Author Topic: I am wondering... (Read 226 times)

applejuice · « **on:** July 12, 2006, 06:38:13 PM »

Will this idea catch on?
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Accessories/Security/SNAGG_Microchip.html

It seems like a good idea, but I just don't see it happening.

FC Bass · « **Reply #1 on:** July 12, 2006, 06:45:36 PM »

Well... You still have to find the instrument before you can scan it...

adriaan · « **Reply #2 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.

keith_h · « **Reply #3 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

kmh364 · « **Reply #4 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)

spose · « **Reply #5 on:** July 13, 2006, 11:05:42 AM »

Gibson has been doing it with the reissue Les Paul for years now.

applejuice · « **Reply #6 on:** July 13, 2006, 12:13:01 PM »

I didn't know that.

applejuice · « **Reply #7 on:** July 13, 2006, 12:19:39 PM »

double post...

(Message edited by applejuice on July 13, 2006)

bigredbass · « **Reply #8 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

hankster · « **Reply #9 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