Actually, these beauties have been disco'd so it's used, but it's in 99.999% new condition with the only things to tell it's been played being so miniscule it's pointless to mention. Got'r this morning and just set'r back down after a good rubdown and play. Not sure why this site won't take the pix but I've been running a thread since scoring off ebay here http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/my-o...-ii-maple.html so you can see it and know my thots. Bottom line, I don't know why these are no longer made but I'm sure glad to finally have one, it overfills the narrow blank between my Strat and Santana SE perfectly, getting a plethora of great sounds the others dance around like a Mexican hat dance, tho they too have there own conucopia of sonic wonders. The SE Soapbar II maple top is just a wonderful looking, playing, sounding guitar that can't be denied, and at an average going rate of $300 you just can't go wrong ...unless you don't have one. Get'm while you can!