Mission Mission » Dave Ricketts http://www.missionmission.org Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:48:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Zoinks! The Case of the Stolen Six-String! http://www.missionmission.org/2009/11/04/zoinks-the-case-of-the-stolen-six-string/ http://www.missionmission.org/2009/11/04/zoinks-the-case-of-the-stolen-six-string/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:28:46 +0000 Kat Malinowska http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=8473 Conrad sends in a link to a post on Djangology.net.  It seems Gaucho guitarist Dave Ricketts’ axe was stolen from Amnesia the night of September 30th.

Gumshoe that I am, I took to the case immediately by contacting my awesome friend Vic (LADIES: HE’S SINGLE!), who often sits in with the gypsy jazz band.  He sent in the above image, and the following:

It’s a dell arte “minor swing” model guitar. Note the pick wear right below the strings by the bridge and the Gaucho sticker on the cutaway. These sorts of guitars are pretty distinctive so it should be easy to spot if it pops up somewhere.

 

More details: it was stolen out of the back room at amnesia sometime after Gaucho finished their set at 10pm at Sep 30. It was in a blue Alpine brand gig bag.

Thanks Kat… some might call you a hero…

Oh, whoops, totally didn’t mean to include that last sentence.

Send any clues this way!  Rumor has it Dave Ricketts has found a suitable replacement, but I’m sure he’d appreciate getting his old guit-box back.

Related: if you ever have  a chance to make it to Amnesia Wednesday for gyspy jazz night, prepare to shit your pants over its novelty.  A scene like no other.  Whew.  I recommend it.

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