I am not one to fingerpoint often, but is this normal? (Gibby LP content inside)

[DrewJD82]

My Spector has an open-pore finish, I dig it-

 

[Dave Lewis]

My last Gibson purchase a few weeks back from Andertons was this

When it arrived it looked like this .

Wasn’t that bovered.
They would of exchanged it but I preferred it so excepted a few extra quid added to my loyalty points