Gibson Guitar Factory Raided

[Swiss Ultimate]

Gibson Guitar CEO Speaks Out About Raids (http://www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2011/aug/29/gibson-guitar-ceo-speaks-out-about-raids/)

Around 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, agents executed four search warrants on Gibson facilities in the two cities. They seized several pallets of wood, electronic files and guitars.
But Gibson’s CEO says his company has not been told what it did wrong and that he assumes the allegation is that some of the wood being used to manufacture the company’s guitars is illegal.
“Everything is sealed. They won’t tell us anything,” Juszkiewicz said, never raising his voice but pulling no punches in his defense of the storied guitar maker.
He valued the equipment and raw materials seized from Gibson at almost $1 million. At one point, the chief executive said he’s letting the U.S. Justice Department know he’s telling his employees to keep making the instruments.


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This is just like when the government tried to kill Aerosmith! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm813_RC0aI)

[El Fangel]

They would play the blues but...You know what I'm going for here.

[Swiss Ultimate]

As for last week's raid (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903895904576542942027859286.html), the government said it had evidence that Indian ebony was "fraudulently" labeled in an attempt to evade an Indian ban on exports of unfinished wood.
"It is very possible that a broker made the mistake in filling out a form," Mr. Juszkiewicz said. Gibson says the ebony was partially finished for use as fingerboards and that Indian officials have endorsed such exports as legal. A spokesman for India's commerce ministry had no immediate comment.

[Kane Knight]

Shit, I think my SG is Indian ebony.