i remember when kramer did some strat copies too, with the strat peghead and were sued for it, hell they all are copy catting each other, its kinda funny, because no one here has mentioned one name im sure you wall know, yea thats right boys and girls, its SAMICK, hell its ironic, those korean guys at samick have been producing all these guitars for years, under licensces for gibson, fender, etc..... if it says made in korea, its probably made by samick, in fact its funny a friend of mine once showed me an article with a photo showing epis and squiers being made in the same factory side by side, i thought it to be funny, anyhow just my 2 and half cents to this thread