The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Fender Basses => Topic started by: Chris P. on November 17, 2008, 06:53:48 AM
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A friend of mine borrowed my MIM 50s P for some days for a gig. He left it in his car, someone broke in. And it's gone:(
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Sorry to hear about this :sad:
Many moons ago at my very first music lesson at the age of 13, the first words out of my teachers mouth were, "don't ever leave your instrument sitting in the back seat of a parked car."
The night before my teacher lost a guitar that way :o
Rick
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Too bad.
He's no friend of yours if he cares so little for your instrument that he would leave it in a car.
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Well, he left his car for half an hour, because he had to arrange something after a gig. In that period it's done. I leave basses in my car for half an hour too sometimes. But of course the guy's very sorry and he can kick himself in the balls now for doing that. It's his responsibility, so he pays. But he;'s a good friend, so I feel bad for him too.
And it was a newe bass, but i was a little attached. I played a gig at the famous Paradiso venue with it.
But the reason to buy that bass was to keep my vintage basses at home. This one's replacable. My '76 Bird or 4005 hardly are.
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This one's replacable.
Amen. At least your buddy can get you another pretty much anywhere. Or have the car insurance cover it. I hope you (everyone) has the serial number written down to cover you for that, and to file a police report. You never know - you could be watching the grass grow in 2018 when the cops call to say it turned up. That does happen!
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let him kick himself in the balls anyway, if that's even possible.
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... You never know - you could be watching the grass grow in 2018 when the cops call to say it turned up. That does happen!
Sure does. In early 2006 Eric Johnson recovered 3 or 4 guitars that had been stolen from him in the 80s.
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Sorry to hear that Chris,
I've "lost" two basses to theivery, my first real bass ( '74 Precision ) and oddly my second bass ( '77 4001 ) both of them stolen just as yours' was, meaning I loaned them to friends. The P was stolen from a garage, mom left the garage door open and went on errands, they ( my friends parents ) paid for that one. The Ric was stolen from a friends house ( they got a lot of other stuff too ) never got anything but "sorry dude" on that one. The amazing thing is that about five years ago a guy who had done some work on the P called and told me he thought he'd seen it at a local shop that deals with mostly used gear. Sure enough it was, albeit with a broken neck a refin and no neckplate ( serial # ). The shop owner ( who is shady ) wanted to give me grief about getting it back, his story was along the lines of " Hey, no serial number you can't prove it's yours and it's vintage. " he threw out some ridiculous figure... about a grand, I just about punched him! In the end, I got it back ( had more than enough proof that it was mine, including the threat of a 20+ year old police report ) for $150.00 ( for his trouble.....) I had the original pickups and covers, found a neck and did a refin ( back to blonde ) and here it is............
With its' cousin the "Phil".....
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/bassVI/PhilLynotttributebass039.jpg)
Sooooooooo....................you might get it back ( although we will both have to depend on divine justice to deal with the theiving bastards ) if the timing works out, I should get the Ric back in about 2011.
Scott ( BassVI )
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Or have the car insurance cover it.
When stolen out of a car, even if it is/was locked, the insurance won`t cover for it. They reason you shouldn`t have left it in there if it was of value.
Great to hear you got at least one of your basses back, Bass VI, too bad you had to pay for "the trouble".
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On the contrary, it may very well be that either your or your friend's homeowners insurance might cover that stolen bass. I strongly recommend calling and finding out.
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No lecture but in the 37 years I have been playing I never ever leave basses in the van. They are they first thing I load in to the gig, the last when leaving (they go in the van and I leave) and get stored in the house when I get home no matter how late/early it is.
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The bass which was stolen in November was never found back. My colleague bought me a new one, but because we're both in touch with the guys at Fender (we both work at a music magazine) we made a nice price:)
So I have a brand new Fiesta Red '50s P again!
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It`s nice to know you`re back to playing Fender again! ;D
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Yeah, I can leave my Gibson shit at home again;)
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Yeah and the Rickenthingy`s too...
Seriously, it is great that your friend and You could work this out.
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Yeah it is. He immediately said he would pay the bass and I said we'd have to wait till we found it or do something with Fender. Because of this shit situation Fender was so nice to provide us with a very cheap bass:)
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Is loaning out basses really that common? I can only think of one time in the past 20 years that someone wanted to use one of my basses for recording purposes. I politely declined because I don't loan out any of my equipment....
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If I can help local bands or something it's no problem to me. A while ago I had like four basses out. Two to two pro Dutch bands for recordings, which is nice:) My basses are more famous than me;)
But that's just guys I know. I never loan out the T-bird or tube amps.
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I feel a bit like a fish out of water here...
Not another thing...! first your Hiwatt, now this... :sad:
Chain everything down in future Chris, and have a word with the BIG ENTITY upstairs to see if you can get a change in this streak of luck your having... speak to you soon...
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Nive to hear you got another fender, Chris. I have also some basses, guitars and even amps out. Some bands of mine had an major backline broblem, so the basguitarist usses one of my basses and a cab. The guitarist uses my backup london city amp plus cab. Some younger family members and two collegue who are thinking of going to learn to play guitar or bass have some guitars at home. So they can try it out, before buying an instrument.
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@ Ken: Well, the bass was stolen in November and now a replacement is back, so no problem. Hiwatt UK collected the DR201 yesterday, so I hope to have it back within a month wen our gigs start.
@ Saf: The same to me. If a friend calls with problems I'll help him or her. As long as it isn't the Thunderbird. Maybe you know them: The MeloManics are touring with one of my basses and Diets of Johan used two of my basses for recording the new Johan CD.
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The 50s P and DR201 are both back to make some Live at Leeds sound:)
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/l_82e37a7293be489a9327f1d08e849d56.jpg)
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/l_df8289c7ab1243599dedcec56514d09b.jpg)
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Glad to hear it all worked out in the end Chris. I agree with Scott, and your mate obviously understood that he should never have left it in the car.
I do loan gear to people but only 1 or 2 people have access to certain basses, all others are told no. These select people are guys in the industry that I have known for over 30 years. Only today I was at work when a song came on the radio that I recognized as one that had my Jazz bass doing the bassline. More often this happens with ads :rolleyes: sometimes even with me playing.
The reason I will loan to these people is because I also have access to their gear and studios. What goes around comes around as they say.
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ahh... the classic beer crate... ;D
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:mrgreen: normally I bring pieces of black cloth or vintage '81 AC/DC shirts to cover the crate. Especially the yellow or green ones. This black one did the job well.
I think my Hiwatt sounds slightly better with a beer crate. It brings that burpy sound. And I prefer Heineken over other brands.
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Ain't life a gas (BELCH) ... :mrgreen:
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As you maybe know I bought a second MIM P a while ago. Both Ps are now my main gigging basses with the Hiwatt. First pic:
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/chrispdekker/lalalies_basgitarist.jpg)