bro laging case to case basis.
if you like, bring someone with a good sounding guitar and compare the 2 to it. (or borrow the guitar and then compare it to the 2).
a friend once told he that a close friend of his was able to find a squire that sounded way better than a lot of american standards. imagine a squire that has the basic
quacks and sipols. rare find mga ganun. but just imagine stumbling on something like that. sobrang bang for the buck yun.