I'll be mogadored!

Oskar · Joined: Jul 29, 2004 Posts: 1751 Location: Norway

Well, this has been as weird a Monday as I can ever remember, and as it's a musicianly thing I will share it with y'all:
As some of you know, just before lat X-mas my car was broken into (while parked inside a bleepin bunker, I hasten to add), and I found myself short a couple of guitars, an Irish Bouzouki, a mixer rack and some speakers and mikes. Now, last month, the mixer rack was found during an arrest. I was pleased to get my mixer (a Soundcraft M12 - good stuff) and TC Fx unit back, but Iwasn't about to get excited over the prospect of getting my beloved string things back.
ANYHOW, today I stopped to have a chat with my next door neighbour, an old guitarist himself, and somehow we got to talikng about my upcoming visit to England, so I said that I'd be looking to get myself a new bouzouki over ther. "Funny you should mention it," he said,"I got one just the other day - from X (a fairly well known singer, speed freak and general loose cannon in town - great talent but rep somewhat tarnished by too many drug and alcohol fuelled antics over the years). I asked if I could see it, and wouldn't you know it, it was MY BOUZOUKI! A slightly awkward moment, but we're both men of the world so he just handed it over to me. He was deeply unhappy, so I reckon I have a job to do in making it clear that he's completely blameless, as far as I'm concerned.
The other guy though, he's well and truly up the creek, as i'm a pacifist, so I'll murder him with words instead of giving him the beating he probably deserves.
Anyway, as you can imagine, it's a day of really mixed emotions for me; one the one hand, I got back a beautiful instrument I thought I'd never play again, on the other hand, the shock of being robbed comes back to me, even worse, a fellow musician was an accomplice in the crime.

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Inventor · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:38 am Post subject:

A break-in is a bigger deal than people who haven't had one realize. It's a violation of your personal space and a threat to your security. For most of us, it's not about the stuff. I mean, if you need it *that* bad, you can have it, man. Its the violence and the affront that sort of shocks you. I understand, Oskar, I understand.

BobTheDog · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:55 am Post subject:

You need to get your neighbors money back, I would recommend violence myself, if not you, pay someone else to get it.

Oskar · Joined: Jul 29, 2004 Posts: 1751 Location: Norway

Sound · Joined: Jun 06, 2006 Posts: 842 Audio files: 1

Hi Oskar,

I' m sorry, but this is a very nice history.

The Bouzoki come back itself to you.

I don't know if your city is a big city. Magic or by chance? Who knows it?

hug your bouzuki.

Best,

Oscar.

bachus · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:15 pm Post subject:

Congratz on getting the Bouzouki back. I don't play one but I imagine that one must feel some kind of emotional bond with one's acoustic instument.

Oskar · Joined: Jul 29, 2004 Posts: 1751 Location: Norway

seraph · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:07 am Post subject:

Oskar
how do you tune it? it looks like Greek and Irish bouzoukis are tuned differently.

Oskar · Joined: Jul 29, 2004 Posts: 1751 Location: Norway