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Penalty Looms For U.S. Guitars Made From Rare African Wood

Aug. 7 (GIN) – A crackdown on illegal logging and deforestation in the East African island nation of Madagascar will be felt in the U.S. with a looming fine of $ 300,000 for the maker of the world-famous Gibson Guitar.
A criminal investigation into the illegal import of rare wood snared the Nashville-based Gibson Guitar Corp which has now acknowledged it “may have violated” environmental protection laws in Madagascar. Gibson guitar owners include B.B. King and AC/DC’s Angus Young.
The musical instrument company had acquired unfinished ebony fingerboards through a

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