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Igor Fiksman


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Georgia, USA
Post  Posted 7 Oct 2019 7:16 am    
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This came across on my FB feed. Thought I better spread the word in the community. Yall be on the lookout.This has got to be one of the more recognizable instruments out there.
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Brooks Montgomery


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Idaho, USA
Post  Posted 7 Oct 2019 7:32 am    
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Crap! Just saw him playing it in Missoula a couple weeks ago!
Won’t be easy to pawn that one. Hope they catch the syphalitic parasitics.
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Jerry Overstreet


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Post  Posted 7 Oct 2019 7:44 am    
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Mad Mad Mad
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Barry Blackwood


Post  Posted 7 Oct 2019 8:06 am    
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The world we live in..... Oh Well
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Lynn Owsley


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Hendersonville, Tennessee
Post  Posted 7 Oct 2019 9:38 am     Junior Brown Guitar !
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Thanks Igor !
Also stolen along with Junior,s guitsteel was his wifes Shenadoah Model Martin which has a Blond headstock that makes it recognizable !
all help is greatly appreciated !
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Pete Burak

 

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Portland, OR USA
Post  Posted 7 Oct 2019 7:36 pm    
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Was it stolen from the Venue or the Hotel?
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Don R Brown


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Rochester, New York, USA
Post  Posted 7 Oct 2019 7:56 pm     Re: Junior Brown Guitar !
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Lynn Owsley wrote:
Thanks Igor !
Also stolen along with Junior,s guitsteel was his wifes Shenadoah Model Martin which has a Blond headstock that makes it recognizable !
all help is greatly appreciated !


Would not hurt to post a pic of that Martin just to help the cause! Hope they catch the lowlifes!
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Craig Stock


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Westfield, NJ USA
Post  Posted 8 Oct 2019 3:45 am    
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Hotel, good article today in Www.savingcountrymusic.com
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Chris Schlotzhauer


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Colleyville, Tx. USA
Post  Posted 8 Oct 2019 4:05 am    
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There's no way anyone can attempt to sell that guitar without being caught
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Don R Brown


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Rochester, New York, USA
Post  Posted 8 Oct 2019 4:25 am    
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Pete Burak wrote:
Was it stolen from the Venue or the Hotel?


Broke a window in his car which was parked at a hotel, according to the article.
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Pete Burak

 

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Post  Posted 8 Oct 2019 5:16 am    
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Darn, I hate the smash and grab thing.
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manny escobar

 

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portsmouth,r.i. usa
Post  Posted 9 Oct 2019 6:42 am    
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I had a similar tragedy with my equipment on January 17,1987 at the Rawhide Lounge in N. Dartmouth, Mass. In 1978 I started building my first steel with help from Tom Bradshaw. I completed it five years later in 1983. The night it was stolen I was inside the lounge. They broke a window of my station wagon and took my steel, a Fender Super Reverb amp, stool with accessories, Calvin Kline jeans & shirt. I got it back almost 15 years later on 10/11/01. (one month after 9/11) It was in rough shape. It took months to fix it. I know how Junior Brown feels right now. It takes the "wind out of your sail". I`ve seen the incredible entertainer 3 times. I hope he gets his equipment soon.
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Darrell Criswell

 

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Maryland, USA
Post  Posted 9 Oct 2019 7:10 am    
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manny escobar wrote:
I had a similar tragedy with my equipment on January 17,1987 at the Rawhide Lounge in N. Dartmouth, Mass. In 1978 I started building my first steel with help from Tom Bradshaw. I completed it five years later in 1983. The night it was stolen I was inside the lounge. They broke a window of my station wagon and took my steel, a Fender Super Reverb amp, stool with accessories, Calvin Kline jeans & shirt. I got it back almost 15 years later on 10/11/01. (one month after 9/11) It was in rough shape. It took months to fix it. I know how Junior Brown feels right now. It takes the "wind out of your sail". I`ve seen the incredible entertainer 3 times. I hope he gets his equipment soon.


Can you tell us how you got it back and what was done with it while it was stolen. That is a fascinating story. Was the return related to 9/11?
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Erv Niehaus


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Litchfield, MN, USA
Post  Posted 9 Oct 2019 7:22 am    
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I read that it was his red guit/steel that was stolen.
Erv
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Darrell Criswell

 

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Maryland, USA
Post  Posted 9 Oct 2019 8:06 am    
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Erv Niehaus wrote:
I read that it was his red guit/steel that was stolen.
Erv


I read the newspaper article and it was the red one, however it doesn't look red anymore at all, I saw him play with it at the Ozark super shoe, its pretty worn.

They are shipping his "yellow" guit steel in a museum for him to play in shows and there is a new one on the shelf that will be finished soon is what is in the article.
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manny escobar

 

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portsmouth,r.i. usa
Post  Posted 10 Oct 2019 5:32 am    
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Hi Darrell, It was in a stinky basement for a long time. A divorced woman told some musician friends that she had a guitar with the name "MANNY" on it which my artist friend had carved. I know that it had changed hands. The case was gone. # 1. The original thief had assembled it. #2. It had been taken apart by someone who unscrewed the rods unaware of the ball and socket.
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Steve Spitz

 

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New Orleans, LA, USA
Post  Posted 12 Oct 2019 4:12 pm    
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I hope this gets back to JB.

I think someone may grab a steel in its case, thinking its a keyboard, which may be easier to fence than a steel. I hope that leads to a quick recovery.
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James Stewart Jr


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Vero Beach Florida
Post  Posted 9 Nov 2019 10:49 am    
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Any updates??
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