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Billyboygretsch wrote:I see some companies are now taking CITES seriously and have addressed the matter

http://www.jhs.co.uk/news/2017/07/21/vi ... ites-free/

Which of course was the intention. There is a way to make excellent guitars without hurting the environment.

Andrew

I agree - for new manufacture. Nothing anyone can go about the trees which were cut down many years and have been in place on guitars. It's fine using them just can't ship them from one continent to another. However the large companies have licences and get round it. Individual buyers are the ones suffering

alewis41 wrote:

Billyboygretsch wrote:
Which of course was the intention. There is a way to make excellent guitars without hurting the environment.

Andrew

The thing is, not all rosewood is endangered and most used for guitars was coming from sustainable supplies. I guess manufacturers will now either have to substitute something else or else have to obtain CITES certificates - that adds an amount to the price of a guitar. Manufacturers in the US have said there was (possibly still is) a shortage of biologists doing the certificates causing a backlog of instruments, with stories of guitars being shipped around the US to the available people.

You'll need a certificate to ship a vintage guitar across borders.