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Alpine white Gibson Studio, used, seller says quot;year 92 or 93 or 95, good condition, changed tuners.quot; Remind me what i should examine extra carefully, and what i should look out for in terms of issues and problems.

everything with a description like that.

Ask for the serial number.. That'll sor out the year. Pics of the tuners, or if you can test them, detune all strings, retune and play for a while.. and the usual dents and scratches and the essential checking if the neck can be used in a rocking chair. (I don't know what the name of the part touching the ground, allowing the rocking is)

If you can play it, run your fingers across all the frets to make sure there's no rough or sharp edges. Play it for as long as they'll let you. (of course, I guess that's a good idea for any guitar) Make sure there's nothing you won't like about it like your hands cramping up after 5 minutes or so if it's got a bad or poorly adjusted neck. Not necessarily problems that can't be fixed, just more money you'll have to spend. If you get a sweet deal on the guitar, it might be ok if you have to fix a few little things here or there.

Get a Gibby type 5/16quot; truss rod wrench and make sure the truss rod is not bound or broken. You have to remove the 3 screws in the small plastic plate on the headstock to access the truss rod end. Also inspect the brass acorn nut on the end of the trussrod. They can be replaced but any damage to the acorn nut may be an indication of other truss rod problems, though the usual source of acorn nut damage is that the owner either didn't have the proper wrench or didn't seat the wrench properly.

With that sort of description, I think I'd leave it alone. There are plenty of alpine white studio LPs.

first and 5th digit in the serial number are the year.