japetus
Awawa
Moderator
I hear ya. I fully understand that I am not Gibsons target market. All my guitars together aren't worth $3500. But I do play a lot of high end guitars on a regular basis, and if I were looking to spend that money, most current Gibson products wouldn't be on my radar.There are lots of used Customs in excellent to mint condition between $3200-$4200. There's no reason to buy new.
That looks like finish checking to me. As far as I know it's very common on most of the guitars coming out of Gibson.