Posted on 08/24/2011 1:36:17 PM PDT by cc2k
Special Agent Chavez recently had a mahogany floor installed in his home. He was assured by the salesman it was not "rain forest mahogany".
Is this the part where I loudly mourn the presumed passing of my black Les Paul? Into the lake, next to my Tokai Love Rock, which looks suspiciously the beloved lester? I miss my former Strats, but I guess I’ll be an outlaw. ;) Kudos to you for your Strats.
Rosewoods, some mahoganies and other trees are protected because they are becoming extinct.
You all can make your jokes about greenies but we do need to protect majestic species of trees. Its not a 3 lined skink, it’s an important species of trees and a beautiful wood grain. WOodworkers would not be happy if there wasn’t anymore rosewood.
Yes but he is following too many others into the Alzheimer's night. It looks like this current goodbye tour is the real thing for him. I know that he had his substance abuses but he always seemed to have such a good public persona as opposed to so many others. Goodbye friend.
It was just poor illegal immigrant wood looking for a better life in the form of a geeeeetar.
Watch and see what happens if the catch an illegal alien carving illegal wood...
Nothing we can do about that. It's up to the countries where those woods are native to protect them.
Banning import and exacting penalties on American manufacturers does nothing but hurt American manufacturers.
Now that China, Indonesia, India, etc, have entered the industrialized world without environmental concern and operate on a cash on the barrel head ethics, these laws have become irrelevant to conservation.
Maybe 40 years ago it would have made a difference, but not now.
In fact shifting the utilization of these woods to overseas manufacturers may even be counterproductive to their conservation.
Look behind the agents at whoever told them to do it. You’ll find family members, employees, former employees or other associates of a big business competitor against Gibson—probably a global outfit.
Look behind the agents at whoever told them to do it. You’ll find family members, employees, former employees or other associates of a big business competitor against Gibson—probably a global outfit.
I had a great find at a garage sale 2 years ago...An Gibson mandolin from 1923. Had the old sticker inside, in great condition with original case. Got it for 80 dollars. Saw Elders Guitars have the same one on line sold for a little over 4000 dollars...my granddaughter is self taught on that mandolin. It goes everyplace she goes but my daughter bought her a new case for it....I told her to never get rid of the old case, it adds to the value...It needed zero restoration. The guy also had an electric guitar for sale, but not a gibson.
Good point. Most rosewood is used for floors.
Sounds gorgeous. I’ve always loved the sound of manolins but never got to hold one in my hands.
Thanks. Since the author didn’t mention it I figured it must be the wood that dare not speak it’s name.
So we should put up with tyranny when the goals are something we agree with?
RadiationRomeo wrote:
Rosewoods, some mahoganies and other trees are protected because they are becoming extinct.
It weird, in my copy of the Constitution of the United States, I can't find anyplace where it says we gave Congress the authority to tell a private busines what kind of raw materials it can or can't use to produce its wares.
Perhaps you can review Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution and tell me where in the enumerated powers we delegated to the Congress we gave them such authority over our businesses. I don't see it.
“Kudos to you for your Strats.”
I actually own only one Strat, and the guitar itself (a ‘97 MIM Standard) isn’t really anything special. That said, it’s special to me because I modified it; I shielded the pickup cavity and dropped in a set of Texas Special pickups.
I also have a PRS. I love ‘em both equally; they’re just different.
Wow! Nice find.
I'm not a mandolin expert, but I believe the magic of "1923" is that it places the mandolin during GIbson's "Lloyd Loar" era.
Loar is the guy who created the modern "F-model" mandolin, the one with the asymmetric curl and the f-holes, made famous by Bill Monroe.
Loar left Gibson in 1924.
I recently heard of the Loar from Gibson.. Someone brought in a gibson in Pawn Stars. If I remember correctly, Loar stopped working just prior to 1923. The expert they had in to check out the mandolin gave the year Loar stopped, but I don’t remember the exact year..It made a difference of 2000 dollars as is to about 20,000. if a Loar...GG
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