I bought a Gibson Les Paul Standard on line at Sweetwater.com. They have excellent guitars brand new and not played by anyone ever. They have an excellent return policy if anything is wrong or you end up not liking it. I got lucky and my new guitar arrived and is perfect for me. Not one mark or blemish on it. I took it to two different luthiers to have them look it over and see what they thought. Both gave it the thumbs up after fully examining every inch of it and test playing it. I highly recommend Sweetwater as they have a guitar gallery on line and you can pick the exact one you want through many photos of it. I love my Gibson LP Standard 2012. Good Luck!