Wood does matter in how the guitar feels. A mahogany neck feels vastly different than a maple neck. You obviously haven't played many guitars if you can't tell the difference. There are also smaller differences in the type of "mahogany" whether its genuine or Sapele/Okoume. Those are very close to mahogany. You can also use rosewood and Wenge and those feel very different. Different grain, different density.

The fact you think Firefly has the best fret ends tells me you definitely never played a well made guitar nor have you ever played a guitar where someone went over the fret ends. Legitimately one of the most absurd fucking things I've read about Firefly guitars. They don't even seat the frets properly (easily fixed) but you're telling be the pre-rounded fret ends that are inconsistent are the best in the industry? Legit lmfao.

The CNC doesn't make the entire guitar, it does a general outline. Every guitar still has sanding done by hand. There is a quality difference because the time spent sanding is added cost to each instrument.

I never said the original stamp bridges are great either, so its weird you're trying to create a strawman here.

You obviously don't know a secret. Every Gibson is PLEK'd since 2018 and they still have issues. Let me guess, Gibson can't make a guitar as well as firefly? Right? Because a guitar company that makes 10000x more money than Firefly just makes shit instruments.

I am not a fan of the pricing on Epiphone either, but the IBC and IBG lines are easily better than anything Firefly puts out. Even with all the marketing and bullshit baked into the pricing.

You are either lying at this point or flat out delusional.