Gibson Les Paul Standard 50s SB

Lovely guitar let down by poor finish

This is a really nice guitar and I really like the solid sparkly colour. The 50s neck is not chunky, it just feels really nice in the hand compared to the slimmer 60s neck. I was really surprised with the Burstbucker 1 pickup in the bridge, it's big and chunky with plenty of output for rock and metal music. Unfortunately the guitar was let down with quality issues and is being returned. The rosewood used for the fretboard was poor, it had several areas of open grain which looked like the wood has split. Doesn't affect sound but aesthetically it looks poor. There was also some blobs of adhesive near the nibs/frets and I also had tool marks on several frets. Overall a great guitar, but I was disappointed with the finish.