I found my stolen sho-bud on ebay What shoul I do?San- Fran!

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 29 Sep 2007 9:47 am

John Billings wrote:Well, you could go today and enjoy the "Leather Festival!"

Why would you know about that, John?

Mike Perlowin · Post by **Mike Perlowin** » 29 Sep 2007 10:23 am

Jim Sliff wrote:

In my case, the new owners gave them back because the police had slight suspicions of a connection between the thief and the new owners, and they wanted out of the situation as easily as possible; the police convinced them that returning the guitars would mean no further investigation (and this was a nasty one - two expensive Martins and an interstate movement of them, so the feds were involved). I was very lucky - but I had to reimburse the insurance company.

I remember when you sent out an E-mail asking people to keep an neye out for them. I'm glad you got them back.

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 29 Sep 2007 1:38 pm

All over the Free Republic blog. Probably Drudge too. Check out Zombietime, he'll probably have pics, thogh having seen a few from last year, I never wanna see anymore! Pretty disgustin' if you ask me!

Don Discher · Post by **Don Discher** » 30 Sep 2007 7:53 am

I can't speak for the police in San Fran but having been a cop for 30 years in Canada I would say that it's impossible to get a search warrant for an item without proper identification such as a serial number.I would say that had I have been the officer you approached for assistance I certainly would have paid the man a visit and tried to get a serial number off the instrument for identification purposes but if he objected to my looking at it,game over, simple as that.The officer has no more authority in that situation than you would yourself and that's probably why the San Fran police were not responding.If you did'nt have a serial number when you filed the report then no further investigation would have taken place.If you did provide a serial number then I would be contacting a superior officer at the police headquarters.

Colin Mclean · Post by **Colin Mclean** » 30 Sep 2007 12:05 pm

Dave Van Allen wrote:"old child, young child feel alright on a warm San Franciscan night..."

What the heck does that mean, anyway?

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 30 Sep 2007 12:09 pm

Colin - Are you old enough to remember "The Animals", from the 1960's? Those are lyrics from one of their songs.

Colin Mclean · Post by **Colin Mclean** » 30 Sep 2007 5:59 pm

Well, I'm only 28 but my pops has a mean record collection from that era...

Just sounds a little...well...nevermind.

Henry Nagle · Post by **Henry Nagle** » 30 Sep 2007 7:35 pm

It ain't Tony Bennett, but it's a pretty good song!

Jim Sliff · Post by **Jim Sliff** » 1 Oct 2007 4:40 am

Thanks Mike. We were very lucky...a chance conversation overheard in a music store led to a convoluted story, and eventual return. The funny thing is, both were due for neck resets when stolen - but they spent time in the Arizona desert, which somehow shifted things slightly and put them both back on spec!

So it was like they were in the shop for a year, sorta... $:\$

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 1 Oct 2007 7:40 am

Wasn't that tune by Eric Burdon? After the Animals broke up?

And... did you get the steel back yet?

Brint Hannay · Post by **Brint Hannay** » 1 Oct 2007 10:18 am

Just a well off-topic aside:

I lived in San Francisco for two years in the Seventies and I don't ever recall a *warm* San Franciscan night.

I still like the song, though. And San Francisco.

Dave Van Allen · Post by **Dave Van Allen** » 1 Oct 2007 10:49 am

Still off topic... It was Eric Burdon post-Animals.. might've been his first single as a solo artist. He was all filled with "summer of love" benevolence (or something) when he wrote it... the song was an artifact of the times, kind of a grittier version of "If you're goin' to San Francisco be sure to wear some flowers in your hair...summertime will be a Love-in there"

I hear ya Brint... I always thought it was a joke of his to call a SF night "warm"

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 1 Oct 2007 11:19 am

Warm compared to here...Hey Alex has that Sho-Bud showed up yet?

admin · Post by **b0b** » 1 Oct 2007 2:05 pm

Are we done yet?

Please stay on topic, folks.

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 1 Oct 2007 3:13 pm

Any update on the guitar yet?

[By the way, the song was released in 1967 by Eric Burdon and The Animals.]

Alex Piazza · Post by **Alex Piazza** » 1 Oct 2007 4:04 pm

Its supposed to be going out tommorow. Does anyone know where I can get a replacement pedal board, and a case to fit a sho-bud? Or, how much im looking at spending?

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 2 Oct 2007 8:28 am

Already told ya Alex. Get in touch with John Coop.

Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 3 Oct 2007 8:58 am

Eric Jaeger wrote:
Bill Hatcher wrote: You should to listen to talk show host Michael Savage. He keeps the entire USA informed about what is wrong with "San Fransicko" as he calls it. SanFran is not the city it once was.

Neither is Atlanta where I live.
I'm sorry, but I am one of those rare natives of the city of San Francisco (born in Presbyterian Hospital), and I take some offense at that statement. I wouldn't rely on Michael Savage to tell the weather if it was raining on him.

San Francisco is all that Alan pointed out, and I hope that any of you who visit enjoy all it has to offer.
-eric

http://www.homestead.com/prosites-prs/

I dare you to go to Savages website and look at what your city has become and the values that it and the city government aspire to.

NOTHING he has presented about the condition of SanFranciso is untrue.

The question about the SanFran police departments role in not being more helpful in recovering this steel guitar was asked. You need to understand the general climate in the department and the relationship of what is happening in the city to understand that.

James Mayer · Post by **James Mayer** » 3 Oct 2007 9:04 am

Bill Hatcher wrote:
Eric Jaeger wrote:
Bill Hatcher wrote: You should to listen to talk show host Michael Savage. He keeps the entire USA informed about what is wrong with "San Fransicko" as he calls it. SanFran is not the city it once was.

Neither is Atlanta where I live.
I'm sorry, but I am one of those rare natives of the city of San Francisco (born in Presbyterian Hospital), and I take some offense at that statement. I wouldn't rely on Michael Savage to tell the weather if it was raining on him.

San Francisco is all that Alan pointed out, and I hope that any of you who visit enjoy all it has to offer.
-eric
http://www.homestead.com/prosites-prs/

I dare you to go to Savages website and look at what your city has become and the values that it and the city government aspire to.

NOTHING he has presented about the condition of SanFranciso is untrue.

The question about the SanFran police departments role in not being more helpful in recovering this steel guitar was asked. You need to understand the general climate in the department and the relationship of what is happening in the city to understand that.

Are you seriously listening to Savage? Seriously? That's sort of like reading tabloids and letting them affect your daily decisions.

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 3 Oct 2007 9:22 am

Pictures are worth millions of words. My final say, as this is not what needs talkin' 'bout here.
http://www.zombietime.com/

Ben Jones · Post by **Ben Jones** » 3 Oct 2007 10:08 am

this is not what needs talkin' 'bout here.

that part i agree with.

admin · Post by **b0b** » 3 Oct 2007 10:52 am

PLEASE keep politics off of the Forum!

Eric Jaeger · Post by **Eric Jaeger** » 3 Oct 2007 11:34 am

Close it - now -, b0b, or this is going to get out of hand.

-eric

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 3 Oct 2007 11:53 am

I don't think it's going to get out of hand! I'm not going to say anything else about the off-topic comments. And I don't think anyone else will continue either. Be a shame to close a thread that is most likely veering back on topic.

Eric Jaeger · Post by **Eric Jaeger** » 3 Oct 2007 12:06 pm

I'll stay off the political part, but I think trashing someone's locale is impolite, at least.

-eric

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