By FMIC do you mean made in China? Cause the one that I started this thread with is a Made in America professional series - which is why I was so taken aback by the error. On an Indonesian Squire or something I wouldn't be surprised, but this is up there with the flag ship models.

This same store I went into to buy a Les Paul - I played almost all of them and the Epiphone variants and they were all worse to play than my crappy 30 year old Korean Washburn. Plus there was issues with the binding and various other small bits of fit and finish that I wasn't happy with. It was really disappointing after wanting one for so long. I ended up buying a Hagstom for about 2/3 of the price as it had been on the floor a while and it's just lovely. The difference in the overall craftsmanship was night and day. I also played a Yamaha Revstar and was really impressed with its playability and finish, it almost came down to a coin toss, but I went with the Hag as it seemed to have more personality or 'X' factor for me. I'd pick up a second hand Revstar in an instant if the right one came along though.