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02-04-2010, 03:00 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Canada. | | | Bass and Amp/Cab security.
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Other than putting your gear in Fort Knox what do you guys do to secure your gear at your house? Has anyone made a metal rack to lock up their bass cases or used a cable lock to slow down burglars?  |
02-04-2010, 03:02 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Harkte Amps | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nashville, TN | | | I use ADT and Mossberg to secure my belongings |
02-04-2010, 03:05 PM
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02-04-2010, 03:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Canada. | | Umm when you are not home guys. Yes I have ADT but a smash and grab only takes a few minutes.  |
02-04-2010, 03:09 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Genz Benz Amps, Lakland Basses | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas | | | Thats why you have a big dog as a pet!!
... along with Smith & Wesson |
02-04-2010, 03:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Alabama | | | Big Dog with training
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02-04-2010, 03:11 PM
|  | Perfectly Adequate. | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Littleton, CO, USA | | | I have an electric case that is voice activated. if anyone else touches it it's 15,000 volts and a trip to the hospital. It does the trick.
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02-04-2010, 03:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Duke City | | | 9mm. |
02-04-2010, 03:17 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Harkte Amps | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nashville, TN | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Randall  Umm when you are not home guys. Yes I have ADT but a smash and grab only takes a few minutes. | get gear insurance then if you're that paranoid. I've got it. my stuff walks away with someone else, I get new stuff. Plus anyone manly enough to smash and grab my amp/cab, I'm probably not gonna mess with them.
Most break ins around me are punk kids that are looking for quick easy to carry crap...IE...Xbox games, DVDs, DVD players, cash, coins, & guns. Likely your gear wouldn't get touched. To hard to carry and conceil making a get away. |
02-04-2010, 03:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Austin, TX | | 55 muscular, barking, pounds of English Staffordshire Terrier works for me.
On the other hand, I'd applaud anyone who'd have the balls to try and move my gigging amp down 3 flights of stairs with anything resembling rapid forward momentum. If I tried to do that, I'd be killed! 
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02-04-2010, 04:38 PM
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02-04-2010, 04:41 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: La Mesa (San Diego area), Cali | | | Remington, Ruger and Dan Wesson for me...
Plus, fixing landscaping, lighting... Nothing like vicious thorn bushes where a thief would want to stand - I actually found cloth scraps one time. Makes me smile!
Dan K.
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02-04-2010, 04:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Washington State | | | -A firearm is only good IF you are home. (Chances are you won't be). Dogs are good unless the one breaking into your home comes prepared and brings a nice big steak to keep it busy while taking your belongings.
Insurance is the only way to go. Most homeowners insurance covers personal belongings up to a limit so you might already be covered. Just making sure you have pictures, ect. |
02-04-2010, 06:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: :noitacoL | | | Glock .45
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02-04-2010, 07:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Austin, TX | | What I use is... wait a minute! I'm not going to post my security measures on a public forum!  |
02-05-2010, 09:31 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Harkte Amps | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nashville, TN | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Knowlton Remington, Ruger and Dan Wesson for me...
Plus, fixing landscaping, lighting... Nothing like vicious thorn bushes where a thief would want to stand - I actually found cloth scraps one time. Makes me smile!
Dan K. | That's awesome! |
02-05-2010, 09:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Winston Salem, NC | | | Insurance, of course
Keep a record of the serial numbers and identifiable features, or put your own mark somewhere on the gear- like taping a business card inside the amp.
but GPS / RFID tracking devices are small and cheap enough to put on your gear.
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02-05-2010, 10:45 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Illinois, USA | | | It's a calculated risk. Where I am, they'd have to be really determined to get my amps/cabs. And they probably wouldn't because the TV, DVD, computer, etc. are a LOT easier to convert into cash than a bass amp and some cabinets.
Be prudent, and relax...
John
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02-05-2010, 11:01 AM
|  | Bass lines like a big, funky giant | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Southern MN | | | Locks on the doors and windows. Alarm if you're in a high crime area. Insurance.
You will go nuts - and broke - trying to prevent everthing bad from ever happening to your stuff.
How do you keep your rig from being burned in a fire? Sprinkler system? No, wait, that would ruin the rig anyway. You'd better have a fireproof vault to put everything in...
How do you keep your rig safe from an airplane crashing into your house? Automatic antiaircraft guns on the roof? |
02-05-2010, 11:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Canada. | | | Lots of good advise. I was thinking of a gun type locker that would be a deterrent to a petty thief. I know a pro would be able to break into anything I could weld up if they had the time and motivation. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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