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POLICE IN LONDON are searching for glasses-wearing, goatee-sporting man after the theft of a guitar from a music store.
The robbery happened on the last Friday in August when a man entered the store near Twickenham and took a guitar off the wall and left.
The stolen instrument is a six-stringed ruby red Rickenbacker guitar that is valued at €1,900. It had been hanging on the wall in the front window of the store before it was taken.
Police have released an image of the man they wish to speak with to, describing him as having having brown hair and a goatee-style beard.
He also wore glasses and a light-coloured coat. Naturally.
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OK. A guy robs a guitar in the UK. Thanks.
Mind you, Rickenbacker are great guitars and the Beatles used them until the Fender Strats were released. Great sound.
Strats are older than the Beatles bro.
Ehhhh guitars have six strings. Like saying two legged man robs bank.
I stand corrected Bigus.
@Biscuits. Bass guitars have 4 strings in most cases.
A one legged man robs bank. Now that would be news.
guitars have 4, 6, 7, 12 strings.
There’s also an 8 string Joe.
A bank robbing a one legged man wouldn’t be news however. That’s just daily life in Ireland.
Rickenbacker bass has a beautiful, full, distinctive sound.
Well, not quite, there are 4 string guitars (Bass Guitar), Seven String Guitars, Twelve String guitars and I’ve recently heard of an 8 string model being released.
You can get 12 string Rickenbackers , Bass guitars have 4 strings which Rickenbacker also make .
Indeed, excellent choice. I wonder why you had 99 thumbs down (at last look) for an informed, nay expert comment.
You can get guitars with any amount of strings, you imbeciles – arguing how how may strings a guitar has, FFS…
Here’s a 1-string bass: https://youtu.be/eWRn80UOsqw
Rickenbacker basses are deadly, you definitely know one when you hear it on an album.
I’d bet you couldn’t spot one, Nigel – stop regurgitating stuff you read in “Guitar Solo” magazine.
Hahaha brilliant. Must get the new issue now that you mention it.
Stephen. I aint talkin’ bout chicken n’ gravy biatch. Yo ass is too def fo’ school
Wow, you seem angry at Nigel.
Zozzy I’m think he’s just getting flustered trying to learn wonderwall on his encore strat.
Chortle!
is the sound not determined by the amp rather than the guitar?
@lotto – both. The pickups on the guitar dictate tone & sustain. But yes, the amp can further modify the sound too. I could make my Stingray sound like a Rickenbacker using Guitar Rig – that’s why I said Nigel is full of it when he says he “loves the sound of a Rickenbacker”. He couldn’t spot one in a line-up.
Both Lotto. And now you can use computerised amp modelling as Stephen is getting at. it’s not bad either. You can also run lots of different instruments through those “computerised amps” too for quirky sounds, reverrbs, distortions etc.
If it’s an acoustic guitar then you’ll have to worry about mic placement and recording a clean sound first. That takes time and money. You can make an acoustic sound like an electric very easily, but not the other way around (not convincingly and easily anyway).
Stephen, it’s not just about the pickups you idiot. Certain woods, string action, brass blocks, even something as using a brass nut can change a guitar’s sustain. The player’s hands can even have an effect, you don’t have a clue what you’re talking about.
Stop pretending you can notice the difference between any of those things, Nigel.
Of course I can as can many people who can actually play an instrument.
lol – I’d kick your ass on guitar, drums, and bass.
Is this really worthy of a news story in Ireland….
Meanwhile in south London a death metaller stole a cupcake mould from a cookery store.
Is there a definition now of exactly what a hipster looks like? Looks like a normal casually dressed person to me.
He wears glasses and has a beard, clearly he’s an absolute c#nt.
Putting on a pair of glasses isn’t much of a disguise Stephen, your caught now!
It worked for Superman.
a hipster is the one with the apple products.
actually @Stephen…. with a pair glasses…. YOU didn’t happen to get yourself a new guitar recently? ??
Good to see a Businesses have a decent video cam for once. Still too many poor quality outdated systems in place.
More bollocks!
The Journal continues its ascent further and further up its own arse in search of journalism.
Next in The Journal “Mail man scared to death of barking dog in the back yard”
Where is the newsworthiness in this story for Ireland?
With the influx of hipsters into our culture, it’s only a matter of time before they start brazenly stealing our guitars too.
Next the’ll be setting up pop-up cereal and craft beer shops in Tralee. Maybe even with loudspeakers outside them. Soon after, we’ll all be forced to wear glasses, beards and light coloured jackets.
We need to be warned, because we can learn from random snippets regarding things that happen in other countries that difference is bad.
Steel stringed no doubt.
pure bulldoings.what gonk journo stories..very lame
It’s pathetic to have this as a news story. Seriously, it’s pathetic.
A bit average for a hipster
Hide yo kids, hide yo wife..
That’s it society has finally been lost with this act!
how many times have you bought a newspaper to find the culture section missing, hipster theives are rife I tells ya
Police are currently searching the subway because they know that hipsters love being underground.
It’ll be easy to catch him, judging by the guitar he stole he’s obviously in a Tom Petty cover band. All they have to do is check the local pubs.
The guy in the CCTV footage is the same guy as the guy in the picture of the next news item…mad or what
Big time,, hipster dad, bring that guitar back!
Because paying for stuff is too mainstream.
How do you know he was a hipster? The wispy beard is not enough evidence. Did the area smell of pulled pork or craft beer after he left? That’s the only way to tell really! Classic signs you’ve been robbed by a hipster!
Trendy feckers the lot of them…
Narciso Yepes played a 10-string classical guitar.
Ok good, that’s one person police can eliminate from their investigation.
https://youtu.be/Dd_DFedwXVk 3 string !!!
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