Misowaki Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 (edited) A post on here led me to thinking... of all the "look out for XYZ that got stolen from a gig/car/back of my bicycle/my drunken hands" posts I see on F******k and the like, it's never rarely bass gear. So, at the risk of perpetuating the divide between band members and the reviving the old singer/drummer/bassist joke type thing, why is it seemingly only drummers and guitarists that get their stuff nicked? Or, as is the case with 2 of my band members, leave their gear places and forget about it, never to be seen again? 🤔 Any of you ever left your gear in a car overnight or left unattended whilst you've gone to get whizzed? p.s. I also drum and play guitar in other bands so not ragging, I'm just really anal about my gear and it astounds me how little others care for theirs. Edited August 9, 2018 by Misowaki I have been shown the error of my ways =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 I had my bass nicked after, yes you guessed, leaving it in the car overnight. Luckily I found it again, a year later, in my local pawnshop. But I don't leave gear in my car overnight anymore. Once bitten, twice shy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Misowaki said: why is it seemingly only drummers and guitarists that get their stuff nicked? Whatever impression you may have garnered from social media, it is certainly the case that Bass players' gear gets nicked. Also, any number of people here have been scammed out of instruments and other stuff. And they've usually experienced difficulty getting their stuff back. One BC-er is currently participating in a police enquiry into a repeat scammer and there's a crowdfund to help cover his (and another BC-ers) losses. Edited August 8, 2018 by skankdelvar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misowaki Posted August 8, 2018 Author Share Posted August 8, 2018 Ah, scams are a different thing though, I've narrowly escaped a couple by the skin of my teeth. I'm talking about the myriad "my stuff got stolen from my car" posts I come across. The 'ah that suuuuucks" reaction is quickly superseded by "WHY DID YOU LEAVE ALL THAT IN YOUR CAR OVERNIGHT?!" Didn't mean to rub it in to anyone that is going through a loss of their own, sorry chaps and chapettes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misowaki Posted August 8, 2018 Author Share Posted August 8, 2018 And! Every week I see a post about missing drum or guitar gear but never bass gear. Literally. I've never seen one "my bass got nicked" post. Just my experience of it 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Even though I’m generally careful, working as a musician makes it inevitable that some gear gets left in vehicles, sometimes overnight. I always take instruments into hotels..but moving amps at 3am..no way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misowaki Posted August 8, 2018 Author Share Posted August 8, 2018 (edited) Ah man see I just can't do that, have to bring it all in. Maybe I'm the weird one! Edited August 8, 2018 by Misowaki 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 31 minutes ago, BassBod said: Even though I’m generally careful, working as a musician makes it inevitable that some gear gets left in vehicles, sometimes overnight. I always take instruments into hotels..but moving amps at 3am..no way. Aside from my 410 speaker cab I`m pretty much the same, even when staying overnight at hotels it all comes in with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misowaki Posted August 8, 2018 Author Share Posted August 8, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: How did you avoid Scott Devine’s theft? I couldn’t escape reading about it at one point! Yeah I did hear about that actually. I guess because the link wasnt as immediate I didn't acknowledge it in the same way. But he got it back, didn't he! I gues the moral is if you're gonna have shizz nicked, make sure you're famous first? =D Edited August 8, 2018 by Misowaki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staggering on Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 In this very forum a thread was started 15 hours ago re a stolen Phil Jones bass amp, anyone notice that? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzbass Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 quite clearly you are wrong, why are you visiting drum and guitar forums? You can't be a real bass player, you must be one of them musicians I keep reading about 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 6 hours ago, bazzbass said: ...must be one of them musicians I keep reading about Impossible..! Musicians never visit forums. Fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misowaki Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 12 hours ago, gjones said: I had my bass nicked after, yes you guessed, leaving it in the car overnight. Luckily I found it again, a year later, in my local pawnshop. Glad to hear you got it back! One of my bands, one guitarist left his guitar at a gig. A week later asked us "has anyone seen my guitar?" 6 months later he returns to the venue and his guitar is still on stage exactly where he left it. Luckily it was a favour playing at his step dad's churchy thing. Still... WTF?! No idea how it took him so long to connect the dots. Another, in the same band, left a super rare Japanese strat from the 80s I think at a function he thinks. Years ago. Swears he knows exactly where he left it. Didn't do anything about it at the time, now laments its loss. I drum in that band. Often the guitarists will ask if I have a spare lead or plectrums. 