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Checking in from the floor of CITES CoP18 in Geneva. The exclusion for finished musical instruments, parts and accessories was accepted at Committee I by consensus yesterday late afternoon. It was the final item of the day. It should be was adopted by the plenary either later today or tomorrow. It should go into effect 90 days from August 28th.

NPR contacted me and others on this issue yesterday. There should be an article forthcoming as well.

There's been a group of music industry/association representatives that have actively followed and advocated on this issue from the onset of the Dalbergia listing.

Another noteworthy item is that Cedrela (Spanish cedar) was listed on Appendix II but associated with Annotation# 6 so it does not impact finished goods such as guitars. I was a strong advocate on this issue; Martin Guitar uses Cedrela for its lining (kerfing) on every Nazareth built guitar. It's also used on most classical guitar necks.

It's been a long road but definitely worthwhile.

Best to all of you Hamer fans.

Frank  

Checking in from the floor of CITES CoP18 in Geneva. The exclusion for finished musical instruments, parts and accessories was accepted at Committee I by consensus yesterday late afternoon. It was the final item of the day. It should be was adopted by the plenary either later today or tomorrow. It should go into effect 90 days from August 28th.

NPR contacted me and others on this issue yesterday. There should be an article forthcoming as well.

There's been a group of music industry/association representatives that have actively followed and advocated on this issue from the onset of the Dalbergia listing.

Another noteworthy item is that Cedrela (Spanish cedar) was listed on Appendix II but associated with Annotation# 6 so it does not impact finished goods such as guitars. I was a strong advocate on this issue; Martin Guitar uses Cedrela for its lining (kerfing) on every Nazareth built guitar. It's also used on most classical guitar necks.

It's been a long road but definitely worthwhile.

Best to all of you Hamer fans.

Frank  

Checking in from the floor of CITES CoP18 in Geneva. The exclusion for finished musical instruments, parts and accessories was accepted at Committee I by consensus yesterday late afternoon. It was the final item of the day. It should be was adopted by the plenary either later today or tomorrow. It should go into effect 90 days from August 28th.

NPR contacted me and others on this issue yesterday. There should be an article forthcoming as well.

There's been a group of music industry/association representatives that have actively followed and advocated on this issue from the onset of the Dalbergia listing.

Another noteworthy item is that Cedrela (Spanish cedar) was listed on Appendix II but associated with Annotation# 6 so it does not impact finished goods such as guitars. I was a strong advocate on this issue; Martin Guitar uses Cedrela for its lining (kerfing) on every Nazareth built guitar. It's also used on most classical guitar necks.

It's been a long road but definitely worthwhile.

Best to all of you Hamer fans.

Frank  

What's the neck like on the Hamer Goldtop? 0.85 to 0.89 or so?

Hi. Can you send me pics of you fretless V-C? Curious to see your's.

I own a few V-C basses. Have had seven but sold two 8-strings and a fretless that was boogered.

I have a local friend on LI (now a bass dealer/collector) who also has had a good number of them. When I was over there a couple months back he had a one-off V-C Harvey made for a famous player, who recently passed away that was pretty interesting.

jon

Polaris I would love the CT albino mp3s....

revelmark at yahoo dot com

thanks