Forest Preservation Strikes a Chord with Guitar Makers

17 August 2007, 10:00:00 Alana Herro

Any guitar lover knows that quality wood is a vital component to a great instrument. But not all are aware that the wood used to make most guitars comes from rare, ancient, and disappearing forests. To address this concern, a handful of guitar manufacturers and musicians have partnered with the environmental group Greenpeace to promote sustainable logging practices in forests that provide wood for the instruments. “This is both a public relations effort and an effort to do the right thing for our kids,” Henry E. Juszkiewicz, chief executive of Gibson Guitar in Memphis, Tennessee, told the New York Times.

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