Never owned a "Fender" but own 1 and 2x 1/2 Squiers (butterscotch Tele Affinity, which just sounds gotgeous, and a black 20th anni Jazz, split into two different instruments, with a Fender licensed fretless neck on the black Jazz body and the Squier neck on a gold ho body) and have a lot of respect for low budget second-stringers...
I own a budget range Gibson SG with a "Gibson" Bigsby... early 70's... pretty much stock... Gibson in name only as it's nothing like a "real" SG... odd mini humbuckers, so I believe, and not a very subtle player... used mostly for slide...
Was Ibanez considered low-budget 40 years ago...? if so, my 12 string acoustic, a 21st prezzie, has stood the test of time, even with the way I've abused mine...
I have one fiver... a fretless Michael Kelly fretless EAB... got lots of fancy neck inlays which, infuriatingly, buzz slightly... going to re-dress the neck and coat it... nice sounding, with TI flats... 2nd or 3rd hand...
The Hohner Jack I have is a "poor-mans" Status... still in love with her., nearly 40 years on..
Even my "Thunderbird" is a "copy"...
My RD is my only "real" instrument, I guess...
The Andreas Demetriou is "unique" but as never being completed, the jury's out...