Yesterday I was near the GC in San Antonio so I popped in for a few minutes. They had a group of faded Gibson guitars on a stand near the entrance. The SGs were okay. The Les Pauls were better than the bass I got and returned, but all three of them were pretty much unsanded in the cutaway. On each of them it looked like the employee had just touched a sanding drum to the cutaway, hitting part of it, leaving most of it very rough.
That's just not acceptable quality at any price level.
They actually had an SG Reisue Bass in stock. I played it through a Markbass combo. It sounded good with both pickups on, better with the neck pickup alone. It was $1099 for their Labor Day weekend sale. But if I had a spare $1000 I'd buy
hollowbody's 69 EB-0 instead.
Also played one of the faded SGs, really nice and the neck was just right for me. But I don't need another guitar.