There's a hundred models and and 1,000 setups and pickups these days.
I guess the Tele or the Strat is the most common.
The Squires and Affinitys are hit and miss, huge quality control swing.
If your lucky its great. The Honey Tele for $169 has 9.9 of 10 ratings...I played one and it was amazing and stood up to the $1300 ones.
I had a Squire Strat for 15years...I still have a Squire Bass that has had zero issues...some pro's play these, so there's the proof you don't need a $2900 guitar to make some money and good tunes.
There's so many issues and factorys I'm almost burnt out, I saw a $69 from Indonesia and they have the new Starcaster by Fenders in WalMart, Target and Best Buy....
MIA seem to be the "new standard". Well built. Mid price. My son just got one.
A Highway 1, is entry in the "US" line...and a American Standard is still a workhorse and my current.
The skys the limit from there as you know.
The mass production factor, I would feel and play one, make sure it works and doesn't have flaws. Even the expensive ones show up with dings, scratches, rust and beer puke on them. Their called Relics.