The Tyrant’s AG: ”Laws and American economy matter not.
HE is your King."
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Martin makes an excellent acoustic guitar but I wouldn't call them a "leading competitor" of Gibson. Martin's annual gross sales wouldn't make a rounding error on Gibson's books.
Does this mean I have to turn in my Les Paul or risk having Customs bust my door down?
The rumor that seems to best suggest the reason for the problem is that Gibson, being unable to get the kind of finish they want on the rare rosewood from woodworkers in India, reprocesses the pieces in the USA. India had no complaints — its rule that rosewood imported from India must be finished in India had been met, and an Indian woodworker has a job — but some trouble maker (probably not connected with Martin) still claimed Gibson had violated the Lacey act.
“Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters.”
Daniel Webster
US gov’t resources being used on behalf of Indian law? What a political vendetta. Obama, you suck.
I guess Gibson had better get their heads on straight and start spreading some of the love in 2012.
It is after all, an election year. :)
Welcome to fascism-Democrat style.
Any history book will tell you how this works, folks
Gibson Guitar CEO: We’re Under Attack By Obama Administration
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=45796
In the immortal words of Johnny Chung:
“I see the White House is like a subway, you have to put in coins to open the gates.”
What was true during the Clinton years is true even more today.
If true, it adds another piece to an increasingly disturbing puzzle.
No puzzle, just Chicagoland shakedown and politics.
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Gibson Competitor is Dem Donor; Uses Same Wood, Experienced No Federal Raids
One of Gibson’s leading competitors is C.F. Martin & Company....
Dear new media Bloggers, please stop this error in your reporting>
C.F. Martin is Not a competitor - leading or otherwise - of Gibson Guitars, honest. Really. Do some fact checking.
C.F. Martin makes Acoustic Guitars, exclusively, and darn good ones. Gibson makes *mostly* Electric Guitars, and darn good ones.
The real "leading competitor" to Gibson Guitar and their Les Paul and 'SG' models is Fender Guitar Co and their Electric Guitars like the Stratocaster and Telecaster models. Gibson also makes great semi-hollow body electrics like the ES-335 'dot', and BB King's ES-345 'Lucille'.
I'm not saying Gibson is NOT unfairly being singled out by the G, while Martin is getting a pass for using the same exotic woods. But please Blogger guys, stop with the 'leading competitor' stuff. Okay?
an aside;
Many famous 'Rock Guitar gods' like Eric Clapton start out playing a Gibson Les Paul. But then later switch to the Fender 'Strat' for the different sound it makes a from the Les Paul. Every guitar has its own sound, something my wife 'can't get' and wonders why I need Six Guitars. (actually Five. I have a Takamine acoustic I haven't touched for yeeears and want to sell)
Remember when the feds took over GM and Chrysler and the new Auto Czar took his little list and shut down thousands of dealerships around the country and surprise? surprise?, yep, 99.5% of them were GOP donors?
The same thing is at work here except on a smaller scale.
Uncle Joe Stalin would be proud of the Obama Administration. Proud! The only thing missing is sending political opponents off to the gulags and who knows how far behind that is at this point? From the sounds of it, not far. The DOJ is behind this trumped up outrage and everybody knows who is the prosecutor for the federal prison system!
The DOJ should just cut the BS and cite Gibson for their REAL “crime”-—Failure to contribute to the DNC.
Holy cow! You can’t even be a gee-tar playin’ hippie without worrying that your axe is doing irreparable harm to Mudder Erf!
The Tyrant’s AG: ”Laws and American economy matter not.
HE is your King."
The point of this raid was to deliver a messageand teach a lesson. Expect to see more of the same as election day 2012 gets closer.
We are a BANANA REPUBLIC.....with NO bananas.