aznjt: the country of make matters- it affects re-sale value lol. also, in general, those that are made in countries that are said to make better guitars, are really better. most of the made-in-china guitars i have tried feel kinda weird to me. same goes to the few made-in-india jacksons i tried at swee lee some time back. not that there are no good guitars that come from those countries but their QC is currently still inconsistent. we'll just hope that they will improve in time, just like japan.