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Stolen Benavente SCD5 - Atlanta

#141
joelb79 said:
You know, how many nights I get home and I'm too tired to load out my Epifani rig and my irreplaceable custom bass..

jeesh... I should have some kind of insurance.
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I am NEVER too tired (have slept-walked my Epi's up 3 flites of steps after a show at 4am) to unload my gear that night. Car and truck windows break quietly and in the middle of the night no one hears ANYTHING. The extra effort despite being dead tied is more than worth it. I refuse to make it easy for thieving a-holes.

That said, I am having a rider added to our HO insurance for my stuff. Remember, insurance co's are in the business of NOT paying claims. If there is a loophole, they WILL find it. Protect yourself.
 
#142
Mojo-Man said:
:cool:
That just bad.
I to had a bass stolen from my car after gig. (1966-Jazz-bass)
Hope you recover bass.
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Why in the world would you leave that in your car?! YIKES!! :confused: I wouldn't leave a Cort in my car let alone a '66 Jazz.... After our shows, we usually hit a local diner or whatnot for breakfast. I get laughed at by my bandmembers for carrying my bass in the place with me. Hey, laugh all they want, I am NOT leaving that in my car. No way. Speaker cabinets I have left, covered, but the bass comes with me. Let 'em laugh.


I hope that lost bass is found, I will look in this area too, just for shats and giggles, you NEVER kno!
 
#143
Federal Law, USC, Title 18, Section 662. Receiving stolen property within special maritime and territorial jurisdiction

Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction
of the United States, buys, receives, or conceals any money, goods,
bank notes, or other thing which may be the subject of larceny,
which has been feloniously taken, stolen, or embezzled, from any
other person, knowing the same to have been so taken, stolen, or
embezzled, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more
than three years, or both; but if the amount or value of thing so
taken, stolen or embezzled does not exceed $1,000, he shall be
fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or
both. :hmm:
 
#144
OldSchoolBass said:
That said, I am having a rider added to our HO insurance for my stuff. Remember, insurance co's are in the business of NOT paying claims. If there is a loophole, they WILL find it. Protect yourself.
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IMHO a HO policy is still really not the way you want to go in insuring your instruments. Even if the claim is paid (and professional use is exclusionary as I understand it and as J has experienced) there's usually a substantial deductible and you're almost guaranteed either a significant increase in premiums or to be dropped completely. Your homeowners insurance is meant to insure your home. Musical instrument insurance is cheap, and it's sole purpose is to, well, insure musical instruments. I have yet to hear of a single denied claim by carriers like MusicPro and Clarion. I'm not saying it hasn't happened, just that I've never heard of it happening. Again, I've never filed a claim myself, and frankly hope to never do so. But for $100 annually my instruments are covered individually for specified replacement value due to damage or loss under any circumstance in any location, professional use or no, with a $100 deductible. To me it just doesn't make sense not to have musical instrument insurance, especially if you gig.
 
#145
Become a member of ASCAP and buy their insurance.
The dues are pretty cheep and the insurance is cheap as well.
And your gear is covered NO MATTER WHAT.
You could toss it down a flight of stairs and have it completely destroyed and it's covered.
A LOT of tours and touring guys have their coverage for this reason.

90% of home owners insurance will cover your gear, if it's on your property or in your house.
Once it leaves, you're on your own.
Now, if you get a special clause or rider attached covering your gear away from home, it's uber expensive with high deductables.
At least it is with my home owners.
 
#147
Craig Garfinkel said:
IMHO a HO policy is still really not the way you want to go in insuring your instruments. Even if the claim is paid (and professional use is exclusionary as I understand it and as J has experienced) there's usually a substantial deductible and you're almost guaranteed either a significant increase in premiums or to be dropped completely. Your homeowners insurance is meant to insure your home. Musical instrument insurance is cheap, and it's sole purpose is to, well, insure musical instruments. I have yet to hear of a single denied claim by carriers like MusicPro and Clarion. I'm not saying it hasn't happened, just that I've never heard of it happening. Again, I've never filed a claim myself, and frankly hope to never do so. But for $100 annually my instruments are covered individually for specified replacement value due to damage or loss under any circumstance in any location, professional use or no, with a $100 deductible. To me it just doesn't make sense not to have musical instrument insurance, especially if you gig.
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Thanks for the info! I will look into that immediately. As much of a nightmare as having my stuff taken, or losing my gear would be, having some smug (non-musician I'm sure) someone slamming a door in my mugg regarding a claim would be worse. NOt good. :spit:
 
#148
I have something a little different. I have a personal propery policy for my gear that is from the same company as my homeowners, but I don't think it is actually a part of my homeowners policy. I specifically checked with them, and they cover my gear, which has been listed by the item on the policy, for any problem at all, at any location. They even allow the occasional use for gigs, as long as it isn't considered professional work.

