CITES - Vigier's Rosewood and other woods used

[yuri1973]

Hello all,

due to the new CITES resolutions/laws, it seems it's now harder to travel/ship guitars, as they have added many new species to the list of protected matereials (i.e. rosewood), and taking effect 1st Jan 2017 if I'm correct.

I would like to ask which type (species) of rosewood do Vigier guitars have (both present and in the past), to assess if this may be subject to needing permits to cross borders.

Any expert on the subject?

In case we would have a guitar with a protected specie, do we need also CITES permits while traveling inside the EU, or just if we go/ship outside of the EU?

 

[yuri1973]

anybody at Vigier to chip in?

[yuri1973]

As an example, this is what Reverend guitars has made available:

http://www.reverendguitars.com/html/support/Rosewood%20Certificate.pdf

Can Vigier provide such a letter?

Merci!

[Ben]

The answer is the M.I. just doesn't know all the implications right now (note the Reverend page has since been removed), or how each countries authorities will implement this, if there will be amendments, exceptions etc. We are out at the NAMM show right now and it has been a hot topic, I don't think we will have a definitive answer just yet and maybe a 'wait and see' how things develop.

 

At Vigier we have 'pre-convention' Rosewood supplies (and certificates) for the current guitars and wood stocks. We this information will be available to dealers when we ship new guitars.

[yuri1973]

Good thanks! Please keep us posted.

About the Reverend notice, they just moved the link, but is still there:

 

http://support.reverendguitars.com/html/support/Rosewood%20Certificate.pdf

 

Good luck at NAMM !