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Gibson guitars confiscated: what about the Renault Wind Gordini?

By Alison

Yesterday we showed you the official pics of the Renault Wind Gordini edition by Gibson guitars. Well, it seems like the Wind was lucky to get the logos and guitars to show off with as The Truth about Cars reports that the prestigious instrument manufacturer has been the victim of two US goverment raids in as many years, over legislation about the documentation of all raw materials in manufacturing.

According to search warrants provided at the raid, Gibson Guitars is accused of illegally shipping timber for its fretboards. You can check out The Tennessean for an explanation on the complicated legal machinations behind it all, but it says:

Hundreds of items were seized from Gibson’s Nashville facilities including rosewood and ebony in various forms, shipping documents, travel records, guitars including several Les Pauls, product specifications and hard drives, according to the search warrant. A Memphis facility was also raided Wednesday.

While TTAC drew a long bow on the connection between the Gibson guitar raids and the car world (saying that the legislation applies to cars as well - so you’d better have a long list documenting the materials of everything your Renault is made of), you’ve got to wonder what’s in that guitar-stringed upholstery. On a serious note, as a music lover and Gibson fan, here’s hoping the accusations are unfounded and the great guitar-making tradition continues.

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Renault Wind Gordini by Gibson Guitars

By Alison

The one-off Renault Wind Gordini by Gibson guitars has been revealed on the occasion of the Rock En Seine Festival. I’m not personally thrilled about the Renault-Gibson collaboration but the fact that the car is a Gordini version and the guitar one of the great instruments of the world kind of helps things.

The Wind Gordini by Gibson appears in the classic Gordini blue with white racing stripes, and the Gibson side of things is seen on the interior with exclusive leather seats with integrated guitar strings, Gibson logos, lacquered black and chrome trim in the style of an electric guitar and a guitar potentiometer volume knob.

Gibson in turn has created five 1961 Gibson SG guitars with Gordini colouring to celebrate, one of which will be given away at the festival to a solo guitar player, with the winner determined by internet voting.