Over at the band Big Bang’s website they are running a competition in conjunction with Fender to give away one of Fender’s superb Road Worn ’50′s Telecasters.
Big Bang - Getting a little "Road Worn" themselves!
No tricky quizzes or I love because… tie-breakers just a straightforward random draw, gotta be worth dropping by here to enter…fingers crossed!
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Fintan
From the TalkBass Forum:
Until Recently, I played a beautiful Washburn XB925. I’ve had it for 11 years and through many bands. It was stolen from me on Friday May 7, so if any of you see an xb925 with a natural finish, gold hardware and a birdseye maple top on the market
You can see more information on the theft here.
keith
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From MySpace:
This bass belongs to Jack Hall who is a founding member of Wet Willie and now the bassist for Tommy Crain & the Crosstown Allstars. Jack has owned this bass for many years and it is dear to his heart. He stills plays it frequently. Please help it find its way home to him!
There are a number of photos on Myspace including some detailed ones.
keith
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Good discussion on the acousticguitarforum on how to avoid having your guitar(s) stolen while gigging. The advice given ranges from not letting it out of your site through to making it clearly identifiable.
You can read the full thing here. Of course part of the solution is to use dbTwang to record details of your guitar – making it a whole lot easier to get back if you are unfortunate enough to have it stolen 
keith
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From a posting today on the Steel Guitar Forum:
Gary Cumpian, Drummer For The Most Wanted Band, I Play in ask me to Post This. His Uncle Pete Martinez Member Of the Texas Hall Of Fame Had His House Broken into and His Steel guitars Was Stolen, His Bigsby Had His Name On The Front Of The Steel, Anyone seen this steel Call Gary Cumpian 210 623 0934, His Uncle Played with Tex Ritter and Many Others as seen on youtube!Thanks Randy Gilliam.
You can see it here.
keith
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Once again a load of gear gets removed from a parked van. This time it was the band Torche who suffered the lost. Included in the haul were:
For the full details and listing see the post here.
keith
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With Summer fast approaching and the skys over Europe looking decidedly unreliable with what has become the regular volcanic grounding of flights at the last minute; I am assuming I am not the only one thinking of taking my summer hols this year somewhere I can travel to overland.
In thinking about it I have realised that this could actually be quite a good thing and certainly the one feature of all my recent trips abroad that I will be delighted to forego has been the all too regular mugging you get when trying to fly with anything other than microscopic carry-on luggage – with one or two airlines in particular seeming to take the opportunity to terrorize you and your wallet with such glee that I quite expect to be directed to a dark ally out the back of the terminal if wanting to check-in a suitcase! – I’m sure you can guess who I mean!
So enuff of the rant, my point is this: all of a sudden my luggage allowance is as much as the boot of my car can hold and so the opportunity arises to take not just my trusty Martin D28, for those fun beach party sing alongs (or the more likely, run through of the hits of the 70′s, sitting on the corner of the bed in the B&B while waiting for the Cornish monsoon season to pass) but maybe the old Telecaster and an amp instead. The more I think of it the more I like the idea but there’s a problem… my smallest amp is a pretty hefty combo and even with a spacious boot capacity taking it would mean leaving behind other essential vacation items such as bucket & spade or my very beautiful co-driver.
So I’ve been casting an eye over what’s out there in the line of mini or practice amps and have come across ZT Amplifiers Lunchbox, at $350ish it’s not the cheapest but it looks very well put together and would nearly fit in the glove compartment. The specs are here but before I go ahead and place an order I thought I’d just see if anyone reading this has used one or can recommend an alternative? All opinions will be gratefully received.
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Fintan
From Craigslist:
My home in East Arlington was broken into Thursday, May 6. Several items were taken including:
Full details here.
keith
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Another nice one from the Music Man forums. With the serial number and description the police were able to identify a stolen guitar in the hands of the thief 
Full forum post here (this is the page with the recovery details on it)
keith
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Höfner Archtop Hollow Body 1960
For more detail: http://www.dbtwang.com/guitars/1733 (you need to be signed in to view)
Ventura Les Paul V2600 1976
For more detail: http://www.dbtwang.com/guitars/1715 (you need to be signed in to view)
Fender Stratocaster Deluxe 1999
For more detail: http://www.dbtwang.com/guitars/1720 (you need to be signed in to view)
keith
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