as long as you remember what it is and not what you wish it was. Just received my shipment of the Epiphone Les Paul SPECIAL - II. It came well packaged with plenty of padding and no dings on the outer box. Shippinhg was box within a box and the outer box was extremely heavy duty. The guitar...no rough edges, straight neck, no dings. Perfect condition. As I would have hoped, the strings were a tad loose, no problem. I'll be sticking to light strings as I haven't held a six string in over 40 years. All the hardware was tight with the exception of the toggle switch knob. This guitar is a great bargain for someone just starting out or getting back into playing, you get better than decent hardware and Gibson goodies.