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Heard a few horror stories about guitars being bought in Japan by overseas buyers, then shipped to the proxy service company warehouse, then being refused to be sent to the customers due to ******** so called CITES regulations. A few people were refused refunds and were f***ed over by these company. 2 examples were due to mahogany being mentioned, which most guitars are made of....

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This has just fell in my lap today,brought it about two months ago,just arrived from japan
It is a YAMAKI PERFORMER les paul ,I snapped this up because of the good reviews i have read and they do not appear that much for sale anywhere..
I guess it is early eighties ,maybe late 70s,It has a 2-piece center seemed mahogany back,two peice maple top ,again center seemed,I t...

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Creating this thread to house links and pics of CN serial number Gibson copies.

CN serial numbers began in China in 2010 and run into 2024.

Numbers are:
CN+8 digits
CN+9 digits

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Gathering examples of Navigator ST guitars here.

It looks like you can sort of loosely date them based on the decals on the headstocks.

1977-1978 catalog


1981catalog

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Gathering examples of these Vintage Series basses.

Examples:
L24732
L26123

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