Re: [Harp-L] Stolen Gear

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My band goes to gigs, even the local ones, in my old 24 ft. Tioga motorhome.ÂWe can fit all our gear in itÂeasily and we can hang after sound check and before we play. ÂWe call it the rolling green room, and it's tons o fun to travel and hang out in. When I get it home, I ALWAYS bring my amps, harp case and mic case inside - no matter what. I live in a very safe neighborhood, but a few years ago some dimwit tweaker took some tin snips to the driver side door on my pickup truck and cut a 4" diameter hole around the door lock right outta the exterior door skin! - all to get a $25 CD player!ÂThat cost me aÂ$500 deductible to fix. After that, I don't leave anything in my cars - especially my music gear. Plus, I don't like to leave gear in the cold anyway. 



anyone who steals music gear is truly a low life. 



Ross Macdonald 

www.sassparillapdx.com 






----- Original Message ----- 
From: icemanle@xxxxxxx 
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Tuesday, January 5, 2010 8:22:35 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Stolen Gear 


Ânow, this is good advice - even though you arrive home late at night tired from the gig, it makes sense to push your envelope and carry that stuff in the house. 


I've never parked 
my gear in a car overnight since then. Â 


 

 


 

 

-----Original Message----- 
From: Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
Cc: hashbb@xxxxxxx 
Sent: Tue, Jan 5, 2010 11:03 am 
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Stolen Gear 


Âhashbb@xxxxxxx wrote: 
<I was the victim of theft of musical equipment taken from my 
<van parked in my driveway at my home in Dallas, TX. 
<(sometime after 1am in the morning 12/30) 

Brian, sorry to hear of this. ÂRob's suggestions sound very good. 

In 1979, I lost a modified Fender Super Reverb, a killer amp by any standard, 
when it was stolen from a parked van in the driveway of a bandmate in Sagamore, 
Massachusetts. ÂIn other words, very similar circumstances. ÂI've never parked 
my gear in a car overnight since then. Â 

Regards, Richard Hunter 

author, "Jazz Harp" 
latest mp3s and harmonica blog at http://myspace.com/richardhunterharp 
more mp3s at http://taxi.com/rhunter 
Vids at http://www.youtube.com/user/lightninrick 
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