Great Gibson electric guitars have long been a means of fighting the establishment, so when the powers that be confiscated stocks of tonewoods from the Gibson factory in Nashville—only to return them once there was a resolution and the investigation ended—it was an event worth celebrating. Introducing the Government Series II Les Paul, a striking new guitar from Gibson USA for 2014 that suitably marks this infamous time in Gibson’s history.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2014/01/31/Gibson-Sticks-Thumb-in-Obama-Administ...

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Of the Troops & For the Troops

I hope that was done to a cheap import model and not a U.S.A. Gibson.

Wait! I know! They can be sold to Federal and State agencies 'only' for prison band purposes!

Murphy

Hope it is a glimpse of the future