My insurance company is USAA. I haven't had to make a claim yet, but I only pay about $45 a year for about $12000 in equipment. If I have any problem with a claim, which I hope I won't, I won't hesitate to move on to another policy with a music gear specific company.
 
#151
What kind of idiot would steal such a thing as this? It is so distinctive that no one could use it on stage anywhere near where you are (and with forums like this, potentially anywhere at all) without severe risk of being caught.

Did you post the serial number? I didn't see it in either thread; maybe I just missed it.
 
#152
ggunn said:
What kind of idiot would steal such a thing as this? It is so distinctive that no one could use it on stage anywhere near where you are (and with forums like this, potentially anywhere at all) without severe risk of being caught.

Did you post the serial number? I didn't see it in either thread; maybe I just missed it.
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I was told that if I did post the serial number, I should block out the last 3 digits...

Like this:
120XXX
(^which is the serial # of this bass)
 
#153
OldSchoolBass said:
Thanks for the info! I will look into that immediately. As much of a nightmare as having my stuff taken, or losing my gear would be, having some smug (non-musician I'm sure) someone slamming a door in my mugg regarding a claim would be worse. NOt good. :spit:
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Check here first:

http://www.musicins.com/

Joan A. Gallo
Heritage Insurance Services, Inc.
826 Bustleton Pike, Suite 203
Feasterville, PA 19053
215-322-8705
1-800-289-8837 Music Insurance Program
215-322-5854 Fax
[email protected]
 
#154
j-raj said:
I was told that if I did post the serial number, I should block out the last 3 digits...

Like this:
120XXX
(^which is the serial # of this bass)
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Well, of course it's too late now, but it might have been a little better to publish the last digits rather than the first. There are probably a whole lot more that look like that with the first 3 digits the same than the last 3.

No big deal; it's pretty distinctive, anyway. I shudder to think how much that bass is probably worth. Good luck in your search.
 
#155
ggunn said:
Well, of course it's too late now, but it might have been a little better to publish the last digits rather than the first. There are probably a whole lot more that look like that with the first 3 digits the same than the last 3.

No big deal; it's pretty distinctive, anyway. I shudder to think how much that bass is probably worth. Good luck in your search.
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I hear what you mean, but since the serial on Chris' basses/guitars are actually the date that they were started/built, there aren't that many from December of last year... plus, NONE of them have my pickup config. Mine's the only one with that body shape and pick up layout.
 
#156
ggunn said:
What kind of idiot would steal such a thing as this? It is so distinctive that no one could use it on stage anywhere near where you are (and with forums like this, potentially anywhere at all) without severe risk of being caught.

Did you post the serial number? I didn't see it in either thread; maybe I just missed it.
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A bottom feeder who stole it doesn't care about it being disinctive - I guarantee it isn't a musician who took it.

This whole thing just rots. I hate thieves.
 
#157
It was probably a crackhead who stole it, and has fenced it to one of his "suppliers" by now, who will, in turn, eventually try to move it either by trying to sell it on eBay, or a pawnshop. If my theory is correct, it should show up in a pawnshop within a few weeks, hopefully none the worse for its experience, and hopefully the police report will have been on file at the pawnshop. I'd look for it to show up in Nashville, Chattanooga, north side of ATL, or possibly even Miami, and perhaps even as far northeast as North Carolina. I put an email alert on my eBay for "Other basses" and "Benavente bass", in case the jackass tries to pass it off there. I also have been to several large, music-oriented pawnshops on the south and southeast side of Houston, just in case. They won't tell me if it has been in, because I am not the original owner of the stolen property, and I don't have a police report. But I told them to please call the authorities if it shows up, which they agreed to do.
 

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