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Re: Gibson Guitar Raid

It seems there is something new everyday on this snooping and targeting. I heard just today that the EPA is monitoring Joe's amp settings.

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Re: Gibson Guitar Raid

smile    Good one, tag!

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Re: Gibson Guitar Raid

Angela wrote:

Not to get political, BUT the first thing I thought of with the recent news about the iRS was, I wonder if this trickles down to what happened to Gibson??

For What Its Worth....
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/penns … _wood.html

Thanks for the link I will keep my opinions off of here. Did hear Henry speculate he was in fact targeted in a recent interview.

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76 Reply by bump827 (edited by bump827 2013-06-07 17:36:24)

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Re: Gibson Guitar Raid

Jane H. wrote:

related to the topic, jclark42796 posted this recently
https://forum.jbonamassa.com/viewtopic.php?id=24795


http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/N … itars.aspx
"Whew!
 
The long-delayed United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) report on the Lacey Act was delivered to Congress last week, and guitarists can finally breathe a major sigh of relief.
 
The report states that an instrument owner would “not need to submit a Lacey Act declaration for the instrument upon entry into the United States because APHIS is not requiring the submission of a Lacey Act declaration for such informal entries.”

The report also highlights the difficulty of collecting the information required by the declaration, and states that there is no hard evidence that the Lacey Act has reduced illegal logging.
 
Prior to this report, it was unclear what documentation was needed, as well as what penalties might be levied against musicians for traveling with guitars.
 
That worry has now been put to rest!
 
The full report is available on the IWPA website.
 
And if you are traveling with guitars, check out these tips for safe traveling."

Thanks - not that my LP Customs were that much but better safe than sorry. And I do have the hard shell cases if I take one with me

Alan