Good News!!
Former Black Flag bassist Kira Roessler has recovered her custom-made blue Garz bass, which had been stolen from her home last week!
More details as we get them, but that big smile on Kira’s face says it all.
ETA, 1.17.11 11:18 AM: On her Facebook page, Kira just posted the following tale on how she got her bass back:
In December of 2004 I first put my hands on my custom electric blue bass. 3/4 scale … modeled after my Rickenbacker, only with a Tele-style head. For five years it played and sounded wonderful … just the perfect bass for me.
On January 6, 2011 my home was burglarized, and among the things taken, was the bass ….
I spread the news far and wide … got A LOT of support from friends and family, and at work from the head of my department, who got the Universal Studios security folks involved as they had contacts at LAPD.
On January 16 … I received a call from the head of my department … he gave me the name and number of an LAPD officer who had my bass.
When I arrived at the station to pick the bass up, I learned that this guy had tried to sell it at Guitar Center. They had already photocopied his driver’s license but he split because things seemed off … They contacted the police … now I have my bass!
Congratulations to Kira, and thanks to everyone who helped in any small way, even if it was just tweeting or reposting the original link (especially the good folks at Alternative Tentacles Records!), and especially to BoingBoing.net, who linked to TGML in their own post on the theft.
