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I bought a '94 Starfire IV from Canada: https://letstalkguild.com/ltg/showthread.php?201192-SF4-Couldn-t-Resist
Got a call from UPS Customs Brokerage in Seattle asking about the guitar. He had two main questions:
What's the guitar made of?
Are there any fish and wildlife items on it such as Abalone or Mother of Pearl?
My first answer was, "Do you mean more specific than wood?" and he laughed. He was SUPER nice and we got to talking, and he was thrilled when I told him that it was made in the US in 1994 in Westerly Rhode Island because he told me that he had been on Guild's website trying to figure it out and we had a good laugh when I told him that he was much better off asking me about it since Guild would have no clue.
I was really kind of surprised about him asking about MoP and Abalone and asked him about that, and he said yup - even with small abalone inlays you would need to fill out a fish and wildlife form, etc.
I then asked him about CITES and he said, yup - all rolled back for instruments with the exception of Brazilian Rosewood.
I think I've lived in NJ too long. Dealing with polite nice people is kind of jarring. :tongue-new:
On the downside, since it was in customs all weekend it's delayed and now I won't get it until next Monday. Grumble.
Edit: This was not customs. See below.
Got a call from UPS Customs Brokerage in Seattle asking about the guitar. He had two main questions:
What's the guitar made of?
Are there any fish and wildlife items on it such as Abalone or Mother of Pearl?
My first answer was, "Do you mean more specific than wood?" and he laughed. He was SUPER nice and we got to talking, and he was thrilled when I told him that it was made in the US in 1994 in Westerly Rhode Island because he told me that he had been on Guild's website trying to figure it out and we had a good laugh when I told him that he was much better off asking me about it since Guild would have no clue.
I was really kind of surprised about him asking about MoP and Abalone and asked him about that, and he said yup - even with small abalone inlays you would need to fill out a fish and wildlife form, etc.
I then asked him about CITES and he said, yup - all rolled back for instruments with the exception of Brazilian Rosewood.
I think I've lived in NJ too long. Dealing with polite nice people is kind of jarring. :tongue-new:
On the downside, since it was in customs all weekend it's delayed and now I won't get it until next Monday. Grumble.
Edit: This was not customs. See below.
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