Ever had something (bass-related) stolen?

[MuRd0K]

Yeah... just wondering...

I have had the luck of not being mugged, but I'm curious, as I see a lot of big spenders on this board. Have you? Keep the discussion music-gear related.

[Jody LeCompte]

Just the occasional cable..

[Potatoe]

picks all over the place... bastard guitarists

[WhoDidTheElf]

The tone knob off my P, for what reason is beyond me.

[PainKiller8191]

I would never just walk around with my bass
whenever i can get a ride somewhere, I do

I don't know what i would do if i got mugged whilst with my bass(es ;))

[sr800bkBassist]

not me, but on Sonic Youth's website it lists every single guitar/bass that has been stolen from them. it totals to 26, which includes a bunch of vintage, rare, and discontinued gear.

also 12 amplifiers, and 21 FX pedals.
very depressing.

[Naveed Afzal]

no, but a crackhead aproached me and tried to sell me a bass once... it was intresting...

It was an American Fender Jazz, he was trying to sell it for like 50 bucks

twas a 4 strng if i remember, but my conscience wouldnt alow it..

[Alma]

^ Thats just crap.

Ive only had a cable stolen from me, i later thought id found it but it turned out to be a shorter cable than the one that i had stolen.

[Psychopsilocybin]

lots of cables, batteries from pedals (wtf is up with that), but luckily no one has ever attempted to take my holy boss tu 2 pedal (which are stolen alot)

[JDC III]

my old washburn was stolen from my back seat and the locked the doors for me thanks alot

[Naveed Afzal]

^ Thats just crap.

Ive only had a cable stolen from me, i later thought id found it but it turned out to be a shorter cable than the one that i had stolen.


i thought i posted it... and i did

http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=404663

[Alma]

Actually i was refering to sr800's post....

But i guess it applies to both posts.

[Bass_swede]

I think I have lost/(someone has stolen) my leatherstrap :( I can't find it anywhere and it's been lost since the latest gig. I hate that shop that has my bass now, if it wasn't for them I would have straplocks. :upset:

[cliff_bass player]

picks lot and lots of picks plus a couple more...other than that no... cause when crap goes missing i hunt the responible person bown.. if i didnt do that iwould have lots heaps more picks, straps, tunners,other crap... oh and an amp...

cliff

[PaulR]

I think I had the metal washer part of my straplocks stolen once.. but I got it back in the end.

[Bass_swede]

I think I had the metal washer part of my straplocks stolen once.. but I got it back in the end.
Who steals a washer???? :amaze:

[funkyhoney]

some **** stick stole my e string once, i was like :confused:
why not steal the whole thing???

[Phalanx]

someone stole my cable, cost me a tenner as well :(

[apacherosepeacock]

someone decided to try and break open my case for some reason.... took the cable and strap but they couldnt get the bass out (it was locked in an instrument locker kinda thing - hard to explain)....


.... and got caught trying to put them back ( :confused: - not sure why but ya no ) by my mate - so got them back, and they got a going over from the front row of our rugby team :lol: .

Apart from that just people from my band disappearing with cables and things - but not quite the same really

[SlapnPop]

well.. i got a nice $20 cable taken.. i liked that one

[FunkMetalBass]

Somebody stole an old string from me....bastard...

[I play that funky music]

Ive never had anything stolen from me. I live in a pretty nice place.

[jcs497]

I lost the bass tone knob on my bass, but I don't think it was stolen.

My dad steals my picks (I use them for guitar, not bass, I swear!)

[Linkinbassist]

I thought someone stole my tuner around september time...It turned up on christmas eve, under the couch...:confused:...

[sixner]

um.... i've had a 'friend' steal my tone knob from my Westone (First bass)... and guitarists of old bands would steal old picks that i didint use anymore, so i didint care.....

i think that's all i've had stolen from me?... oh wait, im pretty sure my old rythem guitarist stole my micophone! BASTARD!!! *cringe*... he cant even sing!?

-Sixner

[PainKiller8191]

oh i forgot, i did have something stolen!!!

at a show, i had my korg tuner (the little black one) stolen

which was a shame, but not too much since i have a tuner built into my bass amp, a tuner in the podxtlive (guitar), and a tuner in my acoustic

now i'm gonna need a tuner once i get a new rig

[Dosshiz]

Ive had 2 basses (fender jazz and ibanez) stolen from me. the fender got yanked from the 2nd show i played with it after putting a LOT of money to fix it up, it was a project bass. I just recently got my whole cd case stolen out of my friends car. I havent exactly had the best luck with music related stuff

[Thonk]

Passive DI.

Even though it was free..It still cost me in the end when I replaced it with something else.

[gaslight]

Nothing important, just a lead that I lent to someone at uni never got returned.

I have most of my important stuff insured, my bass for $2000 and my amp for $1000. I don't have my pedals insured because I mainly use them for home recording projects.

[Foxfire]

Just the occasional cable..

Everyone is your friend until it comes to cables...

