Members Screaming Stone Posted January 13, 2009 Members Share Posted January 13, 2009 Just a reminder - write 'em down and take some pics. The most recently recovered stolen instrument was found being sold on ebay. The only way the police allowed the owner to take possession was because he had the serial number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JasmineTea Posted January 13, 2009 Members Share Posted January 13, 2009 Thanks. I'll do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimmy Chaos Posted January 13, 2009 Members Share Posted January 13, 2009 Good post. I'm going to log my serials now. You can't be too careful. People who steal musical instruments are soul-less b@stards IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted January 13, 2009 Members Share Posted January 13, 2009 Great suggestion.in addition, I put my personal ID on a little label under the top, out of sight except with a mirror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members daklander Posted January 13, 2009 Members Share Posted January 13, 2009 That should be an absolute.I recovered several stolen guitars from a pawn shop a couple of years ago because I had serial numbers, pictures and descriptions. The bitch of it was I had to pay the pawn fees to get them back and it took about a month. It's my personal opinion that if the pawn shops got stuck with the loss of the money they loaned out there would be fewer guitars stolen because the pawn shops wouldn't be buying them and the resale market for stolen guitars would shrink then by that amount.I had to pay the fees because pawn shops here in CA have a strong lobby in Sacramento that protects them from losses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roughtrade Posted January 13, 2009 Members Share Posted January 13, 2009 That should be an absolute.I recovered several stolen guitars from a pawn shop a couple of years ago because I had serial numbers, pictures and descriptions. The bitch of it was I had to pay the pawn fees to get them back and it took about a month. It's my personal opinion that if the pawn shops got stuck with the loss of the money they loaned out there would be fewer guitars stolen because the pawn shops wouldn't be buying them and the resale market for stolen guitars would shrink then by that amount.I had to pay the fees because pawn shops here in CA have a strong lobby in Sacramento that protects them from losses. Sounds like a racket to me, man. I can see where the pawn shop might "engineer" a couple of heists, just to get a guaranteed finder's fee. I believe that the pawn shops would be more careful if they had to swallow the loss, also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted January 13, 2009 Members Share Posted January 13, 2009 That should be an absolute.I recovered several stolen guitars from a pawn shop a couple of years ago because I had serial numbers, pictures and descriptions. The bitch of it was I had to pay the pawn fees to get them back and it took about a month. It's my personal opinion that if the pawn shops got stuck with the loss of the money they loaned out there would be fewer guitars stolen because the pawn shops wouldn't be buying them and the resale market for stolen guitars would shrink then by that amount.I had to pay the fees because pawn shops here in CA have a strong lobby in Sacramento that protects them from losses. that sucks. we don't take kindly to pawn brokers dealing in stolen property here in Michigan.but, as you might have heard, we kinda got our own problems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fred Fartboski Posted January 13, 2009 Members Share Posted January 13, 2009 All serial numbers are logged along with the sales receipts, descriptions, warranties and specs which I keep in sheet protectors and filed in three ring binder notebooks. I also created an excel spread sheet logging every instrument and piece of studio gear along with their serial #'s. The visual logging will be a nice project once I get a nice, high res digital camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guildfire Posted January 13, 2009 Members Share Posted January 13, 2009 Good reminder. Also, I'm sure this information is needed for collecting on your home insurance coverage assuming you never find the stolen instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members martinipm Posted January 13, 2009 Members Share Posted January 13, 2009 All serial numbers are logged along with the sales receipts, descriptions, warranties and specs which I keep in sheet protectors and filed in three ring binder notebooks. I also created an excel spread sheet logging every instrument and piece of studio gear along with their serial #'s.The visual logging will be a nice project once I get a nice, high res digital camera. Not just a good idea for guitars and gear, but for anything with a serial number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Melodeous Posted January 13, 2009 Members Share Posted January 13, 2009 I just put some plastique inside my guitars that's triggered by anyone's DNA except mine. I mean, if I didn't and did get my guitars back I'd want the culprit to meet his maker just on the principle of the whole ordeal. This way he's pink mist and the loss of the guitar was worth it. I'm charitable that way. Plastique ain't cheap, y'know. Just kidding, folks. I'd be bummed out about a theft but I'm not that worried about it. The things are just things and easily replaced. Paranoia is easy to induce these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cal814 Posted January 14, 2009 Members Share Posted January 14, 2009 :thu:True true true! What I have done is this: I take pictures of each of my guitars (full shot, body shot, headstock & neck). I use my photo/draw program and put each of those shots on the 8x11 size sheet. In the center I write in the following: Brand, model, serial number, purchase date & price I paid. Of course the price paid is a personal things, but I have a record. Makes a nice record of each guitar and you can use them/it as wall paper or what ever. I print each off and have the picture in a folder (so there is a record in the computer & a hard copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SilverPlated Posted January 15, 2009 Members Share Posted January 15, 2009 excellent advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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