But it is Martin who has been named throughout this story from the beginning...not Fender. It is Martin who has received these very same blanks in the very same way, but only Gibson has been rousted for it. The CEO of Martin is a heavy dem supporter.
A blogger named Martin as Gibson's competitor early on, which was easy, because Chris Martin IV is an unabashed Democrat. The blogger new enough about guitars to have heard of Martin. Try tracking down the owner and relatively new CEO of Fender.
That blog also said that Martin "used" the same wood, not that Martin got it in the same way. As of course, the 'use' of the wood was never at issue.
That blog mentioned Gibson CEO's Henry Juszkiewicz's few Republican contributions and those he made to an industry group; the blog didn't mention that Juszkiewicz also contributed to Democrats. In fact, the blogger mentioned that he used opensecrets.org, but he didn't mention that the most recent contribution shown on opensecrets.org for Juszkiewicz is one to Democrat Congressman Cooper of Tennessee.
The blogger also didn't mention how involved Juszkiewicz and Gibson are in liberal causes, nor the close relationship between Juszkiewicz/Gibson and Bill Clinton.
From that point, it was like the kindergarten game of 'telephone.' It just got repeated.
And yes, Chris Martin IV is a very heavy Democratic supporter. Other than that, he's pretty quiet. Juszkiewicz is sort of like Ted Turner. He's loud, he's brash, he's everywhere. He's involved in all kinds of liberal causes (Poetry slams for diversity and tolerance? United Nations day of diversity and tolerance? Rainforest alliance? John Lennon touring museum bus? MTV Rock the Vote? Clinton Global Initiative? - that's all Juszkiewicz, not Chris Martin).