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Message: <blockquote data-quote="R_J_K75" data-source="post: 9477626" data-attributes="member: 6921294">Thats what I thought too but I don't think the distinction is that clear. If you look at the guitars on Sweetwater when I searched ESP most if not all are branded ESP LTD. You may be correct and its just a weird branding thing, but I did ask someone who worked at a music store a while back and even they couldn't give me a succinct answer. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.sweetwater.com/store/manufacturer/ESP?_queryID=94d46b08321bdbe4db513b3b43483f84&_index=production_products[/URL]Tell that to Fender and Squier. You'd be surprised how much their parts are not interchangeable. Eli Whitney is rolling over in his grave. Weird as it is, Fender and Squier both use a "Fender" style machine head, but the post diameters and where the nubbins sit are both different. Go figure???I own many Squiers, Epiphones, and a few Fenders, but no Gibsons. I would put a Squier and Epiphone up against most Fenders and I wouldn't even buy a Gibson.  Figure about $500 up front and $500 in mods, I get what I want and I'm still in the black. Admittedly, Squier, Epiphone, etc use some cheap pot metal on things such as bridges, bridgesaddles and probably fret wire, but those are usually cheap fixes if youre looking to swap out some stuff. I think the line between budget guitars and "gig worthy" guitars is getting pretty blurred. Unless you're looking to spend $2-3K the differences between a $500-$1200 budget and gigging guitars is getting hard to tell.</blockquote>

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