[posterchild]

Do these woods have a name?

[Gena Bukin]

Do these woods have a name?

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

[JimC214]

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.

[Hawthorn]

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