Posted on 08/24/2011 1:36:17 PM PDT by cc2k
Federal agents with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service shut down the Gibson Guitar factory in Downtown Memphis today to serve search warrants in an ongoing investigation, officials said.
Nicholas Chavez, special agent in charge for U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Region 2 in Albuquerque, N.M., said agents also served a search warrant on Gibson Guitar in Nashville.
In November 2009, agents for the service searched the guitar maker's manufacturing plant in Nashville, reportedly during an investigation of use of woods banned from commercial use for environmental reasons.
(Excerpt) Read more at commercialappeal.com ...
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.
And, in other news, Gibson announced they are moving production overseas meaning the loss of hundreds of jobs. /lol
In a related matter Gibson Guitars announces that they’ll be
moving to China.
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.
...where all the wood will be replaced with melamine!
“And, in other news, Gibson announced they are moving production overseas meaning the loss of hundreds of jobs.”
Undoubtedly true.
They’ve already done that. Most of their Epiphone line is already made overseas.
Do these woods have a name?
When Les Pauls are outlawed, only outlaws will play Les Pauls.
Guess I’m safe, being as I play a Strat. :)
IIRC, Gibson is being investigated for using ebony and rosewood illegally harvested from Madagascar.
WTF do guitars have to do with fish and wildlife?
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.
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
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
Yeppers. I picked up an Epi Explorer body and slapped a Charvel Jackson neck on it. Loved that neck.
Ping!
Makes me want to buy a Gibson.
It’s sickening what our tax dollars are paying for.
don’t mess with the guitars, man.
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