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Federal agents search Gibson Guitar factory in Memphis
The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee ^ | Posted August 24, 2011 at 1:06 p.m. | Kevin McKenzie

Posted on 08/24/2011 1:36:17 PM PDT by cc2k

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Yes, but was this wood guilty of any criminal activity? Why should we enforce the law if the wood did nothing wrong?

I guess all the federal agents who no longer have to worry about finding Illegal immigrants need to find something to do. Might as well harrass businesses that actually make things here about their raw materials.

1 posted on 08/24/2011 1:36:34 PM PDT by cc2k
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And, in other news, Gibson announced they are moving production overseas meaning the loss of hundreds of jobs. /lol


2 posted on 08/24/2011 1:38:16 PM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (Proud Teabagging Terrorist Hobbit)
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In a related matter Gibson Guitars announces that they’ll be
moving to China.


3 posted on 08/24/2011 1:38:43 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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You mean electric guitars are not made out of electricals?

Getting to the point, I think you earlier wanted to remark that the same federal government that shows such a lack of concern over ILLEGAL ALIENS is positively livid over ILLEGAL WOOD.

Hmm ~ whatever that means ~ not surprising at all about what's on Eric Holder's mind ~ criminals? wood? criminals? wood? ~ Fur shur that's a difficult choice for him.

4 posted on 08/24/2011 1:39:10 PM PDT by muawiyah
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...where all the wood will be replaced with melamine!


5 posted on 08/24/2011 1:40:22 PM PDT by null and void (Day 943 of America's holiday from reality...)
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To: The Iceman Cometh

“And, in other news, Gibson announced they are moving production overseas meaning the loss of hundreds of jobs.”

Undoubtedly true.


6 posted on 08/24/2011 1:42:26 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Nothing to see here. Move along.)
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They’ve already done that. Most of their Epiphone line is already made overseas.


7 posted on 08/24/2011 1:47:04 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Never miss an opportunity to keep your mouth shut.)
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To: cc2k

Do these woods have a name?


8 posted on 08/24/2011 1:48:19 PM PDT by posterchild
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When Les Pauls are outlawed, only outlaws will play Les Pauls.

Guess I’m safe, being as I play a Strat. :)


9 posted on 08/24/2011 1:49:39 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Never miss an opportunity to keep your mouth shut.)
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Do these woods have a name?

IIRC, Gibson is being investigated for using ebony and rosewood illegally harvested from Madagascar.

10 posted on 08/24/2011 1:51:39 PM PDT by Gena Bukin (Perry/Rubio 2012)
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Federal agents with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife

WTF do guitars have to do with fish and wildlife?

11 posted on 08/24/2011 1:52:17 PM PDT by dfwgator
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They can have my J45 when they pry it from my bloody fingers.
12 posted on 08/24/2011 1:53:09 PM PDT by lakeman (Semper Fi)
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"And, in other news, Gibson announced they are moving production overseas meaning the loss of hundreds of jobs."

In this case it wouldn't do them a bit of good to move overseas. Gibson is suspected of illegally obtaining rosewood from Madagascar. Even if they moved overseas that illegally gotten wood in the guitars would never be allowed to be sold in the USA, their largest market for Gibson guitars.

13 posted on 08/24/2011 1:53:46 PM PDT by avacado
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Yes, Rosewood from Madagascar. They are accused of buying the wood from a banned source. They also are being checked out by the IRS for not paying taxes. It is Ironic that this is happening to them. Gibson plays up that it is a green company with the Smartwood line of Guitars. However Henry Juszkiewicz CEO of the company has pissed off a lot of the help with some crazy ideas and some real crap new models they are marketing. So we shall see what happens.
14 posted on 08/24/2011 1:54:12 PM PDT by JimC214
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The Commercial Appeal article really isn’t very good. Here’s a much better informed story, even though it’s a couple of years old:

http://www.velvetrope.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=686552


15 posted on 08/24/2011 1:54:53 PM PDT by Hawthorn
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I guess I should pull my ads for custom guitars made from Green Sea Turtles, huh? LMAO!

Screw the tree-humping kommie perverts. The can have my turtle guitars when they pry my cold, dead fingers from around them.

(Knirps for moisture...)

8^D

16 posted on 08/24/2011 1:55:15 PM PDT by Gargantua ("Palin is announcing on September 3rd in Indianola, Iowa")
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Epiphone

Yeppers. I picked up an Epi Explorer body and slapped a Charvel Jackson neck on it. Loved that neck.

17 posted on 08/24/2011 1:55:15 PM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (Proud Teabagging Terrorist Hobbit)
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Ping!


18 posted on 08/24/2011 1:55:39 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (Anyone who says we need illegals to do the jobs Americans won't do has never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
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To: lakeman

Makes me want to buy a Gibson.

It’s sickening what our tax dollars are paying for.


19 posted on 08/24/2011 1:55:54 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: cc2k

don’t mess with the guitars, man.


20 posted on 08/24/2011 1:56:02 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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