A few years back, I had a pile of credit card points piled up and wanted a Gretsch electromatic. I cashed them in with amazon and it arrived a few days later. It was indeed the guitar I ordered, in a factory sealed box. Clearly it had never been opened since it left the factory. The setup was atrocious, pickups were so far down they were below the body surface, fretboard was dry as a bone and faded and the strings were rusted. No big deal for me, and I so my own setups and it worked out just fine. I still have it, it's a cool guitar.
Just keep in mind whatever dealer services you would normally expect won't be provided, at least in my case. Otherwise, they do seem to deliver the genuine article.
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