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Message: <blockquote data-quote="R_J_K75" data-source="post: 9478008" data-attributes="member: 6921294">This was the impression that I got as well. Not being able to swap out part between Fender and Squier just seems odd to me. I don't know a whole lot on the manufacturing side of things but using my example of machine heads, you'd think it would be easier to make one style instead of two.I had my eye on a G&L a few years back and it was about $2K, so more than I could spend at the time. Then COVID hit and the price went up a few hundred dollars and then it went out of production. I was looking at some last week, the cheapest one I found was about $500 and they got really pricey from there. I was listening to Facelift last weekend and wondered why I don't have a G&L yet. Then I remembered they aren't cheap. I have an Epiphone Les Paul Custom Pro that was a Sweetwater exclusive. I really like it. Out of all the Epiphones I own none of them say Gibson anywhere on the guitar itself. It might on the paperwork but I don't think so. If you didn't know most people would just think they are another Gibson knockoff. A lot of people think that Squier and Epiphone are inferior, which IMO opinion couldn't be farther from the truth. A friend of mine has a pretty extensive Guitar collection with a few premium Gibson Les Pauls which I've played, and I'll say I wasn't overly impressed, not enough to spend $2K+ on.</blockquote>