Officials Seize Wood Materials At Gibson Guitars

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Law enforcement officials raided a Gibson manufacturing plant in Nashville after allegations the company has been illegally importing endangered wood from West Africa.

FBI agents confiscated items Tuesday afternoon at the facility off Elm Hill Pike.

Gibson manufactures acoustic and electric guitars. The company also makes pianos through its Baldwin brand.

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You'd think they'd have something better to do.

Like maybe arrest real criminals...

Nah, can't have that.

This will raise the prices of pre-ban guitars.

This will raise the prices of pre-ban guitars.
LMAO

Hell, I'm just tickled ICE seems to have a handle on SOMETHING crossing the border illegally. I'd about give up.

Lowell

Next thing you know the mexican government will be claiming Mariachi bands get their illegal wood guitars from the USA. After all, every music store carries them and you can even buy them on the internet.

This will raise the prices of pre-ban guitars.

Like my brother's 1932 Gibson?

I wonder who the FBI wood expert is since J.Edgar mouth like a Hoover.

You'd think they'd have something better to do.

Like maybe arrest real criminals...

Nah, can't have that.


my sentiments exactly...

I'm tellin ya it's gonna be cheaper to just sit your ass at home and wait. Soon we will all be criminals.

Scott

I'm tellin ya it's gonna be cheaper to just sit your ass at home and wait. Soon we will all be criminals.

Scott

Well, if'n you're agonna become a criminal by default, then like they used to say in the Army ads- Be ALL you can be!

But seriously; endangered WOOD???? What; do the African natives use too much of it to cook all that endangered animal bush meat stew?? :D About the ONLY thing they never seem to put on the endangered list over there in Africa, is Africans. Fast as they kill each other off between the various tribal wars and AIDS and such, you'd think they would be the ones who were suffering from thinning out the herd.

But nope; I guess the trees are worth more than the natives to them. Priorities...

Sally struthers fixed africa.

Sally struthers fixed africa.

How; by trying to eat it?

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you know the sale of endangered wood directly funds global terrorism, just like that $10 worth of pot you bought last week. but pay no attention to the fact that we pay the Taliban millions for security work. and now I think I pulled a damn muscle rolling my eyes too hard.

I don't think my Hagstroms have green cards ...

Now what???

T

Actually the africans aren't endangered.

We on the other hand are becoming more rare by the minute.

We are destroyed for a lack of knowledge.

We don't even know who our enemy is.

Matter of fact we support our own destruction.