Gibson Les Paul Modern Lite Electric Guitar Cardinal Red Satin $999

General_Klinger

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Jan 11, 2026 02:34 PM

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General_Klinger

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Goodluck getting a new one. They're notorious for shipping open box items, or off the shelf demo guitars.

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Slickweasels

Jan 11, 2026 05:11 PM

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SlickweaselsJan 11, 2026 05:11 PM

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Goodluck getting a new one. They're notorious for shipping open box items, or off the shelf demo guitars.

Liar! Guitar Center pulls that kind of crap, but MusciansFriend, which I realize is the same company, has their own distribution warehouse that is not tied to a brick and mortar store. They sell hundreds of thousands of brand new instruments every year.

That said, this guitar is worth $400 tops, not $1000. Only a fool would spend that much on a Chinese Epi.

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runtestman

Jan 11, 2026 05:23 PM

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🤡 Liar! Guitar Center pulls that kind of crap, but MusciansFriend, which I realize is the same company, has their own distribution warehouse that is not tied to a brick and mortar store. They sell hundreds of thousands of brand new instruments every year.That said, this guitar is worth $400 tops, not $1000. Only a fool would spend that much on a Chinese Epi.

This isn't a Chinese Epiphone. It's a USA made Gibson. Albeit, it is a very stripped down model.

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ElatedOstrich5190

Jan 11, 2026 05:47 PM

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ElatedOstrich5190Jan 11, 2026 05:47 PM

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These should come with a black bridge, tailpiece, and tuners stock.

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General_Klinger

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Jan 11, 2026 06:57 PM

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General_Klinger

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Quote from Slickweasels

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🤡 Liar! Guitar Center pulls that kind of crap, but MusciansFriend, which I realize is the same company, has their own distribution warehouse that is not tied to a brick and mortar store. They sell hundreds of thousands of brand new instruments every year.That said, this guitar is worth $400 tops, not $1000. Only a fool would spend that much on a Chinese Epi.

They source from GC stores, in addition to their own warehouses.

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ripper415

Jan 11, 2026 07:28 PM

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They source from GC stores, in addition to their own warehouses.

100% true. 2 years ago I bought a brand new, Epiphone Les Paul blackback from musician's friend and instead of shipping from Missouri like usual, it was shipped from Houston TX (I'm in Austin). I thought to myself, hmm that's weird, but maybe they have another, closer wearhouse now? Nope, it arrived wrapped in bubble wrap packaged in a Gretsch box lol. I immediately called customer support and they determined it was actually shipped from a guitar center store in Houston. The guitar looked fine without scratches or anything but it was clearly a floor model that they cleaned up, tuned (arrived in perfect tuning) and mailed to me as "new". They offered me $100 discount to keep it but I insisted that I'd rather have a $700 brand new guitar than a $600 used one. They wound up finding a guitar center store about 30 mins away that had a brand new, in box version in stock and arranged for me to exchange it there. So I had to drive an hour round trip just to get what I originally expected to receive in the first place.

Ps. When making the exchange at guitar center, their manager admitted that this sometimes happens to "new" items ordered from them or musician's friend. For some inexplicable reason they consider floor models "new" because they have never been purchased and removed from the store. He was nice and apologetic and gave me a free pack of strings for my trouble, but I would've rather not had to deal with it in the first place

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jefflins

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Quote from Slickweasels

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🤡 Liar! Guitar Center pulls that kind of crap, but MusciansFriend, which I realize is the same company, has their own distribution warehouse that is not tied to a brick and mortar store. They sell hundreds of thousands of brand new instruments every year.That said, this guitar is worth $400 tops, not $1000. Only a fool would spend that much on a Chinese Epi.

My goodness that's a strong response. So confident, yet so wrong. I've had it happen at least 5 times. Easy enough returns, or you can call and they'll generally give you a credit. All that said, it hasn't happened to me in a while, and at least once they contacted me after the order to say they only had a demo.

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lswilliams75

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Quote from ripper415

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100% true. 2 years ago I bought a brand new, Epiphone Les Paul blackback from musician's friend and instead of shipping from Missouri like usual, it was shipped from Houston TX (I'm in Austin). I thought to myself, hmm that's weird, but maybe they have another, closer wearhouse now? Nope, it arrived wrapped in bubble wrap packaged in a Gretsch box lol. I immediately called customer support and they determined it was actually shipped from a guitar center store in Houston. The guitar looked fine without scratches or anything but it was clearly a floor model that they cleaned up, tuned (arrived in perfect tuning) and mailed to me as "new". They offered me $100 discount to keep it but I insisted that I'd rather have a $700 brand new guitar than a $600 used one. They wound up finding a guitar center store about 30 mins away that had a brand new, in box version in stock and arranged for me to exchange it there. So I had to drive an hour round trip just to get what I originally expected to receive in the first place.Ps. When making the exchange at guitar center, their manager admitted that this sometimes happens to "new" items ordered from them or musician's friend. For some inexplicable reason they consider floor models "new" because they have never been purchased and removed from the store. He was nice and apologetic and gave me a free pack of strings for my trouble, but I would've rather not had to deal with it in the first place

You are correct. I ordered an FSR Strat a couple of years ago and they kept trying to ship me a floor model from a store, which I refused multiple times. Eventually, I had to cancel the order. I've also had to return "new" guitars to MF because they clearly weren't new.

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