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Topic: In Search of my missing friend

Hey Everybody,
            I dont think anybody has noticed yet but on this tour I have been playing my backup Gigliotti Tele.  Well the prototype that Patrick made 5 years ago and has been played for every show and on every record for 5 years is missing.  It was lost in shipping from Denmark on the last tour.  It is very identifiable and if anybody sees it online, for sale or somebody other than me playing it.  Please let us know.  The thing that separates that guitar from the rest is the Tele headstock.  All the other ones have the new headstock..  We have been working through back channels to try to locate it but no luck..  Its the shipping companies fault but Im still very concerned..
Thanks Joe Bonamassa

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Re: In Search of my missing friend

Joe,

So sorry to hear about your friend. I am sure everyone here will be keeping a sharp eye out for it.

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Must feel like losing a testicle Joe.

Hope it turns up.

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Re: In Search of my missing friend

Joe (or anyone else),
Is there a pic of what it looks like somewhere?

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Man that sucks Joe.  I will add finding your guitar to my prayers, along with those for Bo Diddley.  Hopefully things will work out.

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<G> wrote:

Must feel like losing a testicle Joe.

Hope it turns up.

Hey <G>

You're hoping what turns up - the missing guitar or the missing testicle..???!! big_smile

I hope it turns up, Joe - unbelievable how a shipping company can lose something so important..!!

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Sorry to hear about your missing friend.  That's terrible.   But, Guitars don't just walk away.  Somebody knows where it is.  Does someone have a good picture of it?

"Listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding"
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Re: In Search of my missing friend

"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

JB We all pray for the safe return of your Mountain Time Friend

This could turn into the biggest treasure hunt ever

and she's as wild as eagles
she's as sweet as honeysuckle

she will return

playing rockpalast dvd for her now

........................... michael

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I wear a St. Anthony of Padua charm... I should have put it on loan to Joe in Elgin!  I was hoping that the Gigliotti would have become accounted for by now, and I'm sorry to hear that it has not.  I have a variety of very good, very clear pictures of it from the last few years if anyone would like to take a long look at it.

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VINTAGE GUITAR magazine has a section for lost or stolen guitars - might be worth a try.
Good luck Joe.

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Oh man! That is just terrible. I can't imagine how much that guitar means to you, Joe. Here's a photo of it: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id … amp;size=l

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Lee wrote:

Oh man! That is just terrible. I can't imagine how much that guitar means to you, Joe. Here's a photo of it: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id … amp;size=l

Wow! That's beautiful.

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What a frickin bummer Joe, it will turn up. Who ever has it is going start jawing about who it belongs to. The power of positive thinking, that's what were going to do!

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I remember when Derick Trucks equipment was stolden, It just go to show ya some people just have no soul. I'm not sure if that was what happened here, but if that is the case....... I shipped a Bass on Greyhound once and it ended up being lost for a day or two!!!!!!!! (it was not a gigalotti)

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Here are some other photos, one of the neck also.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/photogal1967/502746002/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/photogal1967/502782265/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/photogal1967/502782245/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/photogal1967/502782225/

~Rhonda

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Jane that was great....

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If everyone would post on whatever musician or equipment forums they participate in the word will get out.

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Re: In Search of my missing friend

Maybe web master can post it on the opening page of this site with a missing notice....