Pretty fair assessment IMO.
I have noticed most of the CV's I've picked up and looked over in the local music store have very little or no fret sprout.
They do, however, need the truss rod tightened, always having a bow in the neck, resulting in too high and action.
The store does no setup, the guitars are just out of the box, as is.
OTOH, a lot of the Am. series I've looked at have noticeable fret sprout, which drives me bonkers.
I hate buying a guitar and then having to file the edge of every fret on the board. I did that w/ a Squier '51, which
otherwise was a good little axe.
I think you have to evaluate each guitar on its own merit. Made in the U.S. doesn't guarantee quality, just as made in China doesn't mean cheap junk (at least not in guitars nowadays).
Guitars
Wilburn Versatare, '52 FrankenTele(Fender licensed parts), Fender USA Roadhouse Strat, Fender USA Standard B-bender Telecaster, Agile AL 3000 w/ WCR pickups, Ibanez MIJ V300 Acoustic, Squier Precision Bass,
Amps
Ceriatone Overtone Special, Musicman 212 Sixty-Five, Fender Blues Jr., Peavey Classic 30, Fender Super Reverb, Traynor YCV-40 WR Anniversary w/ matching 1x12 ext. cab, Epiphone SoCal 50w head w/ matching 4x12 cab (Lady Luck speakers), Avatar 2x12 semi-open back cab w/ Celestion speakers
Pedals
Digitech Bad Monkey, Digitech Jamman, DVM's ZYS, Goodrich volume pedal