Federal agents in Los Angeles seized more than 3,000 fake Gibson guitars found on cargo ships arriving from Asia, federal and local officials announced Nov. 26.
If the guitars were authentic, they would have been worth $18.7 million, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Gibson representatives helped Customs officers and investigators at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and other local and federal agents to identify the counterfeit guitars.
Gibson makes guitars only in the United States—in Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee, and Bozeman, Montana—and with a history dating back to 1894, is one of the oldest guitar makers still in existence, according to Guitar.com, a music industry online magazine….