Mine has a few paint nicks, but that all comes with the territory.

I'm not anal about things like that because, well, **** happens. You're never going to be able to keep it in mint condition unless you don't play it. It's like having an old car, eventually, the thing rusts. No matter how many times you wash/wax/buff it, it will still rust.

So I like to think of my guitar as having character, and I like it that you can tell it's used.

I used to know a dude, that wouldn't use stuff, just so it wouldn't get messed up. He got rollerblades one x-mas and just kept em in his closet. He didn't want to skate on 'em because they wouldn't be perfect and new anymore.

Oh well.

I mean, have you ever taken a look at "Evo," Steve Vai's main axe. It's got the holy crap beat out of it. But it still looks awesome.

Check out www.vai.com and click on his equipment, there's a whole history done about EVO, pretty cool.