Glad EB uses Indian rosewood...

[Smellybum]

Never mind that $5k a m3 - I always knew guitars were more expensive than drugs, but now ther prices seem to be living up to it!

BP - you need your own forest in the desert!!!

I don't know if it's true, but I was once diagnosed as having an allergy to ebony back when I was a gibson player, the doctor had an interest in woods (Think he was a boat builder or something) just a little bit of trivia !

Now for your feature presentation..... I'm sure it'll all be fine

[radrock]

Yeah, my friend at GC told me about that while I was looking at the SIX, yes SIX 25th anniversary guitars they have there.

[threeminutesboy]

that's pretty tough for Gibson

[Grand Wazoo]

The good news is that illicit transportation of endangered or protected timber nowadays is strictly monitored by international customs and conservations insitutions worldwide.

For example in my line of work we transport a lot of timber from West Africa and South America, to various European ports and each log is inspected and accompained with the "renewable reserve" declaration of indemnity from endangered export, which leads me to believe that if indeed Gibson or other manufacturer have obtained wood from Madagascar, they must really have gone out of their way to find a loophole in the system to allow them to source an illegal trade of such materials. In other words if found guilty they will have a lot to answer to expose the full length of this international criminal ring to investigators.
Ut-oh indeed!

[Mick]

Am I the only one who finds it strange that this occurs just in the right time when Gibson is in financial problems???

Maybe somebody gave the government a little hint.....

(Note to myself: stop watching godfather and sopranos)

[ScoobySteve]

I don't like to ponder or speculate at another's possible misfortune.

Let's just see how this pans out.

[Dizzy]

Gibson should research their eBay sellers more thoroughly !

[Dante]

Gibson should research their eBay sellers more thoroughly !

it tell them to stop pandering everything as exotic woods!

[metalmarty]

I'm really curious wether there is a significant difference between the sound of (to name another now illicit timber) brazilian, and indian rosewood, having never played the latter. Played a full braz-neck Warrior Isabella and it felt and sounded heavenly. Anyone have the hands-on experience to differentiate?

On topic: a company like Gibson should know exactly where the wood comes from. It's too big an issue to screw around with exotic timber nowadays. If they knew: shame on them. If not: still not very bright.

[e.mate]

Off Topic: Who is Gibson? I thought it was an actor

[dwells]

pass the popcorn hahah pis funny Col

[bkrumme]

This is interesting. I'm actually hoping Gibson is not at fault here. They're not EBMM, but they do still make some fine products. I'd rather not pass judgement and let the evidence do the talking.

[leftyguitarblue]

thread shut down in T-minus 10,9,8...

[Big Poppa]

there is no reason to shut down the thread....I just hope you would put yourselves in Gibsons shoes and if they are innocent that someone would let due process happen.

How many times does this forum get riled up over something without considering the other side? Lets all be fair and hope that Gibson is innocent. ITs better karma

[fbecir]

Gibson bashing is easy ... just write the two words : "Neck" and "Breakage" close to each other, and you will have 100 posts in 5 minutes ...
It's better to wait for the results of the investigation. We have to trust justice.