Help replace my stolen guitar
Dear people of Australia and beyond,
Everyone knows Makoto GuitarSamurai right?
That ninja/samurai busker who madly shreds/shredded every drunken weekend night at :
HINDLEY STREET - Adelaide
GEORGE STREET - Sydney
SWANSTON STREET - Melbourne
NORTH BRIDGE - Perth
Unfortunately folks, his iconic GUITAR 'IBANEZ S770FM' WAS STOLEN!
On 26 FEBRUARY 2017, Approx 4:30 am in Adelaide, while packing his stuff, he left it behind... As soon as he realised this and came back, it was already gone.
He is DEVASTATED. It means A LOT to him.
It was his trusty axe he held and busked with for the last 6 years, and traveled around the world (Japan, Europe and around Australia and New Zealand). He is also busking to help support our family (wife and baby daughter) while I am are studying and training here. (I'm learning childcare)
During last two months, we have searched local pawn shops and checked Gumtree and Ebay listings everyday. As the S770FM (Antique Burst Flat) is a very specific model he brought from Japan, it would be easy to identify it. Unfortunately we couldn't find anything...
We are kindly asking you to help us replace his missing guitar with another Ibanez S series. It will help him lift his spirits up and continue to do what he does best - bring music to to the lives of others.
Thank you,
Katarzyna Ono (Makoto's wife)
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g'day internet,
my name is johnny austin, i have been asked to share some thoughts in furtherance of my friends application to your site, i do not generally use computers, please forgive any lack of understanding i have of the appropriate ettiquette...
i met makoto on hindley st in adelaide, i was living on the street at the time (mako and kas have since taken me into thier home) and had just been engaged in stopping a streetfight between some of our local drunken idiot children. he is a good guy, and it seems much respected by the people here.
our friendship solidified when he called and asked my help to safely leave a sharehouse as some facetatted numpty was implying threats toward his family. whilst trying to stabilise the living situation, some nong took off with his guitar... may thier decendents be the children of postmen....
if i could just win the lottery i would take care of this myself, but my luck seems to be tied up in my inability to die. therefore i make this appeal to the attrition of small kindnesses, help this man, my friend, as he helps those around him. this world becomes a better place each time we do these things for friends and strangers.
if you have any further inquiries my number is 0416375120
kind regards,
johnny austin.
Here's an example of Makoto's performance.
Manchester, UK 2012: