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  1. From the Anchorage Daily News: the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service intercepted a shipment of ten new PRS guitars intended for Hong Kong, but found to be without permits. They were donated to the Anchorage School District. See the article for photos and more details: “Fish and Wildlife intercepted the instruments in Anchorage in July 2018, said Chris Andrews, supervisory inspector with the federal agency. The guitars, commercially shipped from the East Coast and bound for Hong Kong, were declared as clothing. When wildlife inspectors opened the cases, they found the instruments without required permits, he said. The guitars feature Brazilian rosewood — protected by an international treaty — and can’t be exported without permits, Andrews said. Andrews said it’s rare for inspectors to intercept illegally transported Brazilian rosewood products in Anchorage, Alaska’s air cargo hub. More often, they’re catching products made from crocodile skin such as handbags or watchbands that don’t have the proper permits, he said. Each triggers a specific process. With the 10 guitars, Fish and Wildlife started a civil forfeiture proceeding, and the instruments were eventually given up. Andrews said a guitar dealer shipped the instruments, not the manufacturer. He declined to name the dealer.”
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  2. It was a 1954 Les Paul Custom. Interesting because it had 3, rather than the usual 2 humbuckers. But do you know the entire story about the guitar? Frampton was on tour in 1970. The guitar was on a cargo plane that crashed and Frampton assumed the guitar was destroyed. It was returned to him decades later. NPR story about the guitar. Guitar World Story.
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  3. Here are some clues. And here. I defer to our guitar detectives to do the rest.
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  4. https://www.npr.org/2019/08/27/754509680/musical-instruments-to-be-exempt-from-restrictions-on-heavily-trafficked-rosewoo Rosewood is not ban no more. Don"t need permit for music instruments .Not even a piano. Some times people make rules and dont understand what they did.
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  5. Cool......Good redirection and use of illegal shipment!
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