I was so disappointed upon delivery of my Epiphone Firebird, I had been so eagerly awaiting. The guitar had very cleary been unpacked & used before. All protective foil you usually find on different parts of a new guitar had already been removed. The pickguard already had scratches on it, and the finish was scuffed & damaged on several edges!! If I wanted a B-stock item, I would have ordered B-stock. But when you pay full price for a new guitar, you expect it to actually be new!