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Originally Posted by pinefd
Wow, John, I hadn't noticed that before. That's interesting. I wonder if it's a Lacey Act thing...
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It's not a Lacey issue if you source the wood within the states, from dealers/manufacturers who either have old stock (grand-fathered in) or have the paperwork to cover new stock. Personally, if I had a stock pile of Brazilian right now, it wouldn't see the light of day until I retire.
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Originally Posted by Sct13
...he has a couple of real bursts that he keeps as reference guitars and copies the top carve from them...
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Really? Kim has a half-million dollars worth guitars laying around for copying the top carves? Did not know that.
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Originally Posted by Sct13
...rubber cement Gibson uses to glue the neck down...
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Just because Titebond cures with a matrix (RF, UV, and Catalyst cure) instead of a crystaline structure like hide glue does not mean it's rubber.
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Originally Posted by Sct13
...since the old rose wood is striped off, new Brazilian wood is used to to bring it up a historical notch (a large notch in my book)...
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You might want to check on that. It appears as though Brazilian is no longer the HM standard; it's a $750 upgrade.