This guitar (<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Epiphone-Dot-Archtop-Electric-Guitar-Cherry/dp/B0002CZUIS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Epiphone Dot Archtop Electric Guitar, Cherry</a>) is amazing value for money.  Mine was shipped in a cheap cardboard box within box but somehow managed to survive the ordeal of shipping without incurring any damage (in spite of a big hole on the outer carton).  The Amazon product picture does not do the guitar any justice.  Amazon really should update it.  The guitar "in person" looks drop-dead gorgeous - with a glossy deep cherry finish that still allows you to see the wood grain through it.  The Amazon picture just looks flat in comparison.