On Aug 26, 2011, at 12:58 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
Federal agents swooped in on Gibson Guitar Wednesday, raiding
factories
and offices in Memphis and Nashville, seizing several pallets of wood,
electronic files and guitars. The Feds are keeping mum, but in a
statement yesterday Gibson's chairman and CEO, Henry Juszkiewicz,
defended his company's manufacturing policies, accusing the Justice
Department of bullying the company. "The wood the government seized
Wednesday is from a Forest Stewardship Council certified supplier," he
said, suggesting the Feds are using the aggressive enforcement of
overly
broad laws to make the company cry uncle.
I routinely take a handmade six- or 12-string when I go across the
border to Canada, which I do often - both with rosewood and ebony.
Looks like it's time to buy the RainSong 12-string I've been wanting!
