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doctorwho wrote:Not to hijack this thread, but a 1969 Rickenbacker 4001 was recently stolen (along with a '58 Strat) in Detroit MI:

http://detroit.craigslist.org/msg/1283355092.html

looking for my stolen rickenbacker and strat - $1000 (newboston)
Date: 2009-07-22, 2:41PM EDT

Ouch. Not to further hijack this thread, but if you owned a '58 Strat and and a '69 4001, would you leave them in a rehearsal space? Heck, I'd sleep with them. I totally sympathize, but you can't cure stupid.

I agree, John, those two would have been travelling every time back home if they were mine.

The 4001 BG that I spotted is on the Washington DC Craigslist, and it does not appear to be yours:

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/ ... 52877.html

doctorwho wrote: Not to hijack this thread, but a 1969 Rickenbacker 4001 was recently stolen (along with a '58 Strat) in Detroit MI:

http://detroit.craigslist.org/msg/1283355092.html

I think I e-mailed this guy and asked him to put the s/n and any images he had in the Registry.

Hopefully he did.

doctorwho wrote:I agree, John, those two would have been travelling every time back home if they were mine.

The 4001 BG that I spotted is on the Washington DC Craigslist, and it does not appear to be yours:

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/ ... 52877.html

4001BG-DC-CL.jpg

I saw that and I thought It wa smind but the bridge is different, Good Eye though!

Here it is on eBay.

They even listed the serial number, and it matches. If you filed the police report, you should be all good to get this back.

Great catch Jake!

Hope this all turns out well....

This is a wonderful case of AWESOME!!!

I sent Jake an email too -- hopefully he sees one or the other soon. Looks like it's still in the same area, so hopefully he can go and get it in person. I debated emailing the seller, but thought it better not to tip the guy off just in case he decided to do anything shady with it before Jake can take care of things. Looks like the seller is not the thief, unless he's a really, really stupid thief.

Good news! Keeping my fingers crossed ...

my expierience is that crooks can be very stoooopid... let's hope so in this case!!!

wow, someone get in touch with the OP asap.

I have my fingers crossed for you! Man, it's hard typing with your fingers crossed.

Best of luck getting it back ASAP, Jake!
I hope this also helps the police find the creep that stole it!

I'm at the police station now boys (on my phone.) I had a police report filed with the serial and they are looking it up right now so I'm just waiting to see what happens. Thanks so much guys! Best news to wake up to (and its my day off haha.) I got a few emails from rick forum and talk bass. Ill let everyone know how it turns out ASAP. Still can't believe it was spotted. Thank you everybody for keepin' an eye out

I hope the ebay listing isn't a typo of some sort.

I just want you to get it back. Glad you're able to get it taken care of in a quick manner...