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    Steve Vai's Stolen "Swiss Cheese" guitar found!

    I remember reading that a few of Vai's guitars had been stolen during rehearsals for the EEAS tour. Vai did an interview somewhere where he said "they're just wire and wood, and good luck to someone trying to sell them!"

    Vai posted this on his FB this morning:

    Reunited, and it feels so good. Oddly enough, after going missing 36 and a half years ago, my custom Joe Despagni “Swiss Cheese” guitar was finally returned to me. This guitar was custom built for me by Joe Despagni. Joe was my best friend in life growing up and he made me some of the wildest guitars I ever laid my fingers on such as the Flame guitar, the Lightning Bolt, this Swiss Cheese guitar, ZNG ZNG, and his final piece that he made for me before he passed away, Theadolite. He worked with his brother Rob on many of these guitars.

    I used “Swiss Cheese” in the original Yankee Rose video while I was with David Lee Roth, and stretched it out in rehearsals and was planning on touring with it, but this guitar, along with 3 others, was stolen in Pasadena CA at Perkins Palace during rehearsals for the Eat Em and Smile tour. It is officially the first guitar to receive a “monkey” grip” handle, and the first one Joe made with a handle at my request.

    The guitar was discovered by young Iván Gonzáles Acosta (Instagram: @byivan997) in the attic of his grandparents home in Tijuana, Mexico not too long ago. It seems the people that lived in his grandparents house before them purchased the guitar somewhere along the way and it was just stuck in the attic only to be discovered recently when they were reorganizing things.

    When Ivan discovered this guitar, he posted some images online and they came on the trusty radar of our very own Mike Mesker. Mike is THE authority on the history and specifics of all my guitars. Mike started reaching out to Ivan and after some time he was able to arrange a drop off where Ivan was met by Mike, Doug MacArthur and myself. Thanks to Mike for his solid vigilance in bringing this guitar home.

    The condition of the guitar when I saw it was a shocker. It’s as if it was put in the case and never played for 36 years. The colors are still vibrant and the neck is in great shape.

    Thank you Ivan for your kind consideration and for reuniting me with this piece of my history. Receiving this guitar feels like an old friend has returned home after so many years to jam with me. I believe that we will make a wonderful Ham and Swiss sandwich together.
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    That guitar looks like something that would grow in a petri dish after swabbing Madonna’s vagina.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nitro Express View Post
    That guitar looks like something that would grow in a petri dish after swabbing Kristy’s vagina.
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    When I read this story for some reason my main thought was did they give the guy a reward?

    I know it's handling stolen goods and so on and legally he doesn't have a leg to stand on but he kind of deserves something more than a photo?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nitro Express View Post
    That guitar looks like something that would grow in a petri dish after swabbing Madonna’s vagina.
    It's maybe not aged that well - the headstock is weirdly long, never noticed that before.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Seshmeister View Post
    When I read this story for some reason my main thought was did they give the guy a reward?

    I know it's handling stolen goods and so on and legally he doesn't have a leg to stand on but he kind of deserves something more than a photo?
    "After some time he was able to arrange a drop off" sounds to me like there was some sort of negotiation.

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    "It seems the people that lived in his grandparents house before them purchased the guitar somewhere along the way and it was just stuck in the attic only to be discovered recently when they were reorganizing things." call me a cynic but hmm...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seshmeister View Post
    It's maybe not aged that well - the headstock is weirdly long, never noticed that before.


    It’s vaginal fungus with a big long dick. Can’t get more woke than that. It’s back instyle again!

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    Well it’s not the first time someone caught some ick from Tijuana.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seshmeister View Post
    "It seems the people that lived in his grandparents house before them purchased the guitar somewhere along the way and it was just stuck in the attic only to be discovered recently when they were reorganizing things." call me a cynic but hmm...
    Yeah that story is pretty thin... I'm thinking whoever stole it didn't off-load it to any sort of musical collector and it probably got traded for cash or drugs among a series of degenerates who had no clue about the history of that guitar or Vai...

    On top of that... it's a fucking ugly guitar that few would be proud to play or display it prominently...
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    Well. It’s cheesy that’s for sure. It should be called the Gyno Guitar. It’s a green discharge that smells of Limburger.

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