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Re: Get your GAS now, Rosewood restrictions from 2nd Jan
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 4:03 pm
by JHorner
There are a few items that can't be sent using YouShop. This is because these items can't be exported from the country they are purchased from, imported into New Zealand, or we are restricted from carrying them.
Bags not being first to try it
Re: Get your GAS now, Rosewood restrictions from 2nd Jan
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 7:01 pm
by willow13
JHorner wrote:Torrified maple is better anyway
/Runs away
80% of my guitars are maple
....if I ever get a gig as a real guitarist i'll be sweet
Re: Get your GAS now, Rosewood restrictions from 2nd Jan
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 10:50 am
by handsoffmatt
This new development is making waves in the industry. The new CITES regulations don't just apply to instruments shipping in/out of USA. They apply EVERYWHERE, so buying from anywhere (e.g. Japan) will carry the same issues.
It's hard to know how deep and difficult the impact will be for the private buyer. There is a certainty of course that significant paperwork will need to be completed by the seller, and one would assume that the customs clearance charges here in NZ will increase.
As you might surmise, it's all a massive pain in the arse for everyone in the industry. As the vast majority of guitars from ANY point of origin have rosewood fretboards, it means major documentation on every guitar shipment, everywhere. There are some people fighting for exemption for the music industry as we are but a small sliver of the world's rosewood consumption (most of it is furniture). Frankly though, I don't see that exemption happening. We've been living with the CITES regulations on Brazilian rosewood for some time now, and never got granted an exception in that case.
The world is changing....
This short article is a pretty good summary:
https://reverb.com/au/news/new-cites-re ... od-species
Here is NAMM's statement
https://www.namm.org/issues-and-advocac ... ated-cites
Re: Get your GAS now, Rosewood restrictions from 2nd Jan
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 1:01 pm
by hamo
Maple FTMFW
Re: Get your GAS now, Rosewood restrictions from 2nd Jan
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 6:52 pm
by Molly
Bit worried about that ivory-bound, rosewood neck guitar in the crocodile skin / elephant scrotum trimmed case I just ordered.
Suspect it's fucked...
Re: Get your GAS now, Rosewood restrictions from 2nd Jan
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 6:59 pm
by willow13
hamo wrote:Maple FTMFW
the greenies will come after maple soon to mark my words
Re: Get your GAS now, Rosewood restrictions from 2nd Jan
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 10:17 am
by WellyBlues
Don't worry, Gibson's Henry Jackassowlski will petition Trump to unsign America from CITES. You heard it here first.
Re: Get your GAS now, Rosewood restrictions from 2nd Jan
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 11:21 am
by dayl
RISE EBONY!.....................RIIIIIIIIIIIISE!
Re: Get your GAS now, Rosewood restrictions from 2nd Jan
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 1:00 pm
by Molly
What can I write my environmental protest songs on now?
Re: Get your GAS now, Rosewood restrictions from 2nd Jan
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 1:17 pm
by JHorner
Your orangutan leather banjo?
Re: Get your GAS now, Rosewood restrictions from 2nd Jan
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 1:17 pm
by JHorner
Diddle ling ding ding ook ook
Re: Get your GAS now, Rosewood restrictions from 2nd Jan
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 6:56 pm
by harveysj
Just had my PRS purchase rejected for this reason (rosewood fingerboard) looks like ill have to wait for one to show on trade me....
Re: Get your GAS now, Rosewood restrictions from 2nd Jan
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 8:13 pm
by philipnz
Just snuck through customs in time
Re: Get your GAS now, Rosewood restrictions from 2nd Jan
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 9:07 pm
by null_pointer
Boom! And now with solid gold fretboard!
Re: Get your GAS now, Rosewood restrictions from 2nd Jan
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2016 1:34 pm
by Vince