Raid for illegal wood

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No, not at Ron Jeremey's house, at Gibson. Wonder if any cuemakers were ever raided or got in trouble for buying illegal wood. I guess that would be like conflict diamonds and similar things.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/...n-guitar-was-raided-by-the-justice-department

Interesting quote about traveling with exotic wood, which it looks like applies to all things made with wood that may be endangered or sourced from illegal logging.

"He's even warned clients to be wary of traveling abroad with old guitars, because the law says owners can be asked to account for every wooden part of their guitars when re-entering the U.S. The law also covers the trade in vintage instruments."

Next thing you know, the Mosconi Cup team will be locked up trying to get back to the US due to an inlay of some illegal wood or other.
 
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Hey, thats an oldie Mountain Dew label.
Do you remember that off to the side it always said who it was filled by.
As in, Filled by Bill and Edna.

There are so many types of rose wood for example, it might be hard to determine the difference between East Indian and Brazilian.

When you are traveling, you check your cues in a traveling case before you board. I suppose if you were traveling abroad, you might have to open your belongings in front of a customs officer. I don't know, I have never been out of continent. As far as I know, the handlers check your baggage thru to your next flight and if you're lucky, you might get
them when you land.

Exactly when might you find yourself in a situation that you might have to
show someone your cues?

I think people are getting too excited about something that will never happen.

Maybe a larger production cue company might get raided but for the amount of wood the average cue maker will have on hand, I doubt it would raise any eyebrows. The exotic wood suppliers might get a visit sometime tho, never know.
 
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