My Gibson 335 came from the factory and it was pretty shoddy to be honest. Had to send it in to have the frets re-done because they were all over the shop. Spending big doesn't always get you good quality apparently! What i would advise to anyone spending a lot of money on a guitar/amp is never buy anything that is mass produced. For the price of say an Orange Rockerverb 100 (£1400 new) you could use a more boutique company and get way more for your money. You'll get a purpose built piece of equipment, built to your spec, mainly by hand and have a lot greater control over where your money is going for the same price. Go for a Matamp/Verellen/Green or something if you were planning on buying an amp, or maybe if you were planning on spending 1800 on a les paul, look into companies like EGC.