Been a week since the last round up so lets catch up on the bad news stories in the world of stolen guitars

Stolen Guitar Reports

* 2001 Gibson SG Standard, Hemet, CA

Has a coil tap switch in the middle of the volume and tone knobs and comes with 500T & 496R pups. Color is Heritage Cherry.

More on Jerry Steelfox’s Facebook page here

* 2 white fender guitars stolen from band Evolution Zero

Unfortunately no more detail available, original post on their Facebook Page

* Mason Custom Strat stolen, Culver/Humbolt area

This one was posted by Brian Mason (the maker) on behalf of a customer of his

See Brian’s Facebook page for more (dated 20th July)

* 2001 Fender American Series Fat Stratocaster

“Guitar was in a Grey tweed fender/G&G case. The guitar itself was sienna sunburst (looks like a cherry burst) with a very unique grain pattern, guitar had a Maple neck. The guitar has a velvet backguard on
…the backside of the guitar to prevent buckle rash.”

The Craigslist posting has expired so no word on whether it was recovered

* Gibson Songmaker Dreadnaught

Serial # 013490120, Model#ACDSMNACH

Details of the owner on this post here.

* 1957 Gibson Les Paul Special and 7 others stolen in Walker, Louisiana

Detailed descriptions, photos and serial numbers on the metroamp forum here.

Remember if you want to get your guitar back you need to record the details – join dbTwang.com and help protect your guitars from loss.

keith

Stolen Guitar Alerts

* Brown Fender copy stolen – Sacramento

It is a brown Fender copy hollowed out in the back; red pickups; in a beat up old fender case. $1,000 reward offered. More on Craigslist here.

* Red double-bound Telecaster stolen – Jackson, MS

About ’87, MIJ, double-bound, brass saddles, rosewood ‘board, with an “A-” serial number on bridgeplate only. Check out the forum post here.

* 2001 Fender American Series – Boston

Guitar was in a Grey tweed fender/G&G case. The guitar itself was sienna sunburst (looks like a cherry burst) with a very unique grain pattern, guitar had a Maple neck

The first four numbers of the serial number is as follows: Z013. More on Craigslist here.

* Mason Custom Strat – Culver/Humbolt

Posted on Facebook by the Maker on behalf of the owner.

Here is Brian Mason’s wall with the details.

Remember if you want to get your guitar back you need to record the details – join dbTwang.com and help protect your guitars from loss.

keith

Stolen Guitar Reports

* Fender Stratocaster Guitar Stolen – New York

In a Nylon gig bag “Daddy’s Junky Music”.

Posting on Craigslist here.

* 73 Stratocaster Stolen – Vancouver

Jason Buie is a Canadian musician and his Strat (signed by Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, and Otis 
Rush) was stolen from his house. This clip is of a similar guitar.

More on Facebook here.

A quiet day for alerts which is great. Remember if you want to get your guitar back you need to record the details – join dbTwang.com and help protect your guitars from loss.

keith

Stolen Guitars

* Red Gibson SG stolen, El Centro, California

This is a particularly sad one – with their son Edmund Gutierrez only dead two weeks his parents find the house broken into last Thursday and his guitar stolen. More here from the local newspaper site.

* Martin Acoustic guitar stolen, Kansas

A short report of a rosewood Martin with sprucewood top stolen from a storage cabinet behind the front desk at Ramada Hotel. See the report here.

* Red Gibson ES335 stolen, Minnesota

Another red Gibson, this time taken from the Minnesota Black Music Awards and owned by Josh Peterson. The post is here.

* Duff McKagan white signature Fender Bass guitar stolen in Belfast

Ray Haller of the bands Sweet Savage/Rough Diamonds had this stolen last night.

More on Fastfude here.

* 1973 American Gibson stolen in Cardiff

Worth stg3,000 it was taken on Habershon Street, Splott. More from the Guardian site.

* Killer Prime stolen in LA

This one should be easy to spot.

From craigslist here.

