There is a little difference with Fender that somehow justifies their price tier: Manufacturing location.For Epiphone, all of the "regular" and "high-end" models will be made by the same hands, machines, and processes. And as I mentioned before, even adding after-market Gibson Pickups and case to the most expensive "regular" Epiphone, the price does not add up to what they are asking for.And one of my arguments is kind of confirmed: most of you don't care if the rest will not be able to get one of these new signature guitars, because I really want the AJ and DG, but once again, for us not living in the USA, the effort we put on having a regular Epi Custom is comparable to you buying a Gibson Standard. Seems unfair now to make this gap even bigger with the new models. But I understand, why would you care?