I’ve just found this forum whilst trying to find some info on CMI guitars, which until this site I hadn’t found much at all.
I’ve got a CMI Gibson ES copy which I’ve had since the mid eighties and which I’m fairly sure the person who I got it off had had since the mid to late seventies.
I’m sorry I haven’t got a picture but it has the CMI logo with the lower case c upper case M and lower case I with a star instead of an dot. The logo is in silver text and until I read this forum I had no idea what it stood for, I’m still not sure from what I’ve read as to if it’s a Cleartone or Chicago (CMI)?
The guitar has a great sound with great sustain. It hasn’t got a bolt on neck or anything like that and it has a brass nut unlike some of the Gibson ES copy’s I’ve seen, as well as having a proper Gibson style tailpiece with a diamond design which I’ve never seen before. The diamond design is also featured in the dark blue velvet lining of the hard case, which it came in. All in all it’s a beautiful guitar, really well made with a great dark red finish.