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Shawn Brock -> RE: Your Guitar ccould be confiscated (May 21 2012 17:17:07)
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The funniest and most absurd part of the article was:
"But Alexander wants to make clear that the Lacey Act “was not intended to seize instruments made of wood harvested before 2008.” He said he and Wyden plan to write a letter to the federal agencies to clarify that point."
Guess he don't know about woods being air dried? If wood was harvested in 2008, it shouldn't be making music for quite a while...
At airports they are asking questions regardless of what this article says, or implys. I was asked about my Castillo blanca the last time I went through airport security with it. The agent said, "Sir can you tell me where this wood came from?" I just smiled and said, son that's an all American guitar! He said, "I thought so, have a good day." In the back of my mind I was thinking, guess this guy can't read or don't want to read the label... All the wood in the guitar is and was legal, but how do you explain woods to someone who don't even look at a label before asking questions...
As if trying to hash out a living in the music business wasn't hard enough... As if words airport and guitar in the same sentence wasn't already a cause of fear for musicians... Now you have people who will be educated just enough on woods to become a danger to the working musician. Half or more of these TSA agents don't even know how to deal with elderly passengers in wheelchairs, (something they were trained for when they got the job), but now some fool will set out to teach them how to identify different species of wood on sight... Aw yes, America and I are growing apart. I'm sick of paying taxes to support people who have nothing better to do with their time than harass guitar players. And no, I'm not sticking up for Gibson... I have harbored a low opinion of them for many years now...
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