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Yamaha is in a different class. Their stuff punches above their price point. Squier Affinity/CVs are good guitars. I'd never buy a Harley Benton, due to the fact you can't play them first, and you pay more in shipping than the guitar costs. I would never buy a Monoprice guitar, solely based on the fact that you have to live with yourself and the fact that you made that choice.
Out of those options, Yamaha is the far and away winner in my book.
I don't actually own a Yamaha guitar currently, but I've played a Pacifica 112 and 612 and they were basically the same guitar. The 612 was just a whole lot prettier and had gold coloured hardware (gross)
If I were in the market for a cheap Strat copy, I'd probably get a 112. I think they have an even cheaper one now but I don't know anything about it.
Yamaha really is all that. I had a cheap Yamaha bass and an expensive Warwick bass and when I was recording, guess which one the recording engineer preferred. That may be more of a comment on recording a Warwick than anything, but still. The Yamaha sounded great on those songs (too bad it wasn't a better band lol.)