depends if the quality control, workmanship, and attention to detail is comparable. nasa abilidad at materials sa luthier...because sa totoo lang, depende na man sa experience ah. I tried a lot of Mactan guitars back in the day who were made by local guitar makers but they never really peaked my interest. However, when I tried similar ones from smaller guitar manufacturer's such as Andrew White, the sound is different and much better even though he doesn't see as much throughput as other people. Hopefully, the gap would have become closer in recent years since I haven't tried any locally made guitars in almost a decade. Maybe the local luthiers will be able to compete with their foreign counterparts if put side by side.
+100 dinayo ko pa yan sa cebu and rushly bought one, noob palang ako so picked the one "applause" design look alike
never checked on frets fretwires finish etc.
few years narealize ko hindi standard ang measurement ng mga parts or something lets say widow and pag-gawa not scientific
pero at least i have a guitar from mactan on my collections
