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Old 11-17-2009, 02:25 PM
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Gibson Guitars raided by the FBI
http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/20..._raided_by_fbi

Iconic company investigated for illegal importation of Madagascar wood

Email | Print By J.R. Lind


11-17-2009 2:31 PM —
UPDATED: To clarify charges have yet to be filed.

Federal agents and local police today seized wood, guitars, computers and boxes of files from Gibson Guitar's Massman Road manufacturing facility.

Sources say the Nashville-based guitar manufacturer is being investigated for violating the Lacey Act, a key piece of environmental law, for importing endangered species of rosewood from Madagascar.

Rosewood is widely used in the construction of guitars and sells for $5,000 per cubic meter, more than double the price of mahogany. The island nation off Africa's east coast is a key producer of the hardwood, the export of which has links to international criminal activity.

Madagascar has struggled financially since a January coup and new President Andry Rajoelina issued an executive order in September legalizing the export of rosewood and ebony. The move was decried by environmental groups and political leaders worldwide, as hardwood forests are key to Madagascar's unique ecology and serve as a habitat for a dwindling lemur population.

Sources tell NashvillePost.com Gibson was involved in a scheme that shipped the wood from Madagascar to Germany and then to the United States.
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Old 11-17-2009, 02:28 PM
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This is not going to end in a warm fuzzy place.....

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I'm not too upset over any of this.
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So is Madagascar now the new Brazilian?
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Old 11-17-2009, 03:33 PM
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So is Madagascar now the new Brazilian?
I don't know, do they remove their pubes in Madagascar?? LOL.

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The Gibson Hendrix Guitar Fiasco and now this !?!
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It's easy to be nonchalant... until it effects you. Then you wonder when freedom died...
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It's easy to be nonchalant... until it effects you. Then you wonder when freedom died...

Thousands of farmers in California, living on the richest soil in America are starving because of environmental protection of a Snail Darter. Where does it end?
Our planet has a delicately balanced ecosystem - when plants and animals rapidly become extinct, it throws off the balance and we run the risk of the system collapsing, which, obviously, would negatively affect all of us.

It may seem silly to protect one small fish, but what is it's role in the food chain? Does it perhaps help keep the insect population from exploding? Are other species sustained by eating the snail darter?

If a farmer is starving, he needs to find a new line of work.
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Maybe they'll waterboard the fretboards...
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eeks...wonder if Peavey turned 'em in. LOL
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