Skip Guitar Center. Find a Gibson 5-star dealer instead. These dealers seem to get Gibson's choice inventory, plus their stock is in much better condition as a general rule. If you're buying over the phone, I can recommend Wildwood Guitars in CO. The staff are awesome there...and it's where I got my J-45.
One more thing...the replacement to the J-45TV -- the J-45 Vintage (which has the torrefied Adi top) will be hitting stores any day now. You should expect many dealers to be blowing out of the older J-45TVs they may still have. Be smart and bargain accordingly.
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