As Dave said, American Made usually means Superior Quality,
generally!There may be a few MIM & MIJ axes that sound just as good as most American Made but those are rare exceptions...& then too you've got to dig that the Best of the American Made axes are even more rare & better than the best of the foreign market...with very, very few exceptions.
My limited experience has been that non US Fenders ain't as good, & neither are copies by other brands.
I do have some damn good Gibson copies tho--a Greco SG & Tokai Tbird.
Got 'em cuz lefty Gibsons are SO damn rare & expensive.
I certainly appreciate why Americans want to BUY AMERICAN.
It's a good idea for us to do that but sometimes you just can't pass up a good cheapo bargain, huh?
When I saw Gary Hoey he commented between songs that he bought an American flag & then saw that it was made in China & that inspired his album titled American Made.
Great album btw Highly recommended! Nice clean cut & bright American boy.