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not sure what the cops would do but i'd be tempted to notify them before you go steaming in there. or maybe not, just take a couple of mates and a baseball bat... but you don't want to end up getting arrested yourself.

matt.dines wrote:yeah
i doubt wether this guy bought it
im gunna ask tony if he's got the receipt i really wanna get my guitar back asap
so if i just went round there and got it back it would sort the whole thing
anybody know the process the police would use for this knda thing?

Just ring the police where you filed a filed a compalint and tell them that you know for a fact who has your guitar. Tell them you are going over to colelct it before he sells it on and ask them if they'd like to join you

Hmmm, this is a judgement call, really.

I wouldn't get the police involved because of the way I would handle this. They might tell you not to do anything about it.

BacchusPaul wrote:Hmmm, this is a judgement call, really.

I wouldn't get the police involved because of the way I would handle this. They might tell you not to do anything about it.

My first inclination would be to stomp him out... I'd fuck him up... but I'd go to far, or his flatmate/mom/girlfriend would call the police and next thing I know I'm doing Porridge.

This really fucking sucks, are there any distinctive marks / dings on the guitar so you could be sure it's yours? If you go to see him and it turns out that it isn't yours...you'll look like a bit of a dick. Plus you have to think about repercussions, you go and take your guitar back and rough him up and you might wake up with a flaming rag through your letterbox or something (maybe I've watched too many films). On the other hand, the police will likely do nothing without evidence.

so i went down this guys house before band rehursal
he gave me a load of bull shit and said he had never even seen a guitar like that,
but he must of seen me take the fucking thing outta the case at the fiery its not the biggest pub in cheltenham by any means!
so while i was outside his house i called my friend miles up who said he had seen it round his house
and he said he picked it up earler that day and it was at his house.
i still felt like nutting the twat who had it in the first place but getting my guitar back was the main thing on my mind
so we went round the guy who had its house
and he gave it to me
had 5 strings, covered in grease a half eaten packet of chips in the pocket
and it still had my slide and a couple of picks in there too
im sooooo relived and still pissed off

matt.dines wrote:so i went down this guys house before band rehursal
he gave me a load of bull shit and said he had never even seen a guitar like that,
but he must of seen me take the fucking thing outta the case at the fiery its not the biggest pub in cheltenham by any means!
so while i was outside his house i called my friend miles up who said he had seen it round his house
and he said he picked it up earler that day and it was at his house.
i still felt like nutting the twat who had it in the first place but getting my guitar back was the main thing on my mind
so we went round the guy who had its house
and he gave it to me
had 5 strings, covered in grease a half eaten packet of chips in the pocket
and it still had my slide and a couple of picks in there too
im sooooo relived and still pissed off

Wow, well good on you for keeping your composure and congratulations on getting your guitar back. I would definitely update the police on what happened... at the very least they will rattle this fucker's cage a bit. Maybe you should ask to speak to a detective inspector? I wouldn't let up, squeeky wheel gets the grease and all.

at least you got it back...

but- i'd be tempted to bide my time til the guy's off his guard then properly kick fuck out of him.

/armchairfighter

im really not a violent guy but its really pissed me off
i cannot get the grease off the neck of this guitar any one got any tips
used like half a bottle of joop getting the smell outta the bag!
does worry my about the summer were doin a little tour
gunna find a way of marking all my gear with my initials i think
gunna look at some kind of insurance
dunno what to say to the police
probs go down there tomorrow after work
thanks for all of the advise and support

get yourself a UV pen and mark it somewhere out of sight (or it'll show up in direct sunlight). there's also an insurance company that does reasonable cover for musical instruments against damage and theft that occurs outside your home (i.e. the sort of thing your contents insurance won't cover). i think they're called endsleigh. one of my friends used them and when all his gear got nicked in italy (including a few 'hard-to-estimate-the-value-of' vintage synths) they coughed up quicksmart.

i can see stewart in his chair, mac on his lap, evil grin, air punching in his skivvies.

Might sound obvious but for the grease try some multi surface antibacterial wipes, I use them on my guitars and then dry it off with kitchen roll and they seem to do the job pretty well. Not that I get grease on my guitar but occaissionally some undesirable will have a go of it. Glad you got the guitar back.

or something like dish soap should be able to cut the grease.

hotrodperlmutter wrote:i can see stewart in his chair, mac on his lap, evil grin, air punching in his skivvies.

ah, if only. i'm 98% desktop PC based these days.

though i have just finished watching rocky, if that counts?

BacchusPaul wrote:I've always liked the fact that if my gear was stolen and ended up on ebay, shortscale would pretty much have it tied up in terms of being able to identify what's there and looking often enough to catch it.

this.