Stolen basses alert in Atlanta

[Dan55]

Finally back online at home using an old computer. LB75, I'm on the southside. Tanner, mine was natural.

Oh, and you can add my wife's koa Fender ukulele to the list.

Dan

[dminer]

Wow, sorry to hear about the burglary. I was down near Forrest Park on Sat and checked a couple a pawn shops for ya...didn't see anything that matched your descriptions....(although I did see a re-issue Burns Bison for $399 and a squire bronco for $89)..... I work close to Northside Loan (they moved to the West End) so I'll use this as an excuse to go in there and look around this week....good luck and hope your gear turns up...dm

[Spleenface92]

Let me just say, FWIW, I'm a pacifist and a quaker, and I'm wishing I could beat the crap out of said thief.
You don't steal someone's instruments, or anyone's personal belongings. That's just not right.

[bootsox]

Originally Posted by Gadgetjunky

This is why I bought a gun safe for mine. It's just too easy to smash-and-grab guitars.

I know what I'm doing with my next paycheck.

[TRichardsbass]

Send the email to Jim and Darren at Atlanta bBass Gallery. Also, please send me an email with info, serial # and pix to tom@apintl.com so i can send to my dealer network.

Tom

[Dan55]

Like an idiot, I didn't have the serial numbers recorded for the instruments taken. Still working through the insurance claim, but with pictures, etc. I should be able to prove ownership of most of them. So, as a lesson to us all, record all of your serial numbers, take pictures and keep them somewhere besides on your computer, like a flash drive, CD, etc. If they take your computer, external hard drive, etc., your screwed. A backup on Carbonite or another cloud file would probably be the best. Never too old to learn new stuff, albeit somewhat painfully.

Dan

[spaz21387]

Sad to hear about your loss. I wish I could help. The gun safe is a great idea. I plan to write down the serials on my collection asap... I already have pics on my photobucket.

[rapidfirerob]

I'm really, really hoping karma comes his way. What a world. I too need to record serial
numbers of my instruments. I hate to say it but an alarm is a necessity these days. People can still kick your door in and steal your stuff, but they're more likely to go to the next house, I feel. I'm lucky my wife has a business in our house. She tries to watch out for our neighbors as well. Just put my info in Clarion for a quote for my gear. I don't know that my homeowner's will cover it. Best of luck getting your instruments back.

[ShoeManiac]

I really do hate to see threads like this. I'm definitely hoping that you recover your instruments as well as the personal belongings, Dan. But it's definitely reassuring to see so many TBer's checking in that are keeping an eye out for your instruments.

In the meantime, you might want to consider re-posting this in the Lost & Stolen Gear forum. There's a lot of traffic in the Basses forum, but threads like yours can get buried pretty quickly.

[gordon5377]

Originally Posted by Dan55

Like an idiot, I didn't have the serial numbers recorded for the instruments taken. Still working through the insurance claim, but with pictures, etc. I should be able to prove ownership of most of them. So, as a lesson to us all, record all of your serial numbers, take pictures and keep them somewhere besides on your computer, like a flash drive, CD, etc. If they take your computer, external hard drive, etc., your screwed. A backup on Carbonite or another cloud file would probably be the best. Never too old to learn new stuff, albeit somewhat painfully.

Dan

I know what I am doing tonight...getting updated pics of all my basses, with serial numbers. I think I will store it all on a 'thumb drive' and keep it in a bank safe deposit box.

Sorry to hear of your loss, dude.

[the wako kid]

I'm sorry that happened to you man,only a really dickless piece of **** would steral someones guitars.I'm a shoplifter(chewing gum etc) but I still have standards and I know the connection people have with their guitars. I agree with other posts that its probably someone you know. if they picked out your nicest stuff like a 63 SG they definitely had a knowledge of what you had.

[leftiebass]

Is the a central place where people put the serial numbers of stolen bass and guitars? If not there should be. Then when we shop craigslist or pawn shops we could take note.

[LaMarquis J]

Originally Posted by Dan55

Got home from work yesterday and found my back door kicked in and 5 of my basses gone along a couple of six strings.

Roadworn P-bass with a RW Jazz neck and tort guard
Hwy 1 sunburst P bass with a CIJ maple neck and gold guard.
Hwy 1 black P bass with a CIJ rosewood neck and tort guard.
The 3 above all had vintage RI bridges and tuners.
'71 natural P bass w/ a maple '76 neck and neck plate and gold guard. Had that one since '78.
CIJ white '62 RI Jazz bass with a rosewood Allparts neck with block fingerboard inlays and Nordstrand p'ups
Cherry '63 Gibson SG Junior with 1 bent tuning key. I inherited this one from my Dad whe he passed away, which makes it more painful.
'83 Sigma-Martin acoustic flattop.

All pix, etc were on my desktop computer and/or laptop, both of which were also taken. Also gone is an external hard drive I had everything backed up on.

I expect some of this stuff will turn up on Craigslist and ebay, so if anyone out there sees anything suspicious on the Atlanta Craigslist or elsewhere, shoot me a PM. Right now my only computer access is from work.

Thanks,
Dan

Very sorry to hear about your dilemma man. Ill keep an eye open.

[whitedk57]

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/msg/3525392391.html

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/msg/3582424998.html

[rtslinger]

Damn! I hate that! give the police serial #s and any pictures they can work with check the pawn shops even better yet call the pawn shops in your area 10 mile radius and let them know they are hot. craigslist ads your next best bet. Sorry to hear that it really gets me ticked when I hear that kind of stuff sob would be missing thumbs if you steal from me and I find you first!

[Phillip Jordan]

I'm sorry to hear about your loss. This is a terrible world.

[4001]

OMG! I hope you can get that gear back. I can only imagine how you felt when you saw that door kicked in....

BRUTAL

I cannot tell you what I would do to this person if this happened to me. I would most likely get a visit from the FBI if I explained what I'd do on the internet.

I have a dark side...

[HeavyJazz77]

If they're smart they'll probably just hit a pawn shop. When my car was broken into and my Epifani UL-112 combo was stolen, I couldn't even get the pawn shops around here to care. Atlanta Bass Gallery would spot them as stolen pretty quickly and with as many readers in this network as there is, CL or eBay would be foolish.

Hope you get them back!

[LaMarquis J]

This sounds like someone who has to your residence before. Possibly a technician of some kind maybe?