Anonymous ID: c8903c Oct. 8, 2021, 2:25 p.m. No.14748130   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

in 2020, some 44 years on from the theft and Bachman says he had all but given up hope, before he received an email from a neighbor in White Rock who believed they had located the hallowed instrument.

 

Reportedly, the neighbor retooled some facial recognition software to look for wood grain matches, and turned up a YouTube video of Japanโ€™s rockabilly icon Takeshi playing the instrument.

 

The two setup a video call before Takeshi showed him the Grestsch.

 

โ€œI am absolutely struck right in my chest, like an electric shock,โ€ Bachman told CTV News of the moment he saw the guitar again online. โ€œThis is my guitar, and it looks one day older than when it was stolen. Whoever had it, loved it and took care of it.โ€

 

Now heโ€™s set to be reunited with the instrument on the stipulation from Takeshi he can trade it for a sister model of the same year, finish and spec (more on that in the video above).

 

guitarworld.com/news/randy-bachman-stolen-gretsch