hey....i would not want to spend that much money on a guitar that i would be buying online...my friend bought a gibbson les paul double cut online and when he got it the neck was all warped....you sould go to a local guitar store that carries gibson and try the guitar you want to buy....i no that their is people that prob have bought guitars from online stores and they guitar was perfect but you should not take a chance when you spending a lot of money like you are planing to do