You're right- guitars today are built better than ever- but I think there's a big divide in value/price. And I think even expensive guitars out of good factories don't come well set up- having to spend $3000 on a Gibson, and know you have to pay for a set up right after- is crazy.
When I said "And few are good now a days" wasn't about guitars- it was about guitar repairmen/luthiers
And I'll put it into context- I live in Phoenix, AZ. Roberto Venn is local- probably the biggest guitar building/repair/luthier school in the country.
Every few weeks/months new people come from all over to go to the school- and they typically like it and want to stay here or try living/moving here after. AND, doing business/setting up shop here- so we have an insane amount of inexperienced techs with a few months of classes, no real repair experience and a price list of what someone that knows what their doing 'should' charge.
I've given dozens and dozens and dozens of people shots at doing work for me, but it seems- and what I see on facebook groups/ibanez guitar groups/other guitar players all over- is local repair people aren't very good. Not to mention, the people that work at guitar center.