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I lost my dang Geezer!!!!
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I lose things while I'm using them these days... I mean like I just had it in my hand not five minutes ago and now nowhere to be found. I'll usually just give up, go sit down and think about something else for a while and then go back to where I was and bang... there it is right where I put it... 
I found the original bridge that I removed from my 62 Fender jazz after it had been being missing for over 30 years. Then I put it some place safe and have never seen it since. I even cleaned out then tore down the building it was in and found nothing...
I found the original bridge that I removed from my 62 Fender jazz after it had been being missing for over 30 years. Then I put it some place safe and have never seen it since. I even cleaned out then tore down the building it was in and found nothing...
You know you're becoming an old Geezer when you forget where you placed your Geezers.
Mom always said, "If it's not where it's supposed to be, it's someplace else. Look there.".
So, I voted Check The Fridge, because....
A couple weeks ago I lost my keys when I got home from work, and I NEVER lose my keys. It's so easy to do that I'm religious about always putting them on the microwave as soon as I walk In the door. So I look around the living room, under the dining room table, in the driveway, under the couch. Then start over again. I had just walked in the door, how far could they go? Finally I remembered putting something in the freezer when I walked in. Checked the freezer - there's my keys.....
So yeah, your pickups are in the freezer. Top shelf....
A couple weeks ago I lost my keys when I got home from work, and I NEVER lose my keys. It's so easy to do that I'm religious about always putting them on the microwave as soon as I walk In the door. So I look around the living room, under the dining room table, in the driveway, under the couch. Then start over again. I had just walked in the door, how far could they go? Finally I remembered putting something in the freezer when I walked in. Checked the freezer - there's my keys.....
So yeah, your pickups are in the freezer. Top shelf....
Ya know, it's always in the last place you look,
So start there!
So start there!
Don't feel bad. I've had to pretty much re-stock my entire home workshop. 
Man, I'm about to lose my mind... or what's left of it.
A few weeks ago I pulled the trigger on an EMG Geezer with wiring harness for my trusty old 80s MIJ P bass. I finally caved to all the good reviews around here. The TBer I bought it from shipped it promptly, packed it well, and sold me what he said he sold me. (Great transaction)
I received the box right before heading to the coast for a week. I was super excited to install it the other night but.... I can't FIND the thing!
I had it. I remember sticking it in a cabinet kind of between our kitchen and breakfast nook. Part of me vaguely remembers maybe taking it to work with me on that Friday before we left so I could Google install tips on my lunch break.
My office stays locked. Nobody ever comes in my building anyway. I'm not worried about it being stolen.
I just misplaced the stupid thing!!!! I have turned my house upside down.... especially my jam room. I checked the office Friday and it didn't turn up.
*sigh*
Just venting. I'll update when I discover where, in a moment of dipstickery, I left it.
I bethcha they're with your keys.
When Mrs. Winslow & I were first married and moved into our house, her folks gave us a $100 gift card for a home supply store. After a while of unpacking, shuffling, and culling of old stuff, we couldn't find it. We looked everywhere, and this was before we'd accumulated anything in the way of a house full of clutter. The best theory we ever came up with was that it wound up inadvertently included in a stack of papers that went into the shredder as we unpacked the boxes of stuff for the office.
Glad you found yours!
Maybe you put it in a very nice and safe place,
every time I do that I can't find it easily!
every time I do that I can't find it easily!
Have to say thanks here; as a 50+ year old bassist this thread resonates with me more than just about anything I’ve read here of late.
I feel your pain. I would have replied earlier but after reading your post I put my specs down & went to make a cuppa joe. Just found the damn’ things...
I feel your pain. I would have replied earlier but after reading your post I put my specs down & went to make a cuppa joe. Just found the damn’ things...
Someone mentioned this above... order another one. When it arrives, the missing one will immediately reappear. Guaranteed.
Put on a Black Sabbath album or CD. Turn the volume up to 11. Let your mind drift. It will come to you.
