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Thank you for your help! I will try the hairdryer on the plastic. I hope he loves it! :)

I have it stored at my parents' house, but was able to run over and grab a few photos this morning. I was going off of memory, but it is definitely not a 2in line. Maybe a 1in-1.5in line... Here is the plastic that is melted to the E... One of the knobs on the tuner is roughed up a bit (a small cut) as well. Here is a full shot of the guitar because despite the flaws, I do think it's pretty :) I apologize that the photos are so large!

So this is off topic...but I'm hoping you may be able to help. I know nothing about guitars and I just purchased the 220SCE for my husband for Christmas and received it yesterday. I'm having two issues with it...first, the E on the pick guard had a piece of protective plastic on it that was bubbled up. I tried to remove it and though it came off without too much trouble on the sides of the E, that can't be said for the middle and sides of the E - it pretty much melted on. I did talk to someone at Guitar Center who said that it probably melted to the E when they heated up the E to stick to the pick guard. Is yours like this? Do you have any tips to remove the plastic? And then there is about a 2in line around the rim of the sound hole that is missing the black lacquer finish. Is this something that shouldn't be with a brand new guitar? Thanks in advance for any help :)