What Does Cites Mean For Guitar Production In 2017? |
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Dec 16 2016, 03:43 PM
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Hey everyone,
I just received an email from TimberTones that they are selling off their remaining rosewood plectrums before the new CITES regulation takes effect on January 2nd 2017. ( this regulation also effects three types of Bubinga) The new regulation can be read here It looks to be a way of 'cleaning up' where the woods are sourced from. Will be interesting to see how it plays out. Chris |
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Dec 16 2016, 05:25 PM
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Well, new Brazilian rosewood hasn't been available on guitars since the early 70s. Some of the very high end and older manufacturing companies like Martin have/had some older sourced wood but it was/is only available on their most expensive pieces. So I would say very little impact. There's always 'other' wood.
It will affect furniture makers a lot more. This post has been edited by klasaine: Dec 16 2016, 05:27 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Dec 16 2016, 08:00 PM
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This regulation also impacts ROSEWOOD which is very common for guitar fretboards. It may increase overall costs a bit since some of the cheaper sources of Rosewood may be off the table for some builders now. It may also make other woods more common on guitar fretboards such as MAPLE for example. I'd be fine with that as Maple is my fave fretboard materials (But thats just me I realize).
Good point about Furniture builders. They require wads of timber so they might feel it a bit more. If it does impact the use of Rosewood on fretboards, it could make guitar with rosewood fretboards a bit more pricey in the secondary/after/used market as well. But we shall see  Just speculation at this point.Even if costs don't come in to play, having another layer of regulation on these woods could make them less often used by builders and thus more rare on new instruments, therefore giving value to some older instruments that are made with such woods, simply due to rarity. It also impacts BUBINGA which is a popular material for making guitar NECKS as it's very strong/stiff wood. Ibanez uses a "Bubinga Stripe" on some guitar necks to make them stronger. Some builders use bubinga for entire guitar bodies/necks. So an old Ibby with Bubinga in the neck and rosewood on the fretboard may get a bit more expensive. They are already a bit expensive so it might make ibby hunters like me pay a bit more for old ibbys Todd QUOTE (Chris Harrington @ Dec 16 2016, 10:e or43 AM)  Hey everyone,
I just received an email from TimberTones that they are selling off their remaining rosewood plectrums before the new CITES regulation takes effect on January 2nd 2017. ( this regulation also effects three types of Bubinga) The new regulation can be read here It looks to be a way of 'cleaning up' where the woods are sourced from. Will be interesting to see how it plays out. Chris |
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