😒 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misowaki Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: Impossible..! Musicians never visit forums. Fact. I'm having a dry summer, all my students are on holiday and played my last gig til September on Wednesday so I've nothing better to do right now =D Also, I have severe GAS Edited August 9, 2018 by Misowaki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misowaki Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 6 hours ago, bazzbass said: quite clearly you are wrong, why are you visiting drum and guitar forums? You can't be a real bass player, you must be one of them musicians I keep reading about It's all on facebook, man. I swear, I never see posts about bassists losing their gear. I might make a few screenshots to show I'm not crazy. I mean, I know that obviously we're not immune I just never hear of it. Started on guitar, preferred the sound and feel of bass, always wanted to play drums but never allowed a kit when younger but eventually ended up drumming in a band I bassed in because he was sh!t (and a massive silly billy) and ended up getting more gigs on drums so stuck with that a few years before now being mainly on bass again ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 10 minutes ago, Misowaki said: ... so I've nothing better to do right now =D... I don't buy it. Real musicians practise and study in their 'downtime'. ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misowaki Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 11 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: I don't buy it. Real musicians practise and study in their 'downtime'. ... Then I guess you're right... https://youtu.be/TzMSfaNXYZg (That would work so much better if the link would embed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 I'd like to know just how he manages to get all those clean shirts, jackets and stuff into such a small tote bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misowaki Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 Thats where the 'incredible' part comes in. Without the magic tote he's just Hulk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) Bassists do indeed, also get their gear nicked - It's not just drummers or guitarists I've known of a few incidents over the years, including a pal of mine Re leaving gear in a car overnight, I'd never do that. I've known people do it and get away with it But I suspect if your car got broken in to, and gear stolen from the car - you probably wouldn't do it again I wouldn't even leave a cheapo / bitsa / backup bass in my car, as much as anything, to avoid the thieves damaging my car EDIT: That said, I do leave gear out of sight, in the boot of my car, but rarely overnight... just in case... Edited August 9, 2018 by Marc S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoBass Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 We did a wedding in a marquee in a field recently. I slept with my stuff in the tent with me. The only options were to leave it in the car or in the (unattended) marquee overnight. Neither was going to happen. The guitarist in a band I was in years ago had his guitar nicked when we were loading out after a pub gig. No one’s going to question a bloke walking out of a pub with a guitar case under his arm. The thing was, the case was empty as the guitar was still on it’s stand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misowaki Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 22 minutes ago, BrunoBass said: The thing was, the case was empty as the guitar was still on it’s stand... 😖 Is that what they mean by thick as thieves? Maybe he just needed a hard case though... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 I never leave a bass in the car overnight, but I have left the rest of my gear on occasion -- in such cases, I always back my car up till it's 6" from the garage wall, so there's no way the tailgate can be opened. The gear is all out of sight in the boot under the tonneau cover, so it's not visible from the outside of the car. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misowaki Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 Yeah, I have also left stuff in the car tbh but only ever in my drive way with bits out of sight and the boot backed up like you say. But I also live in the burbs. But I teach from my house so people can hear bass and drums so I'm an obvious target... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gottastopbuyinggear Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 In the interest of balance, I played a gig at a biker rally a few weeks ago where the bass player from the band on before us left his American Elite Jazz at the venue. Fortunately the organisers took charge of it and he got it back. So, not every bass player is as organised as some of us. Personally I count the number of bags/cases going into my car when I leave home, and count them all back in at the end of the gig (usually between 10 and 12 depending on whether we take lights) and the only thing I’ve ever mislaid is a mic stand, which I’d taken as a spare at the last minute - I don’t even sing! And for even more balance, on that occasion our guitarist spotted it and took it home for me. I will admit to occasionally leaving my cabs in the car overnight after a gig, but they’re home built so apart from my time the actual investment in them is relatively low. Everything else comes into the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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