And many famous players guitars are not great examples . How did Jimi play Woodstock without true bypass pedals?
This discussion is about guitars verses guitar shaped commodities and does it matter. There is a difference but how big it is and does it affect you is obviously a personal thing. Some people love to chase tone and others don't care. Some people buy guitars because of what they look like and set their amp by numbers. There is a difference and everything has an effect but the question is 'how good is good enough' and that is a personal line and going beyond it get's very expensive. Everyone who has played for a few years will have come across a guitar that for some reason works better, sounds better than other supposedly identical guitars. All this is is trying to identify it, quantify it and replicate it.