The guitar previously had a rubber coating on the strum bar, start buttons, star power button, and the joystick. This coating had degraded from age and was sticky. The coating has been removed, showing the smooth black plastic surfaces underneath. Some white that is visible inside the text on the buttons is the remnants of this coating. The colored fret buttons and whammy bar did not have this coating. The rubber on the dongle cord is cracked and pieces flake off every time it is touched. The plastic on the USB end of the dongle is also badly cracked and coming apart. The white part of the red guitar face plate is more of a cream yellow color (it's not as white as it looks in the pics). Everything is fully working and has been tested. The dongle works perfectly fine in spite of its appearance.