SOME BODY STOLE REM's RICKENBACKER!!

[travisbrown]

Originally Posted by Dirty Halo

YOU ARE IDIOTS.

Fact. (At least as much as the crap you're spewing).

Not ONE of you get the point:
He can play with another guitar.
It does not matter whether the guitar is technically valuable or not.
Stolen from his house or stolen from the stage makes ZERO difference. Stolen is stolen.
It's his and it means something to him. END OF STORY.
You should be fvcking ASHAMED of yourselves you callous a$$holes!

It's a bit callous to say, "serves him right." I don't think anyone really wishes thievery on anyone if they thought about it. But I think you are getting a little over-riled about what you deem "negative".

I don't care whether someone tours with irreplaceable guitars - that's their business. But guitars get lost, stolen, broken on tour, so you can't whine it it happens. I haven't heard that Peter Buck is whining or spiraling into depression over it, just sad and offering a reward, which is fair enough. They probably should have had better security. It's not an insurmountable loss.

I see bluegrass guys playing $200,000 Gibson Loar mandolins at community halls.

But I think those whom you are calling "negative" posters are just mostly those whom are shrugging and saying that for the rest of the guitar community, it's a rather insignificant loss. Two hours with a new Ricky and the memory of the old one will fade.

It's not an iconic guitar, as it would be if it was something irreplaceable in the pantheon of iconic guitars. You'd get a different reaction if it was Gilmour's serial no. 00001 strat or Buckingham's Turner Model 1, or well-worn SRV guitar, or that Hank Williams Martin Neil Young has. It's just a regular old Ricky owned by farmer-chording Peter Buck, which just isn't that exciting.

Means something to him, doesn't really mean anything to anyone else. It's not really newsworthy.

[sleestack]

I used to steal lots of shit in my youth. I feel terrible about it. Today, I wouldn't steal a pack of gum.

People can change. Trust.

Anyway,

I read an article recently about REm and they said they were playing smaller venues this time. Maybe thats to do with it. Less money for the tour. Smaller venues, less professional staff. etc..

[Yoda117]

Originally Posted by rainsinvelvet

hmm. The low-jack in my car is pretty damn small though it does require power of some sort. Maybe someone could come up with a smaller version for vintage instruments.. Maybe something the size of a watch battery.

.. I think with all the people that buy mega bucks instruments there would be a market for such a thing.

..anyone listening?

ERic

Yeah, they've been making them for laptops and other small, yet critical components for years.

But here's the rub. How do you install one, without making it noticeable, and without changing the sonic characteristics of the device?

//btw: they usually use more than one or two in an installation, so you have to multiple that problem by 2-3.

[GPl]

They'll never sound the same!

many moon's ago, a good friend of mine saw a guy walking out of the building we were rehearsing in with one of my acoustics(gibby heritage). He could tell it was mine because of the sticker on it that said "Make my day". Well, he was walking with his rottweiler and let him take a run at the guy. Needless to say I got the guitar back

[radiospace]

Originally Posted by dylansmale

He probably went: oh well, I'm going to sleep, insurance will cover it some other day if I have an ounce of care to pursue the problem. and that is hollywood for you. that is what I am mocking

"I've used my black 360 Rick on every record we've ever done," says Peter Buck of REM. "It's my main guitar; I bought it new, beat it up, splattered blood on it and now it's MY guitar. You play a guitar for ten years and it's almost part of you."

(from a 1994 interview)

[radiospace]

Originally Posted by dylansmale

actually I think its a bit stoopid, because I think having sentimental attachment to non-living objects is unreasonable.

So, in other words, if he cares about his guitar, you mock him because he's being unreasonably sentimental, and if he doesn't care about the guitar, you mock him because he's "Hollywood." You mock him. You're a mocker. A mocker on the internet. Someday you can look back and say, "I mocked them all, nobody mocked them like I did."

[travisbrown]

Originally Posted by dylansmale

actually I think its a bit stoopid, because I think having sentimental attachment to non-living objects is unreasonable. its somewhere in their with the Radiohead lyrics actually.

I have no idea what you are talking about. What does Radiohead have to do with this?

[Dirty Halo]

Wow! Don't even need to argue anymore, you guys just prove my point on your own (IF you ever even got it, which some did not)

Sad.

Later.

