Get your GAS now, Rosewood restrictions from 2nd Jan

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So ebony will become more common on guitars? I thought that was rarer and even more sought after. I hope they start using the ebony that has brown and red streaks in it so that doesn't get wasted.

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Gibson's not averse to using a bit of laminated stuff on their fretboards so I think we can look forward to plywood.

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I've been firing a few emails around. I'm currently working in Hong Kong and have 2 of my guitars with me.

The general consensus seems to be no issue to fly home with them which is a relief.

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Molly wrote:Gibson's not averse to using a bit of laminated stuff on their fretboards so I think we can look forward to plywood.
Unless they use baked maple like they have in the past in which case I say happy days.

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GrantB wrote:I thought I had already responded to this.

I wonder how this will work for my personally owned Firebird (1976) currently with a friend in the U.K? My bro in law will take it in soon to have a blast on it then I probably should send it home. But what issues will that bring?

This thing is madness.
I might be able to bring it in July, will be in the UK on the way home

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philipnz wrote:Just snuck through customs in time
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Dibs on that please.

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bbrunskill wrote:
GrantB wrote:I thought I had already responded to this.

I wonder how this will work for my personally owned Firebird (1976) currently with a friend in the U.K? My bro in law will take it in soon to have a blast on it then I probably should send it home. But what issues will that bring?

This thing is madness.
I might be able to bring it in July, will be in the UK on the way home
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I feel like in a month or two this will be resolved - either by the industry exempting guitars (small quantity of wood) or through major retailers/distributors getting CITES compliant licences.

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Anyone bought a guitar overseas in 2017? Just curious how this would be implemented this early.

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I ordered 5 rosewood fretboards after seeing this (late December). They arrived safely....so technically got missed by customs as they came through after jan 2.

anyone want one ...$250 each... :o Just joking. :lol: :lol:
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I'm sure we can handle a little richlite on our guitars to help slow down deforestation. Things don't last forever.

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I doubt anyone is going to stop people taking personal guitars with them overseas, imagine how many touring artists this would affect!

Hopefully we get to see more composite necks and bodies :)
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jeremyb wrote:I doubt anyone is going to stop people taking personal guitars with them overseas, imagine how many touring artists this would affect!
As I understand it, there's an automatic 1 guitar exemption, if it's carried with you (rosewood content has to be under 10kg). So theoretically you can buy and bring back a guitar with you from overseas.

Touring bands will have to get 3 year rosewood passports for their list of instruments.

Manufacturers/sellers can ship pre-2/1/17 rosewood if it is certified.
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Post by Jay »

Response from Ishibashi to my enquiry:
This is Hiroaki from Ishibashi Music.

Thank you very much for your enquiry for the following guitar.

● xxx

However we need to stop to ship the guitar which has Rosewood material for a while.

Unfortunately, we have had to place a temporary stop on selling items that has any parts made of either Rosewood, Bubinga, African Blackwood, and/or Cocobolo, to customers outside of Japan. This is because of new directives from CITES. We are currently working on obtaining an export license but it will take some time. In the meanwhile, we can unfortunately not help you with your inquiry.

You can read a bit more about the restriction here:
https://cites.org/eng/new_CITES_trade_r ... s_02012017

We appreciate your understanding and apologize for the inconvenience.

If you have question, please feel free to ask me.


Best regards,
Hiroaki Gohno/International Sales Agent
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