quality, most of your Japanese manufacturers (Ibanez, Fenrnandes, Washburn) put out aesthetically unappealling guitars.
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Actually, Japanese guitars are pretty good. Like Japanese cars. When Fender started getting their first Squiers from Japan they were appalled to find out the quality was way higher than the guitars Fender USA had been putting out.
REgardless of quality, most of your Japanese manufacturers (Ibanez, Fenrnandes, Washburn) put out aesthetically unappealling guitars.