-andrews

[dsl]

Originally Posted by Dirty Halo

Wow! Don't even need to argue anymore, you guys just prove my point on your own (IF you ever even got it, which some did not)

Sad.

Later.

-andrews

thumbsup

[MonoBrow]

Originally Posted by dylansmale

been there before, but obviously that kind of thing isn't good for mental health or anything else in your life. "boo hoo some one stole my million dollar Jimi Hendrix guitar"

you know what I say? "stfu, you should have sold it when you had the chance (no bad intentions toward Jimi Hendrix (he probably would have sold it for for drugs))"

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[allencollins]

Maybe now he can play a les paul or something to get a bigger tone.

[delcosmos]

Originally Posted by dylansmale

why is this even a thread?! The only person who is going to hardly give a shit, is the guy who had it stolen. Is there even anything to learn from this thread? no. Intersting? no. Full of people fretting about the wrong things? yes.

THE END. PERIOD. END Of THREAD. WHAT WAS THAT? NO SHUT UP

[Empire Prod]

Originally Posted by dylansmale

why is this even a thread?! The only person who is going to hardly give a shit, is the guy who had it stolen. Is there even anything to learn from this thread? no. Intersting? no. Full of people fretting about the wrong things? yes.

THE END. PERIOD. END Of THREAD. WHAT WAS THAT? NO SHUT UP

Are you the guy who stole it or something?

[delcosmos]

Originally Posted by Empire Prod

Are you the guy who stole it or something?

[big country]

Originally Posted by allencollins

Maybe now he can play a les paul or something to get a bigger tone.

something like a tele.....

[Vinrockindie]

If you're referring to my deleted post. Paraphrased from memory:

"Why is this thread still going, or a thread in the first place? If the former, because you're part of the reason. If the latter, because it's shocking news to discover that one of your favorite guitarists guitars has been stolen by the hands of someone who deserves to have them cut off. It's a heads up to the guitar world to be on the look out for this particular piece of gear.

Sentimental value is a bit difficult to recover with insurance. To discuss how sentimental, or why he should of left it at home in the first place is pointless.

Sucks. Hope they get the bastard."

[Dirty Halo]

Originally Posted by dylansmale

oh snaps, you got erased. kind of dumb, considering these kind of threads are the ones worth taking a big dump on to let out scrambled emotion which feels pretty emotionless at the moment.

Kinda odd since YOU seem to be the guy perpetuating this thread

-andrews

[cornutt]

Well, I understand the attachment to a well-used and familiar tool. And the guy who stole it is scum. No excuses.

If it was me, though, I wouldn't take a thing like that that I really valued on tour. Even with good security, there's too much that can go wrong. Fires, floods, truck crashes... I recall reading in an old Rush tour program about Alex Lifeson losing the Gibson double-neck that he recorded "Xanadu" with. He took it on tour, and during a sound check, a PA stack fell on it.

[dogonjon]

Originally Posted by dbbubba

Truck stop?

Don't they fly to all gigs?

no

That depends on TSA.

[kafka]

Originally Posted by cornutt

I recall reading in an old Rush tour program about Alex Lifeson losing the Gibson double-neck that he recorded "Xanadu" with. He took it on tour, and during a sound check, a PA stack fell on it.

Yes. He lost his doubleneck and his Les Paul (or was it the 335? It's been a long time since I read the article) to the same PA stack. It was why he switched over to Strats. He went to the store to buy a replacement for the gig and thought "why not?" And the rest is history.

[travisbrown]

Peter found his guitar. Sadness has been replaced with rejoicing.

[octatonic]

Originally Posted by dylansmale

actually I think its a bit stoopid, because I think having sentimental attachment to non-living objects is unreasonable. its somewhere in their with the Radiohead lyrics actually. I would be worried about people being in my house, but at the end of the day, that guitar is just as special as the other one just like it...except for the scars and dents (give me a break)

I have a bunch of guitars but only really attached to three of them (two tele's, one PRS).
I'm not sure I would run into a burning building for them, but probably pretty close to having to really think about it.

I also have favourite underwear.

Are you calling me stoopid?

[tenton]

Originally Posted by travisbrown

Peter found his guitar. Sadness has been replaced with rejoicing.

wow - how did it turn up??

[travisbrown]

Originally Posted by tenton

wow - how did it turn up??

Returned anonymously, from what I heard. There's another thread on it here.