google "Earle Teat Fire"...my favorite music store was caught in a fire
at least no one got hurt...so that's good

and the delivery of my clapton strat is yet again delayed...
perhaps this is a test of patience from God?
3rd week of waiting for my dream guitar.

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/2 ... S/90116054

You ordered your clapton strat from them? 1 million in loss I wonder how many strats were sacrificed I Just cant imagine all those guitars burning and no one there to help them survive

there were so many beautiful strats(including the founder's 50's..or around that time strat), teles, and gibsons...fortunately the founder's strat was saved...although it was a bit damaged.
the manager said he will have a fire sale sometime with fixable gears.
hopefully i can find the Bassman and a few guitars a nice home...in my room if theyre functional and affordable xD
i dont have enough money to simply "donate"...buying at their fire sale will be the best i can do to support them.

Lets hope we don't see an influx of previously undiscoverd Hendrix charred Strats

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Look fender has a new colour, burnt sienna.

Seriously though, its a tragedy for so many instruments to be destroyed.
hopefully your EC strat won't get caught up in red-tape.

sounds like the work of Jimi's spirit making another sacrifice

A moment of silence for our Strat's fallen brothers and sisters.

If they have a fire sale make sure nothing you get has water damage. Firemen have a rough job, but water is as bad as the fire itself.

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Hopefully insurance will take care of most of the inventory. What may be saddest is, if this is like most of the independent music stores I know, the loss of old one of kind instruments, collectibles, vintage not for sale, for display only stuff that cannot be replaced.

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FHopkins said he saw guitars with terribe water damage in New Orleans after Katrina. He said they were bad - but playable. And later he regretted not picking one up, because it had a kind of cool battered vibe to it.

(Though it's your story, Hop: correct me if I've got it wrong...)

I think a burnt and soaked Strat could be kinda neat, if it still worked. The ultimate heavy relic. Or a guitar with a story, at any rate...

Cheers - C

It would be interesting to find what the insurance company does with the contents. I am sure they will try to recoup some of the loss with the equipment being sold as is by some auction house.

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson

Hmm, the fire was contained in the building, you could not see the fire from the outside of the building, no damage outside the building, yet someone called that knew there was a fire?????

I smell insurance fraud.

These mom and pop shops have taken big hits in their sales with the Guitar Centers, Wal Marts, Best Buys, online availability ect entering the market with their large scale purchasing power, making it hard for them to compete. My friend was operating a small music store and had to close it. The biggest Guitar store in my area for years was the St. Charles Guitar Exchange, almost just like a GC, but had to close its doors. If they could not sustain, the smaller mom and pops are even worse off.

It sounds to me like this owner took another route to this problem in hopes of some ins. compensation...I hope not, but if so, I doubt it works out for him. It's more likely that he will end up in jail, out of work, and no ins. comp. Crime rarely pays off in the long run.

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Guitars:
1. mid 70's Ventura MIJ Gibson l6-s clone (Pre-lawsuit) in Black with Rosewood FB and EMG 81 BR/ 85 Neck
2. ESP KH2 Neck Thru
3. 2008 Am Std Strat in 3 tone sunburst

Or what about Sunburned?

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C'mon: it's flamed maple!

Cheers - C

Boy, you have a tremendous memory Ceri!! Yes ,I saw some that were water damaged but not warped that were in the process of restoration. The tech that had went to New Orleans and salvaged them had several he was working on and the one he showed me had a greenish tint to it's natural wood finish but was a real sweet looking one. He did a wonderful job on the restoration! I tried to buy it but no go as he was keeping it. I have not been back to that particular store since,but they can be brought back to life if not to much water damage!!