As is usual, 16 Creative was then hit with a cease and desist letter from Gibson Inc. for copying the iconic Les Paul shape. (Or, as guitar players call the knockoffs, "Chibsons." And to be fair, some ...

"These guitars you see on display around and behind ... some gearheads online call them "Chibsons" (a portmanteau of Chinese and Gibson.) At least from a distance, the rip-offs in the warehouse ...

Gibson makes its electric guitars in U.S. factories in Nashville ... "Seizures of counterfeit goods from China and Hong Kong accounted for 46% of counterfeit seizures and 84% of the value of ...