Slightly tongue in cheek (left upper) title as the process is still ongoing. I’ve seen lots of ‘The sky is falling, it’s the end of being able to bring rosewood into the country’ type posts across a few topics following the updates to the CITES regulations and always took them with a pinch of salt – my glass is usually half full and I’m a firm believer that things are only ever a problem if you let them be. To that end, I wasn’t deterred from ordering a guitar from abroad so here’s my story so far. I consider it a service to the forum rather than just me buying a guitar!
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Unless I'm missing something. You're not much of a story teller.
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
Stay where you are and enjoy that warm sensation
My music:- https://soundcloud.com/hubobulous
In a turn of events that would have surprised the aforementioned 17 year old lewism, I didn’t end up a wildly successful amalgam of John Entwhistle, Kris Novoselic and Nicky Wire but rather a Technical Manager in the food industry. I also ended up playing guitar rather than bass. Among other things, a significant proportion of my job is ensuring that records are kept and completed correctly and would stand up in a court. I’m not too bad at it, I even audit other companies to ensure that they’re doing it correctly. I made sure to include as much detail as possible in my description of the guitar – make, model, serial number, year of manufacture, what on the guitar was rosewood etc, the fact that it was made in the USA and had been there ever since – I made sure it was bulletproof. Predictably, I’d not filled thisform in quite properly. Two hours after I submitted the form via email, I received one back from APHA telling me what I’d done wrong and that I needed to resubmit. After quite a few years in the working world, the email struck me as oddly formal in tone , again as though going back in time about 20 years. I strongly suspect that whoever sent me the email wears a tie to work, and quite a plain one at that. Anyway, I updated the form, attached a copy of the US CITES paperwork and resubmitted on Wednesday 17th, which brings the story up to date.