Since 1 January 2017, guitarists and guitar builders are being bullied by the German interpretation of the CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
For the guitar builder, obeying the law is as follows: The used wood has to be registered in a special book provided by the authorities and if sold to be deregistered. The drop-out, if it is still to be used, must now be weighed and marked and re-entered as a new entry in the logbook. Then it must be stored separately. If one were to use these pieces with another instrument that would otherwise not contain any rosewood, the entire bureaucracy must also be applied to this instrument. You could just throw away the small scraps. Since the prudent guitar builder doesn't like this, he whether draws the short straw, or imparts this extra cost to his customers. Sooner or later, however, he wonders whether he wants to continue this effort in the future.
The sale of guitars within the EU is only possible with a corresponding record of origin in the invoice and with corresponding entries in the wood book. Guitarists traveling in other European countries should always carry the invoice or certificate of the woods used with the respective guitar. When selling to a country outside the EU, many forms must be filled on both sides and various fees are to be paid.
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Under the given circumstances it stands to reason to search for alternatives. For years we have been dealing with woods off the beaten track. For example, in 2014 we built four identical Ambitions from Rosewood, Silver Oak, Indian Walnut and Mango to compare them acoustically.
Now we are able to offer completely rosewood-free guitars. We also started testing even more alternative tonewoods. The first two rosewood-free results are of Moa and Tamarind, two really promising woods, albeit for different reasons. Moa is within the price range of Rosewood and sounds very close to it. Tamarind is expensive, but offers a completely new sound combination of extreme string separation, brilliant highs and even more punch than Rosewood.
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The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.CITES are a governing environmental body that look after endangered wild fauna and flora. In 2017 they restricted the sales of Rosewood across international borders to crack down on illegally made furniture, which also affected guitarists.
This law was lifted on November 26 2019. Here's everything you need to know about how it changed the industry and the current laws.
As of November 26 2019, CITES laws on rosewood have been lifted. Travelling with this wood no longer requires a permit. It means you can buy, sell and move freely with guitars made of rosewood - even if it comprises over 10kg or 22lbs as stated by the previous ruling. Restrictions on the rarer Brazilian rosewood are still in place.
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A law was put in place onJanuary 2 2017 by CITES to restrict trade of rosewood across borders. A lot of guitars up to this point weremade using rosewood and it had a major impact on the guitar industry.
It did notapply to guitars (or other instruments) that were traded within the borders of one country, but any time an instrument with rosewood was sold internationally (or in our case outside of the EU) it requiredCITES certification. It also stretchedbeyond Rosewood and into members of the same genus of tree as well as three types of Bubinga.
Manufacturers changed how they made and sold guitars that normally contain rosewood to evade the rule - mainly focusing onaffordable guitar ranges. Popular alternatives still being manufactured today use ebony, maple and pau ferro.
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The success of CITES in supporting legal, sustainable timber trade and addressing illegal trade saw a further 300+ timber species, i.e. all Dalbergia rosewood and palisander species found across the world, being brought under CITES trade controls at CITES CoP17.
Legal international trade in timber is worth hundreds of billions of dollars every year. Thanks to CITES trade regulations, CITES Management Authorities establish the veracity of the legal origins of rosewood and palisander species before they enter international trade, and CITES Scientific Authorities advise on the sustainable nature of the harvest and exports. Customs officials at border crossings across the globe will verify CITES permits for all such international shipments.
As mentioned earlier, the CITES restrictions on rosewood have been lifted. In most cases, this will no longer affect how you purchase or travel with a guitar containing rosewood. However, some rarer forms of the dalbergia wood family such as Brazilian rosewood are still affected by the law. Many guitars containing Brazilian rosewood are high-end models made by the likes of PRS. If you wish to purchase a particular guitar using this wood, contactus for more information.
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