I returned a Gibson Studio last week, looked like Stevie Wonder applied the lacquer and there was a ding on the cutout. So sent it back, and bought an Epiphone instead, problem solved arrived in excellent condition, unlike the Gibson.
Only one thing that annoys me, according to spec for new Epiphone Les Paul inspired by Gibson range, they say it has CTS pots......yeah right, so why is there just 1 CTS volume pot and 3 Non CTS push pull pots?
Apart from that very happy with my Epi