Right now, sitting in a nondescript warehouse in Carson, California, thousands of ornate Gibson guitars are piled up in dozens of stacks of cardboard boxes nearly seven feet high. Some of them look like the signature models for rock gods like Dave Grohl,

More than 3,000 fake Gibson electric guitars were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Southern California in what authorities are calling the largest seizure of counterfeit musical instruments at the busiest container port in North America.

Worth an estimated $18 million if authentic, the bust marked the largest seizure of fake musical instruments from the Port of Los Angeles.

More than 3,000 fake Gibson guitars were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in what authorities are calling the largest seizure of counterfeit musical instruments at the massive Los Angeles-Long Beach Seaport.

U.S. Customs seized what officials called the largest shipment of counterfeit electric guitars to ever come through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

The 3,000-strong collection of counterfeits comes after a major operation worked to “identify and intercept” Gibson counterfeits

Thousands of knockoff Gibson electric guitars have been seized by U.S. feds in what is believed to be a multi-million-dollar counterfeit operation. U.S. Customs agents at the Port of Los Angeles

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials today announced the seizure of more than 3,000 counterfeit Gibson guitars, which they called the largest seizure on record of fake musical instruments. CBP officials said the counterfeit goods were found in shipments coming to the United States from Asia through the Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex,