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You can measure pickups, would a pickup that has more even output across all frequencies be better? Most likely not, and that's partly because it's part of a system (as is a lens).
The truth is that cameras and guitars actually have exactly the same amount of "mojo" - that is, zero. Some guys do feel the camera is an extension of themselves and they want whatever they want for reasons that are exactly the same as the reasons as any given reason you might want any given guitar.
Both are tools to create art with and it's not really for me to say what's better or best. Some crazy awesome stuff is made on Holgas and lensbabys and stuff that might not stack up 'scientifically.' My favourite lens of all time is the Nikkor 58mm 1.4 G lens - as far from optically perfect as is maybe possible, which was actually intentional on the part of the designers to give it a specific 'look.'
Everything is a means to an end.
Your perspective on camera equipment having "no mojo" is interesting because you are a working pro - yet you are an amateur musician with far more emotion invested in your gear rather than logic, perhaps, and I think that's pretty telling of the general mindsets of any amateur vs pro in almost any field. I worked for
years in a camera shop and I can tell you that the majority of amateurs buying gear were doing so an emotional purchase, because this was a tool that was going to be used to capture moments in time, make memories visible, etc etc - whereas the pro customers wanted the best tools to get the job done fast and properly.
Anyway, back on topic, yeah, Nikon makes lenses in three different countries now at least, possibly four... not really sure about the other systems, but when a new Nikon lens is released its country of origin is often a minor talking point and I have read stuff like "for this kind of money I'd at least expect it to be made in Japan!
So my comparisons with the origins of guitars was mainly based on my experience with that brand.
You are very right in that the mind set between a pro and an amateur is so very different. With a pro you treat everything as a tool, you care much more about the final product and places little to no attachment to any particular gear (that's where it becomes difference to guitars, I bet May would feel a bit lost if his Red Special got stolen). I upgrade my camera every few years, lenses when it gets an update. With my guitars I am more emotionally attached, I am still upset making that ding on my PRS, I have various scratches on my camera, actually dropped my camera when the stupid tripod head came off in Sweden, but one look, test that it works and I continue. The UV filter got dented but since got replace and I don't worry about it anymore. I do care for my camera, I send them off to Canon for a service when I feel they need one, I am a Platinum CPS member, meaning if I send the lens off Monday, I have it back by Friday. I do sensor clean every season. They are all stored in a Pelican case for maximum protection, all with UV filters on from day one.
When I refer to sharpness, of course there are many aspects that makes a lens good, focus speed, bokeh, CA control, flare control, corner to corner sharpness, vignette control, weather sealing, IS or build quality to the noise of the focus motor. Sharpness is just 1 element, it may not be the most important but it is one that most people do care about and easily measured if you place a camera side by side in a studio on a tripod taking photo of a potato.
We are digressing off topic here, my point is that country of origin does not apply to me, my favourite lens (35L) is not my sharpest lens (50A), my most versatile lens (24-70 perhaps, although I only travel with a 35L) is not my most used lens (35L), my most expensive lens (85L) is not the best lens (?).
I do however prefer a USA made guitar...
I'm sure it's a result of the aforementioned law, which again seems ludicrous as Fender make a huge amount of their parts in the American factory.
I guess in reality it's becoming less and less important where a guitar is made as parts come from all over and many countries can turn out fine guitars.
However, I can't help think that his will somewhat backfire for the legislators, I mean if they can no longer put made in USA on the headstock, what motivation is there for Fender to continue to CNC and finish bodies in the US when they could do it in Mexico just as well, trunk them up and still have the same script on the headstock.
see this link to see where an iPhone is made https://www.quora.com/Where-is-the-iPhone-originally-made
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Today, all those companies still exist, but there's also a plethora of Chinese factories turning out cheap knock-offs of old Neumann and AKG capsules. Most of the US-based microphone 'manufacturers' are actually using these Chinese capsules, because it would be too expensive and difficult to design and build their own. But they go to incredible lengths to obscure the origins of the capsules and to imply, if not state outright, that their microphones are wholly built in the US.
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