Epiphone 1959 ES-355 Cherry Red

I have had many guitars and almost all of them had defects (even the ones around 5000 - 7000 €)
But now one after the other:
First negative:
- The F-holes are not really varnished on the inside and are frayed at the bottom. Others can do this better at a price of 300 €.
- the pickguard is sharp-edged, it is not rounded, a pickguard for 20,- € is better.
- the bindings on the neck are not as high on the sides as the neck itself, on the body they are also lower than the wood. You can see it and you can feel it.
I have never experienced this before.
- The string action is much too high and the octave purity doesn't fit either. Well, that's normal and relatively easy to correct.
Conclusion:
- Sand the F-holes finely and touch them up with a touch-up pencil
- Remove the pickguard and sand it round
- Adjust string action and octave purity (flatwounds will be fitted anyway)
All in all about 4 hours of work.
I can't correct the difference in height between the bindings and the wood anyway. Maybe that's intentional ???
But now positive:
The sound is already very fine without amplification.
The amplifier then shows off the pickups' skills: the guitar can do everything from blues to funk to hard rock. And without feedback.
The playability is perfect.
That's why I won't be sending the guitar back, despite its manufacturing flaws.