[thelowsoundofbass]

a few picks, but i know who has them and i buy them in bulk so i don't really care

lowsound

[Vismund Cygnus]

I had my strap decorated with a bunch of misc. buttons, and they got stolen. :(
It's not a big deal compared to some of your stuff, but I was upset about it.

[thelowsoundofbass]

I had my strap decorated with a bunch of misc. buttons, and they got stolen. :(
It's not a big deal compared to some of your stuff, but I was upset about it.

sometimes the cheepest stuff is the stuff that you miss the most

lowsound

[Linkinbassist]

I had my strap decorated with a bunch of misc. buttons, and they got stolen. :(
It's not a big deal compared to some of your stuff, but I was upset about it.

damn, man...**** with buttons on normally makes for kool looks. I have a strap with some funny buttons on it. If it got chav'd, i'd loose myself...

[cliff_bass player]

a funny story... my mate (a bass player) his band were rivals wid another band and that other band tryed to savertarge one of his bands performances so my mate being who he is got his band together before 1 of the otherband's shows and got their guitarists guitar and desembaled it... and when i say that i mean any thing that the coud pull off and apart they did... so when the other band's guitarist picked it up it fell apart.. tuning keys pickups wires and all....... tataly unrealated.... srry felt like sharing it..

cliff

[BigBossBassist]

no, but a crackhead aproached me and tried to sell me a bass once... it was intresting...

It was an American Fender Jazz, he was trying to sell it for like 50 bucks

twas a 4 strng if i remember, but my conscience wouldnt alow it..
Ahh yes, I remember that thread. "So a crackhead came up to me today."

[Shinobi_sniper]

a funny story... my mate (a bass player) his band were rivals wid another band and that other band tryed to savertarge one of his bands performances so my mate being who he is got his band together before 1 of the otherband's shows and got their guitarists guitar and desembaled it... and when i say that i mean any thing that the coud pull off and apart they did... so when the other band's guitarist picked it up it fell apart.. tuning keys pickups wires and all....... tataly unrealated.... srry felt like sharing it..

cliff


8/10, owned.

[Linkinbassist]

a funny story... my mate (a bass player) his band were rivals wid another band and that other band tryed to savertarge one of his bands performances so my mate being who he is got his band together before 1 of the otherband's shows and got their guitarists guitar and desembaled it... and when i say that i mean any thing that the coud pull off and apart they did... so when the other band's guitarist picked it up it fell apart.. tuning keys pickups wires and all....... tataly unrealated.... srry felt like sharing it..

cliff

wow, he's a bit of a cunt...

[cliff_bass player]

wow, he's a bit of a cunt...

yea but some how they were all mates and just a bit of fun... thank god for having back ups...

cliff

[St. Anthonys fire]

Some nob at my old boarding school in denmark stole my Boss OC-3 once... got it back the day i got kicked out

[Jimbobntnr]

My headless cort disappeared from my guitarists house quite some time ago.

[Jody LeCompte]

I lost the bass tone knob on my bass, but I don't think it was stolen.

My dad steals my picks (I use them for guitar, not bass, I swear!)
Playing guitar is more frowned on than playing pickstyle on bass, its really sad...

[St. Anthonys fire]

Whats wrong with using picks on bass?

[Jimbobntnr]

Whats wrong with using picks on bass?
nothing. Just like there's nothing wrong with picking up fat girls.
you just don't need to tell anyone that you do it.

[St. Anthonys fire]

Okay... my ex is a fat girl, so which is worse, playing pick or picking up fat chicks?

[Jody LeCompte]

Whats wrong with using picks on bass?
Nothing, I played with a pick when I was in my GNR cover band. However, alot of people still get pissy about it. BASS WAS MADE FOR FINGERS, they say.

[sixner]

oh, i had caught a drum stick from Opiate for the Masses, and it got stolen later on...

ditto with my Sevendust pick the bassist handed me during the middle of a song :upset:
-sixner

[sixner]

nothing. Just like there's nothing wrong with picking up fat girls.
you just don't need to tell anyone that you do it.
:lol:

It's fun till your friend catches you :p

-sixner

[Jimbobntnr]

Okay... my ex is a fat girl, so which is worse, playing pick or picking up fat chicks?
I would have to see pictures of the ex before making a call on it.
I play 2 songs from a 20 song set with picks.
I have also picked up fat girls.
There. I said it and now I can move on.
:lol:
It's fun till your friend catches you :p
-sixner
the original punch line. Glad I'm not the only one that knew it.

holy crap this is near-spam. Yes - a cort steinburger copy bass was stolen from me

[Jody LeCompte]

I hate the way picks feel but I tend to use them anyway if I cant get the appropriate tone with my fingers

[PainKiller8191]

^same except replace tone with speed :upset:

[sr800bkBassist]

yeah i use picks if i want the bassline to have a more solid, driven, stable sound.

however if i want bounciness and smoothness, i use fingers.

i get the best of both worlds, and i actually look down on those kids that say "BASS WAS MEANT 4 FINGRS LOL" more than a shabby root-note only pick player.