Good luck to the Gutierrez family. Remember if you want to get your guitar back you need to record the details – join dbTwang.com and help protect your guitars from loss.

keith

Stolen Guitar Reports

Red double-bound Telecaster Stolen in Jasckon, MS. June 24th

Looks like this one was lent to a friend and then stolen from that friends house. It is about ’87, MIJ, double-bound, brass saddles, rosewood board, (with an “A-” serial number on bridgeplate only). Also stolen the friends blacked-out FrankenStrat with 3 P-90s. More detail on the Telecaster forum here.

Left handed Alvarez Yairi Classical Guitar Stolen in Vancouver

A spate of left handed guitars being stolen. Following on from the Strings Direct theft last week this one is an individual theft. More details on Craigslist.

We hope those instruments end up back where they belong. Remember if you want to get your guitar back you need to record the details – join dbTwang.com and help protect your guitars from loss.

keith

Good News Story

* Phosphorescent recover their gear

Last Sunday we carried the report of Brooklyn band Phosphorescent who had a van load of gear stolen. Yesterday that van, along with the band’s equipment, was recovered today by the police. You can read the report on cjm here.

Other Stolen Guitar alert services

Remember apart from this blog you can check stolen guitar alerts on:

Screaming Stone is the Amber Alert for stolen instruments  www.screamingstone.com

stolenguitarregistry.com is a free resource to register and track stolen guitars.  www.stolenguitarregistry.com

These and other lists and resources are on our lost and stolen guitar resource page here. Remember if you want to get your guitar back you need to record the details – join dbTwang.com and help protect your guitars from loss.

keith

On Friday 9th we posted about the theft of £25,000 worth of guitars from Strings Direct in the UK.

Music Radar have just published a full list of the instruments, together with the serial numbers where available. We would not usually take the full contents of an article and reproduce it in this way – however we are hoping in the circumstances that Matthew Parker does not mind.

Tokai SG (Cherry Red) L/H

Godin Exit 22 Mahogany L/H Electric Guitar (Rosewood)

Ibanez AK95L-DVS Semi Acoustic Artcore HH L/H (Dark Violin Sunburst) Gold Hardware (Serial number: S09053796) (Pictured)

Ibanez SA260 FML Flame Top Trans Lavender Burst L/H (Serial number: 2702J090853918)

Gibson 1954 Reissue Les Paul Standard Gold Top L/H (Used) (Serial number: # 42148)

Gibson 1954 Reissue Les Paul Standard Custom Shop Gold Top L/H (Serial number: # 4 9073)

Tanglewood TSB58 Signature 58 Les Paul Type L/H Electric Guitar (Cherry Sunburst)

Ibanez RG370DXL RG Series HSH Locking Trem L/H (Black) (Serial number: 1P03100320972)

Fender Custom Shop 60s Relic Stratocaster L/H (Rosewood) 3-Tone Sunburst (Serial number: R42491)

Fender USA Standard Stratocaster L/H Rosewood Black (Serial number: Z8228504)

Fender Mex Std Stratocaster L/H Electric Guitar (Maple) Black (Serial number: MZ8203871)

Fender Standard Telecaster L/H Electric Guitar Sunburst (Serial number: MX10052837)

Remember if you want to get your guitar back you need to record the details – join dbTwang.com and help protect your guitars from loss.

keith

Stolen Guitar Reports

* Red Gretch Stolen from Musician in Portland

Duff’s Garage is a live venue in that town and Shaun and Corvin had a Gretch and a Fender amp stolen. More on Craigslist.

Relevant Discussions

* Gearslutz – Protecting your gear at a Gig

This discussion starts with a musician asking if anyone has had gear stolen from a gig – with the intent of protecting his. You can read it here.

Thankfully a short one today. Remember if you want to get your guitar back you need to record the details – join dbTwang.com and help protect your guitars from loss.

Also check out our resources page here: http://blog.dbtwang.com/lost-and-stolen-guitars-resources-list/

keith