wat bigger gap? ratio is almost same.
evo to proton price is about 6:1, rm50k to rm300k.
gibson to epi price ratio is slightly lower about 5:1, rm2k to rm10k.

so i think its a fair comparison.
of cos the guitars arent subjected to 300% tax or whatever, so the comparison is quite crap if compared to overseas prices.

blademaster explained abit.
but for guitars, the best way to try is the clean sound, or my fav way is unplugged.
then u can see wats missing.

cos with distortion, almost everything can sound the same