Originally Posted by: LoanwolfHello GT,
As a full member of guitar tricks it's disappointing to not be able to participate in the contests because I'm not American.
Why is that?
Thank you.

I feel your pain and it would be nice but Import laws, tax, shipping and tariff costs, brand or product infringement laws for a particular country (we can all thank our own governing bodies for those, including the US), each one different, could you imagine having to know and comply with every country's laws as well as US laws on the same that conflict or prevent such things.

I mean its illegal for me to buy, import or possess a cuban cigar... go figure.

GT would need a legal team just for that, much easier just to deal with one country's laws, the one you originate in.

Also I believe that most of the contests are more from suppliers such as Sweetwater than GT themselves, who knows what their stipulations are.