The improbable tale of how a unique instrument went missing in 1982 and ended up in a pawnshop a few miles from where it was lost.
Source: New York Times
The 40-Year Mystery of Smutty Smiff and the Missing Rockabilly Bass
Published in Jersey City (NJ), Manhattan (NYC), Musical Instruments, Pawnbroking, Pop and Rock Music, Rockats, The (Music Group) and Smith, Smutty
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