sakin lang ah. locally made production guitars, like lumanog, don jon, etc. etc. medyo panget talaga. pero yung mga custom made na local, yung mga discipulo, derecho, elegee, etc. etc. matindi. kaya nga lang one can't have a purely local guitar. maybe acoustic pwede pa. pero kung electric, majority of the local parts lang would be the wood. ako wala akong masasabi sa quality ng wood sa pinas, maganda talaga. pati woodwork ng mga pinoys panalo. pero sad to say, we really are behind pa when it comes to electronics (yung production quality ah) kasi i realized na kaya ng ibang luthiers mag-wind ng sarili nilang pickups.
so yun, conclusion ko. oo, imported guitars are of higher quality, generally. pero yung mga custom made na local guitars, pag umunlad yung industry na yun, i'm pretty sure panlaban na rin.