you guys are sick, other white meat lol.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

I've only had one guitar stolen and that was almost 25 years ago while in the process of moving.I had removed all my guitar except 2 from the houseThe 2 I left didn't have cases so I intended to return with cases to bring them to the new house.When I got there the next day there were obvious signs of a break in,all that was taken was a $70 Raven acoustic and a cheap pair of stereo speakers.Right across the room from the Raven was a 63 Hagstrom Corvette-one of less than 1,400 made in a 3 year period-that cost $750 in 1963.I figured that the culprit was a neighbourhood punk that knew that I had the guitars but was bright enough to know that the Hagstrom was rare and very difficult to shake in such a small town where everyone knew everone.The cops also suspected him right from the start but of course he was used to B and Es and wore gloves.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

yeah, he would have been wearing a ink pen in his eardrum too if it were mine.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

That is a rough story. Sorry to hear that your friend's bass was stolen. He did report it to the police? I hope he had the Serial Number and pictures of it.

Never talk the price your gear is worth in public, someone will take it. Thieves suck!!!

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RK

2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

Yeah rkreisher the police know about it. Ray is very well known in these parts and very well liked so everyone is trying their best to help him out. He's opening for Iron Maiden soon and got the bass specifically for that show as a treat to himself and hasn't had it long. The damn thing has hardly been played and is probably being mistreated by scumbags.

Sucks big time. I hate that 5h1t.

CC

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Fender Stratocaster (parts build)
Fender Telecaster 72 Custom RI
Fender Telecoustic Deluxe
Gretsch Electromatic Pro-Jet
Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus
Gibson ES-135
Zenith Type-17
Marshall 70's JMP Superbass 100w
Blackstar HT-5

wow that SUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKSSSS.... im generally a very um... "irritable"... person with anyone (family included) but my very closest friends... if some random drunk in a bar stole my gear id go on a rampage and sniff the bastard out myself and rip his limbs off and feed them to him... and if it happened to be raining and he didnt take the case.... i dont even know what i would do....

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Pixies

hmmm, my v-pick while i was using em. I brought my guitar to school to jam with the guitar teacher at lunchtime, just suddenly went missing. But thats no biggy i spose

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riley

did you ask the guitar teacher to turn out his pockets?

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

na i trust him, he's not that older than me and we have very similar musical tastes, but i reckon it was one of the complete idiots who hang out in the PACC all the time.

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riley

Unfortunately yes, back in 2003 I had inherited a 1958 Gibson Les Paul that my grandfather left me. After about 2 months of owning it we had a break-in, they took everything from pots and pans to video games to cell phones and yes my 1958 Gibson Les Paul along with my cables and pedals (they tried to make off with my Marshall JCM 800 but couldn't make it very far) I haven't seen the pedals my cables or the guitar since

Hi D3...Vintage Guitar Magazine offers free ad space to anyone who has had guitars and other gear stolen.Whereas 53 Les Pauls are rare most guitar dealers are and reputable pawn shops are wary when some guy waltzes in off the street with such a rarity.A lot of dealers and pawn shop owners subscibe to VG to keep up with vintage gear prices and I imagine that includes what's floating around that's hot.Their website is www.vintageguitar.com if you provide them with the serial No. and where and when it was stolen it may help.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

Oh my god words can not describe how thankful I am that you informed me of this, the day i get that Les Paul back will be the day my life is complete again!

I had my rig all set up at my keyboardist's house which is where we always jammed. A bass player who was a buddy of my keyboardist (I never liked him) stole an MXR Distortion + from me. Typically, when I leave I'd only leave my amp. But I was going to be gone only a few 30 minutes or so. When I came back, it was gone. That bass player even admits he came in the empty house when we were gone. He was the ONLY one there. But he denied taking it and was quite offended by the accusation. I let it go ... as all my proof was circumstantial. Small potatoes compared to what some of you have experienced, but it still pisses me off...
New lesson for me: Don't leave anything out with nobody to watch it EVER ... even just "for a few minutes".

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