Black silence looking for the missing guitar

We are in 1999, the band Quebecers are successful. Nevertheless, Sound We jase youreleased four years earlier, propelled black silence to the firmament of showbiz Quebecer. Moreover, The group is everywhere. However, With his companions, Bernatchez is invited to go and play on the television show The furyin Montreal. However,

The members of Noir Silence. Moreover, who repeat in the premises of the Cégep de Beauce-Appalaches, load the truck of their instruments and take the road to the metropolis. For example,

“Made to Montreal. However, I open the truck, and there I see that my guit ‘is no longer there,” said the musician at Soleil Who met him in his offices of the black silence looking missing guitar scene lovers, in Saint-Georges. Furthermore, “I had to rent one for the evening.”

“Even today, I don’t know what happened. Moreover, Have I forgotten it at Cégep? However, Has anyone stole it? Therefore, No one saw her anyway. Moreover, ”explains Jean-François Bernatchez, who also recalls that security cameras were not very widespread in those years.

The instrument in question is not just any: fans of the group know him well. Moreover, since it is the guitar that can be seen in the clip of We jase you. For example, A magnificent Stratocaster Floyd Rose Classic from Fender of Cherry Red Color. Nevertheless, with a double Dimarzio micro specially designed for it. Consequently,

The musician, also a founder of the Saint-Georges summer festival, no longer remembers the serial number. However, But he remembers a distinctive line:

“During a MusiquePlus passage, a technician screwed a camera in the handle because he wanted to see my fingers on the strings. But it left a hole on the headstock.»

— Jean-François Bernatchez, guitarist

The beautiful instrument was bought by its owner in 1995 from Music Richard Gendreau, in Quebec.

Black silence looking missing guitar

“The extension of my arm”

“This guitar was the black silence looking missing guitar extension of my arm. ” says Bernatchez, who recognizes that the instrument is missing and left a void in his artist’s life. “This is the guitar with which I recorded the album Trap […] This is the sound of the beginnings. of band […] All other members [de Noir Silence] still have their first instrument. Not me.”

After this loss. the guitarist says he never bought a similar model of the stratocaster and having turned to the Fender Telecaster, for a more country style.

But why not have tried at the time to black silence looking missing guitar find the missing guitar? “We never wanted to put pressure on the authorities, we did not publicize his disappearance either. We did not think of all this. ”replies the musician who also says he is not even sure that his guitar case was clearly identified.

While they come back from a concert given to the Saarland. last weekend, and they have everything and nothing, friends talk about this missing guitar. And the idea emerges from asking for help from fans. A Facebook publication is made.

Very quickly, it becomes viral. This Tuesday evening, four days after its online, the publication was released more than 1,700 times.

“It surprises black silence looking missing guitar me so much!” We have people who comment to tell us that they have shared in this. that city, ”notes the guitarist visibly touched by popular mobilization.

And in the comments, several tracks seem to appear. But out of the question for Bernatchez to play “the investigator”, who prefers to “trust the good judgment”.

The musician of Saint-Georges. who has just been 50, does not want to emit black silence looking missing guitar too many hypotheses on the journey of his guitar, as the possibilities are endless.

“She may not even exist anymore. she may have traveled in Quebec, Ontario or New Brunswick, perhaps she even sleeps with someone who never plays with it. […] She may also have been used for a student from Cégep to learn how to play the guitar. ”he laughs.

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Small investigation

By discussing with the artist. The sun wondered if it was possible to get their hands on the guitar serial number by reconstructing the store that sold it to Jean-François Bernatchez, in the mid-90s. Music Richard Gendreau no longer exists. but, excavating in our contact book, we thought that Paul Gagné would be a good source.

In the music world, Gagné is an exceptional luthier and an anecdotes well for all black silence looking missing guitar rock lovers in Quebec. In addition to working at Gendreau at the very time when Bernatchez buys his stratocaster. the man designed several guitars for the members of Scorpions. You can also see it at the Quebec Summer Festival every year taking care of guitars of guest artists. In short, a connoisseur.

Unfortunately. Paul Gagné has no paper in his possession that would allow us to find the serial number of the beautiful Fender. But the luthier. never stingy with advice, allowed Bernatchez to remember several details of his Floyd Rose Classic, in order to specify the announcement and perhaps recognize it more easily. And promised to open his eyes and ears, in case.

The guitarist of Noir Silence would like to thank everyone who reacted to the publication of the group on Facebook. hopes “may have a nice surprise” in the coming days black silence looking missing guitar or months. “It would be a miracle.”

Anyone who has information on the missing guitar or-who knows-who would hold it can always contact Jean-François Bernatchez at his office of the scene lovers. in Saint-Georges. A beautiful gift to celebrate as it should be 30 years of We jase you.