I heard today that they have placed three more woods on the
endangered species list, which means guitar makers will be without the use of
Madagascar Rosewood and Honduras Mahogany soon. The third wood is an African
wood not used in the making of guitars, mandolins, lutes or pianos.
Might not mean much to my non-guitar playing friends, but it
says to me that alternative woods are going to have to come on line faster than
ever. It also says we are cutting down a lot of trees. To be sure, most of them are cut for
furniture and housing, but still, without these precious woods for instruments;
carbon fiber guitars are the wave of the future.
So the next time someone comes along talking about regulating
the things we use– the natural resources we consumer, the next time you poo-poo
them for being liberal and a jerk and an alarmist…remember, guitar players,
your next guitar may be plastic, because we cut down too many trees.
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