Rock's most iconic bass guitar vanished in 1969 - and turned up in an attic half a century later [14 Stolen Instruments]

Classical Music ^ | Hannah Nepilova

[kvanbrunt2]

The left out the Totenberg strad stolen by my childhood friend.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/style/2016/03/17/the-violin-thief/

[cyclotic]

We had a friend who’s daily player violin was built in 1756.

[sauropod]

Yep. I did notice that several of the stolen instruments were Stradivarious violins.

[drwoof]

That is correct. And trying to fill a hole in one’s heart and soul with $$$ is folly, regardless of one’s wealth. Such attempts divert us from God, and leave us depleted.

[Fair Paul]

How John Fogerty got his guitar back is kind of similar story. His wife tracked it down and gave it him as a Christmas present, 44 years after he gave it away.

[Seruzawa]

That is why I usually buy mid range guitars and then spiff them up. I have an MIM Strat that’s as good as any strat out there. I am out less than $700 if it is stolen.

[tinamina]

https://lieberguitars.com/blog/the-return-of-pete-sears-dragon/
This one got returned after 35 years.

[PhiloBedo]

No mention of Bob Dylan’s famous Newport concert electric guitar.

[NonValueAdded]

and whether colectors [sic] have a moral duty to return instruments to their owners.

How about a legal responsibility, as in "receiving stolen property."

[packrat35]

Memphis, yep that was his mistake.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Keep em oiled up and you can play them for centuries.

I don't think I'd want to live for centuries.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

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