Stolen in Houston: Black Stingray, Fiesta Red 62 RI Jazz, Orange Arbor Explorer

RHFusillo · #1 01-25-2009, 11:32 AM

Three basses were stolen from a prominent Houston bassist this past week. The owner is a TalkBass member who asked me to post this because his computer was stolen at the same time. Cases were not stolen with the basses.

Music Man Stingray, pre-Ernie Ball. Black finish with white pickguard. Finish described as "chewed up." Maple board; 4-bolt neck; neck described as "screwed on too tight." Strung through bridge (not body). S/N unknown. Pictures below.

62 Reissue Fender Jazz Bass. Fiesta Red finish. Rosewood fingerboard, stacked knobs. This is an early model (circa 1983). Serial number is V005724. Easily distinguishable from the back of the body: (1) there is a routing for a battery compartment (a previous owner had installed active pickups; pickups are now passive and only the routing remains), and (2) there are autographs from George Clinton, George Porter, Jr., B.B. King, and Gatemouth Brown on the back. Below are pictures of Larry and his beloved Fiesta Red.

Arbor Explorer Bass. Orange Finish. Owner got silly and wrote "Bädäss" and "Blües" on the back and "E A D G" under the bridge.

If you have any information about these instruments, please PM me or email rfusillo (at) gmail (dot) com. Thank you for any help you can provide.

whoatherechunk · #2 01-25-2009, 11:07 PM

. PM McHaven. He is from Houston and may help.

Justice · #3 01-26-2009, 11:43 AM

check all the pawn shops in the immediate area. When my van was stolen with my gear in it a couple of years ago. Everything was pawned 2 days later. but since the police were so slow at getting the data into the system most of my stuff had been sold by the pawn shop (not far from where my van was recovered) by the time I found it (though an email that had been sent to me by someone who had seen my stolen gear posting)

Also fax the stolen gear list to all of the music stores in town that you can in case the theives try to sell the gear there.

What part of town did this happen in? Got any pics of the gear in question. I'll keep an eye out when i'm hitting the pawn shops in my area

RHFusillo · #4 01-28-2009, 07:53 AM

Added pictures and the S/N of the Jazz Bass.

RHFusillo · #5 01-28-2009, 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justice

What part of town did this happen in? Got any pics of the gear in question. I'll keep an eye out when i'm hitting the pawn shops in my area

The owner told me where this happened: Almeda Mall area and that the police lost these guys around 610 and Wayside. Thanks for your interest.

Justice · #6 02-01-2009, 08:19 PM

thanks for the updateand pics. Not my side of town but i'll still keep an eye out when hitting the shops.

perfektspace6 · #7 02-01-2009, 10:11 PM

I will be on the lookout. Good luck.

NickInMesa · #8 10-30-2009, 09:15 AM

Good luck. I hate thieves. And what I believe that pawn shops should be regulated, all connected to a database, report serial numbers of everything coming in, etc... aren't they banks in the first place?

Seriously, the gear is likely to shop up on Craig's in a few weeks. I would set up some Google Alerts. I can teach you how to do that.