An older friend of mine just retired. He bought himself a Gibson Les Paul. I visited him last week and got a chance to play it. My AL-3100 w/ the WCR pickups plays and sounds better. That's just a fact. A lot of people refuse to believe that. If I tell them I have a Korean knockoff of a Paul and it plays and sounds every bit as good, they scoff. Until I bought it (used, off e-bay, pickups + Gibby hardshell case) I would have too. I thought I must have really lucked out and gotten a good one until I saw what people here were saying. I now believe they are as good or better than the Epi's, and quite often, the Gibson's. I had actually been thinking of buying a Gibson LP when my tax refund came in, but there's really no point. The Agile's just as good. If I wanted to see the word "Gibson" on the headstock and obsess over every detail it'd be different, but I just want a guitar to play and sound right, that's it.
I think the Epi's and CV Strats and Teles are great guitars. Period. Not great "for the price", just great. There may be a lemon in them now and then, but by and large, they're great instruments.
I have 2 Am Roadhouse Strats I bought used. Great guitars, but I've played CV's that were just as nice. The CV's are recognized as good to great guitars by nearly everyone.
So are the Agile 3100's. I also own an Agile AS-1000 semi-hollow. I just installed a B-5 Bigsby + Vibramate mounting plate (no drilling, yay) on it and it's quite nice. It is a tad neck-heavy, that's my only gripe.
I have no experience with the Xaviere's. If I bought one and it was worthy, I'd spend a few bucks to upgrade it, like the Bigsby on the AS-1000. If it just plain felt cheap in my hands I'd flip it or give it to a kid who needed a starter axe. I've traded off several Squier's. I haven't bought a CV Squier, tho. I think if I chose one it would be a keeper.
Guitars
Wilburn Versatare, '52 FrankenTele(Fender licensed parts), Fender USA Roadhouse Strat, Fender USA Standard B-bender Telecaster, Agile AL 3000 w/ WCR pickups, Ibanez MIJ V300 Acoustic, Squier Precision Bass,
Amps
Ceriatone Overtone Special, Musicman 212 Sixty-Five, Fender Blues Jr., Peavey Classic 30, Fender Super Reverb, Traynor YCV-40 WR Anniversary w/ matching 1x12 ext. cab, Epiphone SoCal 50w head w/ matching 4x12 cab (Lady Luck speakers), Avatar 2x12 semi-open back cab w/ Celestion speakers
Pedals
Digitech Bad Monkey, Digitech Jamman, DVM's ZYS, Goodrich volume pedal