Epiphone has had its own factories in China and now in Indonesia for some years now. The quality of Epiphone guitars made in either place has been very good and improving for about 10 years now, and EVERY recent Epi guitar or bass I have bought has been way above expectations. I have not had any problems with any of them. I also have an older 1998 MIK Epiphone guitar made by Peerless, and the newer Chinese made electrics are as good or better. The Indonesian factory makes mostly acoustic guitars, and they have been extremely good, too, although Epi has stopped production on many models.

FWIW, I played a 1960's Gibson Heritage Jumbo for almost 20 years and now have 5 Epiphone acoustics and the Gibson is sold.