paul j h Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) Hi all, Today i got my Jackson concert XL bass back after 11 years. It was stolen from a shop in Gloucester in 2001 i had at the time been looking to sell it on comission, when some toerag pinched it. The shop would not claim on their insurance, but did report it. I was as you can imagine not happy. Fast forward to 4 weeks ago, my daughter and her fiancee were staying at our house and watching some celebrity dancing sh**e. So i decided to look on ebay (i hardly ever bother normally) put in basses within 75miles of my postcode, scroll through the basses and up pops a Jackson concert, i take a closer look, its been refinished, i had mine refinished, same pickups, same sharksfin inlays, bound neck etc. So i e-mail the seller, who could not have been more helpful, we speak on the phone, i discribe the bass etc then i contact the police get the original incident number, get back in touch with the seller who says he bought it from Crack converters in Gloucester (who have been less than helpful). police pick it up, return it to the original shop and i picked it up from there today. Still plays great, still the best neck i have ever played, just got to sort the crackly jack socket out. To finsh off the story i went into the newsagent on the way home Bass Guitar Magazine - Dave Ellefson on the cover (hes the reason i bought my Jackson originally) and his new Jackson signature bass conicidence or what? sorry for the long winded tale but i'm stoked. Edited March 29, 2012 by paul j h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Great story - well done getting it back my friend. Don't think about selling her again, though..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Blimey - that's a result out of the blue. Great story. Are you going to keep it now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul j h Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 I'll put up pictures later, i did'nt think you would want them, clearly wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneyg42 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Am I reading this wrong? Surely it should be 21 years, you say it was stolen in 91! Great result either way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Excellent!!! All we need is my GK MB112S and SWR Baby Blue 2x10 cab (nicked in Bristol in about 1992) and we will all be happy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceilidhswinger Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 [quote name='paul j h' timestamp='1333036905' post='1596604'] Hi all, Today i got my Jackson concert XL bass back after 11 years. It was stolen from a shop in Gloucester in 1991 i had at the time been looking to sell it on comission, when some toerag pinched it. The shop would not claim on their insurance, but did report it. I was as you can imagine not happy. Fast forward to 4 weeks ago, my daughter and her fiancee were staying at our house and watching some celebrity dancing sh**e. So i decided to look on ebay (i hardly ever bother normally) put in basses within 75miles of my postcode, scroll through the basses and up pops a Jackson concert, i take a closer look, its been refinished, i had mine refinished, same pickups, same sharksfin inlays, bound neck etc. So i e-mail the seller, who could not have been more helpful, we speak on the phone, i discribe the bass etc then i contact the police get the original incident number, get back in touch with the seller who says he bought it from Crack converters in Gloucester (who have been less than helpful). police pick it up, return it to the original shop and i picked it up from there today. Still plays great, still the best neck i have ever played, just got to sort the crackly jack socket out. To finsh off the story i went into the newsagent on the way home Bass Guitar Magazine - Dave Ellefson on the cover (hes the reason i bought my Jackson originally) and his new Jackson signature bass conicidence or what? sorry for the long winded tale but i'm stoked. [/quote] Nice story mate! Happy ending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12stringbassist Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Hope for us al!! Nice one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul j h Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) Sorry yes 2001 obviously (i have editted the original post), i have taken pictures of the bass, but i get an error message saying i have exceded my 30 something limit any ideas what i should/can do ? Edited March 29, 2012 by paul j h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 great news and dont forget to keep us updated when the fuzz catch up with the scum that sold it to crack converters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 great stuff, it's nice to see a tale with a happy ending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 [quote name='paul j h' timestamp='1333038156' post='1596633'] ...i have exceded my 30 something limit any ideas what i should/can do ? [/quote] Upload them to Photobucket and link to them from BC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Great tale, congrats. Pics, pics, always pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Outstanding result, but just one question - where does this leave the guy who tried to sell it on eBay? Has he ended up being the loser on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1333039346' post='1596658'] Outstanding result, but just one question - where does this leave the guy who tried to sell it on eBay? Has he ended up being the loser on this? [/quote] I assume that as he bought it from crack converters that they gave him the money back ? I hope so. (pictures can be uploaded to photobucket or flickr etc and use the Edited March 29, 2012 by daz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Cool story. Nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Great news, very pleased for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1333037828' post='1596628'] Excellent!!! All we need is my GK MB112S and SWR Baby Blue 2x10 cab (nicked in Bristol in about 1992) and we will all be happy!! [/quote] I saw an SWR Baby Blue (2x8") a few years ago in Rikaxe in Bristol - struck me as an unusual thing to find in a shop like that! Can't exactly remember if it was a combo or just the cab, but I think it was a cab....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumbo Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 It's really strange how things can pan out like this, small world hey? Congrats on getting it back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnyboy Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 [quote name='daz' timestamp='1333039755' post='1596665'] I assume that as he bought it from crack converters that they gave him the money back ? I hope so. (pictures can be uploaded to photobucket or flickr etc and use the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
convair Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I love a Happy ending! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurhenry Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Must be the only music shop in Glos that hasn't closed since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 That's the most unlikely but amazing story I've head in a long time! Congratulations on finding her again! And props to the eBay seller for being so helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkG3 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Nice one that's great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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