Yellowhouseroad - Posted - 01/14/2013:  20:58:18

STOLEN! Help us find Matt's mandolin and fiddle which was stolen from a Glendale AZ hotel this afternoon. 

It's a very unique mandolin, LaPlant number 125 made in 2003. The fiddle is old and un-labeled with a case and bow. They are probably together. We're offering a reward with no questions asked. 

Friends in the Phoenix area can check in with pawn shops and music shops in your area to aid in recovery. 

Thanks. - Monroe Crossing

Edited by - Bill Rogers on 01/14/2013 21:19:28

slammer - Posted - 01/15/2013:  06:33:57

Sorry to here that Dave. That's just not right!!! Better keep that Nechville under lock and key!!! Sammer!!!

scaggs7 - Posted - 01/15/2013:  06:37:54

we're they stolen from your room or elsewhere

Voyageur - Posted - 01/15/2013:  08:43:59

So sorry about this. It's just horrible. My OME Otis Taylor was stolen over a year ago along with many other valuable items, but the only thing that still hurts is the loss of that banjo.

dmiller - Posted - 01/15/2013:  22:39:53

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Originally posted by Yellowhouseroad

STOLEN! Help us find Matt's mandolin and fiddle which was stolen from a Glendale AZ hotel this afternoon. 

It's a very unique mandolin, LaPlant number 125 made in 2003. The fiddle is old and un-labeled with a case and bow. They are probably together. We're offering a reward with no questions asked. 

Friends in the Phoenix area can check in with pawn shops and music shops in your area to aid in recovery. 

Thanks. - Monroe Crossing

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This is an incredibly GOOD sounding mandolin made by Lloyd LaPlant, in Grand Rapids Minnesota.  

There's a plethora of LaPlant  mandolins and guitars here in Minnesota and even though they all sound good - - Matt Thompson's LaPlant  #125, is an EXCEPTIONAL one that really had few equals.  I've heard him pick it (many times with Monroe Crossing) and once he broke a string on it here in Duluth while performing on stage with the MC,  but was immediately offered another LaPlant mandolin to pick while his string got changed. It (the replacement) was a good sounding instrument, but nowhere as good as #125 that Matt owns and picks on.

I noticed that this STOLEN ALERT is also posted on the Mandolin Cafe. 

I hope the thief is caught, and hung high (as they deserve).  

(I'll lend a hand with the rope - - new or used,  just so it gets the job done)

Here's Matt with LaPlant mandolin   #125, and Monroe Crossing.

Edited by - dmiller on 01/15/2013 22:50:12

OM45GE - Posted - 01/16/2013:  04:06:57

Good luck finding your instruments. Keep an eye on e-bay and Craig's list too.

Vapor - Posted - 01/17/2013:  21:30:40

Any updates on this.

alishabear97 - Posted - 01/17/2013:  21:45:47

bluegrasstoday.com/more-on-mat...in/ 

Here's the link to the story on Bluegrass Today.

dmiller - Posted - 01/17/2013:  21:46:18

Yes, and it's ALL good!!  

banjohangout.org/topic/253732

Also - - here is the T.V. interview with Matt when he got it back.  

kpho.com/story/20608644/musici...rking-lot

dmiller - Posted - 01/17/2013:  21:48:18

Ah -  - I was posting at the same time as Alisha!

mbuk06 - Posted - 01/18/2013:  00:50:03

Good to hear this story had a happy ending.