Guitar makers in trouble

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Kate

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Joined: Jul. 8 2003
From: Living in Granada, Andalucía

Guitar makers in trouble

Just read this report in the Independant about guitar makers in Spain facing up to 7 years in jail for importing illegal wood from Brazil. Hope that's not anyone we know.

http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=572651

Kate

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Escribano

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From: England, living in Italy

RE: Guitar makers in trouble (in reply to Kate)

Palosanto? Bastards. Tempting though.

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TANúñez

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Joined: Jul. 10 2003
From: TEXAS

RE: Guitar makers in trouble (in reply to Kate)

There's some very interesting discussions about this over in the Acoustic Guitar forums.

http://www.acousticguitar.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/004261.html

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 16 2004 21:41:48