Wyliee said:Orpheo said:and yeah, its a stupid law, i know, but hey, you need it to prohibit rogue timber-cutting! I value great guitars, but I also value our environment. PRS, gibson and fender CS dont care so much about law, and do ship abroad. but warmoth wont. thats alot of kudo's towards warmoth! thumbs up!
I doubt those companies are still exporting Brazilian Rosewood. The US is getting very agressive in policing its exports. There can be some hefty fines and seizures if caught.
As far as an alternative fingerboard wood, check out kingwood. Go through the unique choice section to get a darker piece as there can be quite a bit of color variation.
my local guitarstore has a new batch of PRS modern eagle's with BRW necks, and also a few fender CS' with BRW fingerboards...