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An Incredible Story
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 1:31pm
Hi to all my UBP brethren, I know I've been away for some time, but I'm back with a very incredible story.
This is an incredible story.
About a 4 months ago I got an email on my Facebook asking if I was the bass player for the pop-rock band Steel Breeze in the early 80's that had mild success with RCA Records. I am that bass player. The email went on to say that this fellow who was emailing me had a bass that was supposably used to record the first album and the hit song You Don't Want Me Anymore back in 1982. He describes the bass as a Music Man Sabre, cream colored with black pickguard. Turns out that bass was stolen from our rehearsal studio warehouse back in 1984.
In short, I reply telling him that the bass was stolen from me and that I'd like to have it back. I left my phone number and patiently waited for his reply.
5:00 pm that same afternoon he calls me back up and says that he'll do the right thing and return the bass to me. I told him I would give him a $200 reward for doing so.
Turns out he only lives 35 minutes from my house. Needless to say my wife and I go to his house that night and retrieve my bass that had been stolen from me 26 yrs ago.
I plugged it in the next morning and played on it a little. The strings were old, but it sure sounded good. I've took it to a luthier to have him clean it up a bit and put new strings on it. The case is thrashed and the bass will need a new case. I'll keep the original case for old times sake.
I'm absolutely blow away that I have it back. I always wondered what happened to it. Now I know.
Here are pics of the bass and me playing it back in 1980 -
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 1:48pm
#2
amazing
rockin the prodigal
amazing
rockin the prodigal
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 1:54pm
#3
...that is pretty
...that is pretty incredible.
Feels like coming home? 
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 1:56pm
#4
He said that he got the bass
He said that he got the bass in 1988 from a guy that he played in a band with. They were squaring up some financial business after that band had broken up. The guy that gave him the bass said that it belonged to me and that it had been used to record the first Steel Breeze album. Crazy story, I know.
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 1:56pm
#5
He said that he got the bass
He said that he got the bass in 1988 from a guy that he played in a band with. They were squaring up some financial business after that band had broken up. The guy that gave him the bass said that it belonged to me and that it had been used to record the first Steel Breeze album. Crazy story, I know.
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 2:04pm
#6
awesome story.... glad you
awesome story.... glad you got her back!!
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 2:14pm
#7
Have you posted this on
Have you posted this on another forum some time ago? Or am I having mad Deja vu right down to the pics?
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Mon, 06/28/2010 - 2:27pm
#8
Been posted before on the other website
Mr. Foxen wrote:
Have you posted this on another forum some time ago? Or am I having mad Deja vu right down to the pics?
Yes I did, but I've been away for so long I just decided to let the UBP community know about it too.
BTW, I figuring out this new UBP format so everyone be a little patient with me.
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 5:48pm
#9
That's an awesome story and
That's an awesome story and that's awesome that your got your bass back!
Tue, 06/29/2010 - 5:28am
#10
vinxbass wrote:
This is an
vinxbass wrote:
This is an incredible story.
....... Needless to say my wife and I go to his house that night and retrieve my bass that had been stolen from me 26 yrs ago. ..........
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I'm absolutely blow away that I have it back. I always wondered what happened to it. Now I know.
HOLY CRAP...
That IS an incredible story...
How often do you ever get anything back that was stolen?
Nevermind 20 some odd yrs later.
Awesome story, and I'm happy for you. wish I had the bass tho 
K..now I replied to the right thread
T
Tue, 06/29/2010 - 10:22am
#11
Wow man, that's awesome!!
Wow man, that's awesome!! Excellent story indeed!
Tue, 06/29/2010 - 11:58am
#12
wow. thats a better man than
wow. thats a better man than I. I woulda kept that thing. haha. but then again im a douche.
glad you got it back sir.
rock.
DDD
Wed, 06/30/2010 - 9:48pm
#13
That is amazing, vinx.
I bet
That is amazing, vinx.
I bet words cannot express how it feels to have it back.
Sat, 07/03/2010 - 10:09am
#14
Dude that is ridiculous, that
Dude that is ridiculous, that stick looks super nice. Thank goodness for random kindness. You should get some new pics of you gigging it and post them side by side.
Mon, 07/05/2010 - 5:25am
#15
Way to go
Vinnie that's incredible!!
What goes around comes around.
You seem to be a very giving and caring person, and it's no surprise to me that this happened to you.
Share the love, bro'
HOLY CRAP! That is an awesome story! And what a sweet lookin' stick! So the guy that returned it to you, was that the guy who stole it? How did he know if was yours? What a crazy story.
Oh, and it's nice to see you back around these parts. Don't be a stranger again, or I'll have to drive up to Sac'to and kick your a$$!
Apology accepted, Captain Needa. Threadkiller #4 :cool: