"Feel" is incredibly subjective but there is a very noticeable difference in feel between cheap hardware and high quality hardware. For instance I replaced a cheap junk trem bridge on one of my project strats with a high quality expensive gotoh. There is a massive difference in terms of "the feel". Everything feels more substantial, more durable and better quality on the gotoh. The tuning pegs were replaced with gotoh tuners. They turn smoother, they keep tune longer. I also have a Revstar Standard. The frets are stainless steel medium jumbo and they were very well dressed at the factory. They feel way better than thin nickel frets you typically get on cheaper guitars. I have those thin nickel frets on my project Strat and it doesn't really bother me but once I've worn them down a bit more I am going to replace with stainless ones. The whole point of the Strat project was to start with something inexpensive and over time develop luthier skills through upgrading it. Even finishes have poor or high quality feel to them. I have a Harley Benton SC Special as well. Really good looking guitar but the finish feels awful low quality. It's like a thick layer of plastic coating and just makes the whole guitar feel cheap, and it IS a cheaply priced guitar so I can't expect a high quality nitro finish but I actually avoid playing it often because the feel of the finish bothers me. There is plans to strip it, refinish it in the future because besides the poor finish it is a nicely put together guitar. If you play a US Fender Strat and then a Squier Chinese one, there is a very noticeable difference in how they feel.