U.S. customs officers seize 3,000 counterfeit Gibson guitars

TribeLive ^ | Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024 | Patrick Varine

[cuz1961]

video at link

[butlerweave]

My sister and her husband used to make Gibson acoustic guitars and Gibson closed the shop but we all got a guitar

[Highest Authority]

Solution: give each illegal alien a guitar and they’ll be easy to find!

[John S Mosby]

Y’all remember when obamaumao sent in the US Fish and Wildlife SWAT team with drawn weapons INTO the Nashville Gibson factory to seize WOOD stocks of finished product wood, which was not cleared by CITES? Incredible!.

And now this? How damned ridiculous. Right hand vs. Left Hand— they seized legitimate wood stock supplies from a US based Gibson factory, because the wood was finished in the US and not Madagascar or India or some shitehole. Idiotic. Trade enforcers vs. MAGA enforcers.

This is definitely a LATE head fake pretending to be MAGA. They already got valuable wood supplies obamaumao seized- the a@@hole.

[Vendome]

Probably sounded like a Chinese Zither

[Flatus I. Maximus]

Change the headstock logo to “Epiphone” and no one will notice.

[left that other site]

Guitar Ping. :-)

[Drew68]

It's really easy to tell the Chinese fakes from real Gibsons.

The Chinese fakes have flawless finishes without any blemishes or tooling marks.

[bobbo666]

Just you watch, the gov’mt will destroy them.

Instead, they ought to be donated to school music depts — after having their backs etched: “fake”.

[Drew68]

Change the headstock logo to “Epiphone” and no one will notice.

They're made in the same Chi-com factory.

My very unpopular opinion is that Gibson should open up a plant in Mexico for their basic, entry-level models.

Fact is, Mexican Fenders are incredible guitars.

Gibson won't listen to this idea. And why should they? They sell every single Made in USA instrument that their Nashville plant turns out.

--Drew68, proud owner of four Gibson Les Pauls (and zero Epiphones).

[House Atreides]

“ Just you watch, the gov’mt will destroy them.”
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IMHO that would be the proper thing to do.

[left that other site]

LOL...I take it you’re a fender Fan?

[Drew68]

Just you watch, the gov’mt will destroy them.

I still remember when the Obama administration seized Gibson's entire inventory of rosewood and ebony (used for their fretboards) under their ridiculous interpretation of CITES rules, resulting in a temporary abomination of Gibson guitars featuring baked maple and richlite fretboards for their $2k-$4k instruments.

Nothing wrong with baked maple. Fender makes outstanding necks from this wood. Richlite is basically highly compressed cardboard.

Not Gibsons.

[DesertRhino]

In unrelated news, 700 tons of fentanyl came through the border today.

[Drew68]

LOL...I take it you’re a fender Fan?

I like 'em all!

[Chode]

Good!

[Drew68]

Left to right: Kit P-Bass (provenance unknown), '58 reissue custom shop Gibson Les Paul Standard (USA), Rickenbacker 620/12 (USA), Dean V (Korea), Fender HH Stratocaster (USA), Gibson Les Paul Jr. (USA), Fender Telecaster (Mexico), Fender Telecaster (Japan), Gibson Les Paul Special (USA), Fender '54 reissue Stratocaster (USA), Gibson Les Paul Studio (USA), Martin acoustic (USA) Samick beater guitar (Korea).

Fender Vintera II Jazz Bass (Mexico) not pictured.

Marshall YJM100 Plexi full stack (Great Britain).

And my favorite amp, the Boss Katana II (China).

[left that other site]

AWESOME! :-)

[gibsonguy]

I take this as a personal affront. All involved should be hanged.

[Drew68]

This is definitely a LATE head fake pretending to be MAGA. They already got valuable wood supplies obamaumao seized- the a@@hole.

Nah, this is real and legit. Gibson doesn't do any overseas finishing.

Chinese fakes are an abomination that wind up in the used supply and swindle people who can't tell the difference. They should be used for firewood.