Gibson's" Government Series II Les Paul" guitar in 2014 had a starting price of $1,099. A company official said a imposter ...

If they were authentic Gibson guitars, the instruments — which were destined for the e-commerce market ... a more "flimsy" ...

Gibson makes its electric guitars in U.S. factories in Nashville ... Heidt noted that the logo placement on a counterfeit may look off or that the logo may have a bleed. "We can pick it up ...

She said that a fake guitar would carry a Gibson logo that might look askew, bleed, or be in the wrong place. “They don’t have correct inlays,” she said. “There are finish issues.