Freebird
Well-known member
Had my first bad experience with customs. They would not let a Tokai made Greco through U.S. customs that I bought on eBay from Japanese seller. The seller said it happens every once in a while now and it’s very random, although much more common. He said the recent trade war with China has contributed to this problem specifically any guitar that looks to be a copy of American guitars. He tried several times to get it through customs for me and he was finally warned by customs to stop trying. It had nothing to do with the Rosewood board. Rather because it look like a Gibson Les Paul. He said he would not put this guitar on the market for overseas sale for a while for fear that he could suffer consequences. He said there is no rhyme nor reason to it really. They (U.S. Customs) just do what they want, whenever they want to.