Mr_Rockhead
Slouching toward Medicare
They are being charged with smuggling, it appears.
Why don't they buy their wood from an American tree farm?
They are not being charged with smuggling. The problem is that there is a law in the country of origin that demands that this would be finished prior to export by workers in the other country.
UNDIEPUNDIT / I've Been Doin' Some Thinkin' (IBDST): The Gibson Blues
I wonder what they mean by "finished"?
I would think Gibson should get to do the finishing work on such high-priced woods (that are going into instruments with their name on it).