Story is currently unfolding... Gibson Guitar factory in Nashville (yes, THE Gibson factory) was raided by the US Govt. Initial story was that it was the FBI. Now they're saying it was the Fish and Wildlife Service.
They are being investigated for allegedly importing Madagscaran rosewood illegally. This could be HUGE for Gibson. They have already been going down the shitter in the quality control department... this could be a massive blow. Very interesting.
http://blogs.nashvillescene.com/nashvil ... _fbi_f.php
Also fucking stupid. More rosewood fretboards are more important than some stupid monkey that would rip my balls off for smiling at it.