of guitars and greenpeace

who'd a thunk it?

i played for YEARS and years. everything from classical to blues - my forte (and i use that term VERY loosely) was folk though. i stopped playing but still have my gibson b something 12, could be 45 or 52 but i think it's a 25 -12, i don't remember (12 string). she's a beauty!

Saving Trees Is Music to Guitar Makers’ Ears

By GLENN RIFKIN
Published: June 7, 2007

Christian F. Martin IV is the sixth generation to run his family’s renowned guitar-making business, C. F. Martin & Company. But he is surely the first to worry about the availability of the distinctive woods needed to build Martin guitars, the choice of musicians like Sting, Paul Simon, Jimmy Buffett and John Mayer.

As old growth forests have been razed and several species of tropical woods like mahogany, ebony and rosewood have become much scarcer, guitar makers like Martin, Taylor, Fender and Gibson have had to rethink the notion that there is an inexhaustible supply of the desired woods to make their instruments.
As small, privately held companies, these instrument makers have banded together to join the burgeoning corporate social responsibility movement, not just to appear politically correct but to ensure their long-term survival.........