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Title: I am wondering...
Post by: applejuice on July 12, 2006, 06:38:13 PM
Will this idea catch on?  
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Accessories/Security/SNAGG_Microchip.html (http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Accessories/Security/SNAGG_Microchip.html)
 
It seems like a good idea, but I just don't see it happening.
Title: I am wondering...
Post by: FC Bass on July 12, 2006, 06:45:36 PM
Well... You still have to find the instrument before you can scan it...
Title: I am wondering...
Post by: adriaan on July 13, 2006, 12:23:02 AM
... the point being that when the police find stolen goods, and they are bugged with the chips, it should be easier for the legitimate owner to claim his belongings.
Title: I am wondering...
Post by: keith_h on July 13, 2006, 05:00:48 AM
It sounds like it might be worth while. It doesn't cost all that much and might allow for reduced insurance costs.  
 
Keith
Title: I am wondering...
Post by: kmh364 on July 13, 2006, 05:18:31 AM
Carvin offers it as a factory option. I think I started a thread here a couple of years ago about adding it to Alembic's options list. If I remember, it didn't go over too well for reason(s) that escape me at the moment.
 
(Message edited by kmh364 on July 13, 2006)
Title: I am wondering...
Post by: spose on July 13, 2006, 11:05:42 AM
Gibson has been doing it with the reissue Les Paul for years now.
Title: I am wondering...
Post by: applejuice on July 13, 2006, 12:13:01 PM
I didn't know that.
Title: I am wondering...
Post by: applejuice on July 13, 2006, 12:19:39 PM
double post...
 
(Message edited by applejuice on July 13, 2006)
Title: I am wondering...
Post by: bigredbass on July 13, 2006, 05:38:47 PM
As expensive as some vintage pieces have gone, it's a wonder they don't include a LoJac built into the case!
 
J o e y
Title: I am wondering...
Post by: hankster on July 14, 2006, 06:54:23 PM
Wish Gibson had installed it on my '73 Les Paul - stolen from my apartment in Victoria, B.C.  But then, if I'd recovered the '73, I wouldn't have bought the black Les Paul Standard at Valley Arts in Los Angeles in '79, and wouldn't have gotten the great deal that I got for buying the Stingray bass at the same time as the black Standard, and, well... things just wouldn't have been the same.
 
Rick