No budget, just looking for a quality instrument and not a bad copy of something.]

You have the right idea here. The main reason I don't try to suggest guitars is it's a waste of time. Guitars are emotional, not practical. And most of us on here continue to buy, even though we already have 1 guitar too many. But that pretty little thing hanging on the wall...

It's pretty hard to buy a bad guitar these days from any of the bigger names. That being said I just had a bad experience with a PRS. But these were cosmetic flaws. The guitar itself played like a dream.

When I think of my guitars I think of what they sound good doing. I like AC DC. My Epiphone Les Paul allows me to get closer to that sound than my Telecaster. Maybe start there. Who do you listen to. If it's GNR, I can't ever recall seeing Slash play a Strat.