international travel

First, this post is not intended to be about the wisdom of touring internationally with a vintage instrument, but about the chance an instrument with a Brazilian Rosewood fretboard might get flagged under CITES regulations when you go through US Customs. Are there any known artists who...

While picking up my 1965 Fender Jazz Bass after getting fret work, a replacement bone nut and a set-up, the techs told me that because the instrument has a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard, that it can not leave the United States. Any attempt to send it abroad, either as my playing instrument or...