Why it isn't fair? That was my reaction to the statement that this kind of issues ( or worse) are normal for 1300-2000$ indonesian new guitars. I understand the difference between new and used,and i also don't think that the NEW guitars should have such blemishes for that money.The same way you purchase Solar form their site,you can buy form Ishibashi and they will ship to every country in the world( except China i think).Also the "manufactoring tolerances" are determined by the contractor,they say:" we will accept units with this and that,or we will not accept".So it Solar fault,not the indonesian factory.Not excactly fair comparison to compare good deal of used guitar to new prices...