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Not my bass, and I've encouraged the owner to post here on RRF, but see link below to a thread on Talkbass regarding recent theft of a 1965 Mapleglo 4005. https://www.talkbass.com/threads/stolen ... o.1242383/

Let you friend know that it is a 1967 bass not '65... according to the serial number he posted.
Sad when this happens.

xsubs wrote:Let you friend know that it is a 1967 bass not '65... according to the serial number he posted.
Sad when this happens.

Thanks, I don't know the guy personally, just virtually on TB. I linked him to this thread on RRF. Is there a stolen bass registry on RRF?

xsubs wrote:Let you friend know that it is a 1967 bass not '65... according to the serial number he posted.
Sad when this happens.

Yep, it's a bummer when people get the date of their guitar wrong.


Seriously, though - this is terrible. I hope the guy gets his bass back. Rare guitars like this have a way of popping up much later, after having changed hands many times. Hope the owner has filed a police report, since otherwise he has no claim on the bass if it ever pops up for sale years from now.

Apparently he did file a report FWIW. He said they took the bass, but oddly, not the OHSC, which is worth a good bit too. Sounds like kids looking for a quick buck, he may get lucky if it turns up locally in a Pawnshop. If anybody on RRF catches a whiff of it, I'll hope they will let the guy know.

All's well that ends well! The guy got his bass back, he left it a bit mysterious, which makes me think they had a pretty good idea who stole it, and preferred not to press charges. probably a neighbor or relative fessed up. Rare bit of good news.
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/stolen ... t-19174021

Wow, that was fortunate the way it worked out .... sounds like it must have been someone they knew or somebody's bad-behaving child. They are very lucky it resolved itself.