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For anyone with D. nigra on their guitar
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keith
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Joined: Sep. 29 2009
From: Back in Boston
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RE: For anyone with D. nigra on thei... (in reply to Ricardo)
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ricardo--the below is from the link i posted. the problem is not so much an instrument will be seized if you the owner are traveling with it, at least that is my interpretation of reading the law. i guess it is that "non-commerical clause" that is a little fuzzy. does that mean you cannot play your guitar to make money? the problem is that if you, the owner of said guitar, decide to sell said guitar then you may be breaking the law by doing so. imagine the brw guitar built in 1993. it is doubtful any documentary evidence was provided with the guitar stating when the brw was harvested and the only documentary evidence is a label that states: "espana, 1993"--clearly after June 1992. you may then be out of luck to sell the guitar. i doubt the federal henchmen know the brw in that guitar may have been cut during the summer of love (1967) or during jimmy carter's presidency. another question is, will the usps, fed-ex, ups, etc. begin to open your package to determine you are not shipping illegal wood across state lines? a weird variation of the mann act--instead of taking women across state lines for impure reasons one is taking wood across state lines (ok, bad pun). across country lines? will e-bay forbid brw guitars from entering onto the auction block? will foroflamenco be in some way affected by this law? here is the quote: "....provided you can clearly demonstrate (using written records or other documentary evidence) that your specimen was imported prior to the CITES listing, with no restrictions on its use after import. If you are unable to clearly demonstrate that this exception applies, the specimen may be used only for noncommercial purposes......"
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Date May 30 2014 14:58:14
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Tom Blackshear
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Joined: Apr. 15 2008
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RE: For anyone with D. nigra on thei... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
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quote:
ORIGINAL: Anders Eliasson quote:
Anders you clearly don't understand and the issue It could be that there are parts that i dont fully understand, but some of them I do understand. There has been a lot of cheating and trying to not have to follow rules and laws going on for a long time. This includes wood cutters, wood sellers, instrument builders, instrument sellers and instrument buyers. It has been a box full of worms for a long time. I agree, in part with what you say, this is the reason I have but a a couple of sets left and have not renewed my stock with it. My last sizable purchase was in the late 70's and I have grown accustomed to E. I. rosewood for most of my builds. But I believe that a lot of this ecological trend is being put in motion by those who would gain power to tax every living and animate thing we own. I'm sure some of it is to finance and support the system's management but I hope it is balanced by law to mandate a fair representation. The point in taxing something (cut wood) that has been in existence, since before the Cites Treaty, is somewhat over-kill, imho. If the wood can be dated, then it should not be taxed, even with today's building programs. There is no sense, whatsoever, to deny the wood its place to be built into something wonderfully artistic.
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Date May 30 2014 15:24:18
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