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Thanks guys, those are some real beauties above!

Thanks all for the warm welcome and taking the time to respond! Great to know this is just a quality of the wood. I'm now seeing it as a cool bonus feature instead of a defect. Playing in has been great joy the last couple of days and comming from my Ibanez starter guitar it really has been an eye opening experience. Thanks again!

Hi all, I recently bought a new Gibson J-45-Standard standard online and it arrived yesterday. After playing it after a few hours (which I loved), I noticed three lines running beneath the saddle of the guitar (see pictures attached). The discolouration also runs through the darker edge of the front of the guitar, so I'd guess this is a finishing issue. Could you please let me know your thoughts? Due to covid and the factory closing I waited some months for the guitar to arrive but now I'm bummed out and thinking about returning it and asking for an exchange. Could you please let me know your thoughts?