Bizarre. Sorry man.
thats debatable I suppose. But if you look at the market value of a new one it is a remarkable value. 2013 Standards are going for $1800 used.
Actually, I did get them to honor it. I saw there were still some available after the smoke cleared, so I nicely inquired with the store that had cancelled my original order. They had one shipped to their store and then shipped it to me for the sale price. It was clearly a floor model and had fingerprints all over it...otherwise it's essentially new. As far as quality control goes...it leaves a bit to be desired, but no show stoppers.Erm... if you look through the thread, you'll see that it didn't actually happen either...
There is a very slight rise in the fretboard or frets where the neck meets the body on the bass side of the fretboard. From what I'm reading, this is sadly a somewhat common flaw. It may be solved by a slight fret releveling, but I'm not messing with it now as the action is plenty low without a problem. That may even be something that they'd fix under warranty. Other than that, the matching on the top is not the greatest, but that may be better if you're getting the plus model with AAA flame. I'm plenty happy with how it looks regardless. The nut was also poorly slotted and binding on the plain strings. This was easily resolved with a little sandpaper and graphite powder, but is still pretty pathetic for a guitar that is normally priced at $2600. I've bought couple hundred dollar guitars that don't have these issues, so it's disappointing that gibson can't get their shit together on simple stuff.
No problem. Good luck in your search. Just make sure to try before you buy or at least buy somewhere with a good return policy.
