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To: cc2k
The "East Indian Rosewood" is also used by C.F. Martin & Company to make instruments. However, Mr. Martin is a big Democrat contributor. Strangely, his business was not raided/searched this week for using this wood.

The message from the administration is clear - 'donate to us or face the consequences'.

50 posted on 08/27/2011 1:56:31 PM PDT by meyer (We will not sit down and shut up.)
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To: meyer
The message from the administration is clear - 'donate to us or face the consequences'.

The person who wrote this article has no idea what East Indian Rosewood is or how many luthiers other than Gibson (and C.F. Martin) are using it. None of the others luthiers appear to have been raided.

I doubt he has any idea how precise the paperwork is and how strict the regulations are on so many of the important woods used by luthiers. Check Bob Taylor's explanation (Taylor guitars) on his website for why Taylor doesn't offer any Brazilian Rosweood any longer, when it was the king of procuring pre-1992, low-quality, Brazilian. He says it's just too hard to have all of the appropriate paperwork in place.

This is a case of a blogger jumping to conclusions. Did he even consider the fact that Gibson has a recent history of legal problems of all kinds?

53 posted on 08/27/2011 3:05:11 PM PDT by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.)
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