Assistance in locating my 4005

[bassduke49]

Wow. Still nothing, eh? This is sad.

[jps]

Is this who I think it is in this photo?

[bassduke49]

Looks like Barak Obama looking over Ted Staberow's shoulder!

[jsm610]

I'm keeping hope alive. Would really like to get this one back. Can anyone help?

[jps]

Has anyone been able to get in touch with Ted?

[bassduke49]

I've tried maybe a dozen times over the last few years, sometimes on behalf of John. Honestly, I don't know if or what I have done to make Ted avoid my attempts at contact. Come to think of it, even when we communicated a lot through this forum, it was always me who called him to talk (or more often, leave a message). I can't recall him ever initiating a phone conversation or returning my call. Eventually, he dropped out of this forum, too. The last time I saw him was July of 2011. We were still talking about using a digested version of his "Anatomy" series in the book and that he still wanted to do a couple of more chapters to complete it. I asked if he could complete it by fall of 2011, but come winter, I hadn't heard from him. Phone messages and emails since then have gone unanswered.

A mutual guitar friend offered a story about the John's "missing" 4005 as Ted explained to him, and I believe the story. In a nutshell, Ted had shipped it from work out to Oregon for Dale Fortune to work on, but Ted never got a tracking receipt and Dale never received the 4005. Turns out, Ted had been let-go (fired?) and the bass in its shipping carton got stuck in a corner in the shipping department where it sat for several(?) years. During a clean-out, the bass was uncovered and they contacted Ted to see if he wanted it back. Supposedly Ted got it back but has not admitted it nor returned several contact requests by John and me. Nuttin.

This is a sad situation and I wish I could help resolve it. But outside of just driving 100 miles down and breaking into his house and grabbing John's bass (if it is actually there), I just don't don't know what can be done. Has anyone here had better luck contacting Ted recently?

[bottom4]

I'd be standing at his door with a friend or two...

[xpitt]

I'd be standing at his door with a friend or two...

....who are speaking an unknown tongue....

[teeder]

I haven't read this whole thread in quite a while, but have the police been involved? I would be going this route.

[jdogric12]

Spent 3 seconds on google to find this. I know what I would do.

http://radaris.com/p/Theodore/Staberow/

[sloop_john_b]

I had a Facebook conversation with him in 2014, that was the last time.

[bassduke49]

Spent 3 seconds on google to find this. I know what I would do.

http://radaris.com/p/Theodore/Staberow/

Finding him is not the problem. Getting him to respond to his friends is the problem. That, and understanding why he won't respond.

[jdogric12]

Is it safe to assume he's dodging people because he's supposedly responsible for the loss of someone's $6K+ bass?

Looks like Illinois small claims court can be for as much as $10K, btw, fun little factoid.

[teeder]

Spent 3 seconds on google to find this. I know what I would do.

http://radaris.com/p/Theodore/Staberow/

Finding him is not the problem. Getting him to respond to his friends is the problem. That, and understanding why he won't respond.

He doesn't sound like much of a friend to me.

[jdogric12]

Spent 3 seconds on google to find this. I know what I would do.

http://radaris.com/p/Theodore/Staberow/

Finding him is not the problem. Getting him to respond to his friends is the problem. That, and understanding why he won't respond.

He doesn't sound like much of a friend to me.

My thought exactly. Although who knows, this is all just internet blabbing. Would love to know the whole story as the fly on the wall might report.