Gibson guitar truck stolen - be on the look out - Page 2

coltom · 10-01-2007, 10:05 AM

wow, that's awful.

On the other hand, how much you think they'd want for one of those 335's? Think you could get a good deal?

Well, I was just ASKING.....

lifele55 · 10-01-2007, 10:26 PM

Well shit, this could be the biggest musical heist that happened in the 23years of my living!

terence_tez · 10-02-2007, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lifele55

Well shit, this could be the biggest musical heist that happened in the 23years of my living!

so how many have you witnessed?

coldsteal2 · 10-02-2007, 03:05 PM

Ive had a
71 Les Paul Deluxe Cherry Sunburst (brothers)
71 Ovation acoustic (also brothers)
74 Gibson acoustic
72 Black Rickenbacker 4001
71 Black Fender Jazz Bass (with pearl inlays)
80 Maple Rickenbacker 4001
Stolen throughout the years of playing.
Only the Maple Rickenbacker was recovered
most of those were probably stolen by other bands
or thier roadies.

lp59aholicDon · 10-02-2007, 03:16 PM

Only guitars I ever had stolen were my first 74 Deluxe Goldtop and my sister stealing my classical orange label Yamaha Classical

lifele55 · 10-02-2007, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by terence_tez

so how many have you witnessed?

Ok. So its the one and only... BUT DAAAAMMN!

NeoConMan · 10-02-2007, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lp59aholicDon

and my sister stealing my classical orange label Yamaha Classical

Is she sleeping with the fishes?

Kuroyama · 10-03-2007, 07:58 AM

OK...Ill be the first to say it!

BRILLIANT!!! Absolutely, positively, brilliant!

To be clear, my own morals would prevent me from enjoying the benefits of any of that nectar, even if it makes it over here to Japan... *Itd be a struggle with that 56 Gold Top though...

BUT!

Anyone here see the movie "Heat"? Imagine if the armored car heist had gone down without "Waingrow". Guys go in, grab da goodz, nobody gets hurt, the legal owner gets reimbursed by his insurance. Everybody makes out. Now, in the movie... the guards got hurt, but lets talk about this rig heist!

Generally when you steal a thing you want to flow like ninja. In, out, nobody knows you were there. Stealing a TRACTOR TRAILER PAINTED WITH BIG GUITARS??? Man, that took big big big brass ones.

Of course, that could have been pulled off by any crackhead to stupid to think about how high profile such a theft would be.

But to heist all those VELVETY guitars??? Genius.
Now, if it comes out that they dinged up all and broke some of the gear by tossing em in the back of a pickup truck, then I retract every single word of this post.

I also have to detract points for beating up the trailer. That was pointless.
But, as far as potential profitability? Sheer audacity? Come ON...!!!

Lastly, but most importantly, nobody got hurt. People in this world hurt other people to steal a lot less...

***FLICKOFLASH*** · 10-26-2007, 06:33 AM

NAPERVILLE (STNG) -- He was nowhere near the scene of the crime, which itself was hardly as dark or intense as any of the fictional crises featured in his television series "24," but actor Kiefer Sutherland played a peripheral role in things just the same.

Twenty-four also turned out to be the number of vintage and collectible guitar replicas recovered by Naperville police after the recent hijacking of a motorized music museum, one that includes a six-string guitar bearing Sutherland's name.

Mark A. Carrothers, 34, of Highland, Ind., surrendered to Naperville police on a charge of felony theft in connection with the incident late last month on the city's far northwest side. Police eventually recovered all of the replicas from several locations in northwestern Indiana, Hoffman said. They remain in the police department's evidence storage.

Police Cmdr. Dave Hoffman said patrol officers were summoned at 12:30 a.m. Sept. 26 to the Cracker Barrel restaurant on W. Diehl Road.

The curator of the Traveling Gibson Guitar Museum had called 911 to report his black 2000 Dodge pickup truck and pull trailer had been stolen from the restaurant's parking lot, Hoffman said.

Hoffman said the truck and trailer were laden with 24 Gibson Guitar Corp. replicas. They ranged in price from $200 to $13,000 and had a total estimated value of just less than $60,000, he said.

The guitars included a Byrdland Vintage Sunburst model worth $4,450; a B.B. King Signature replica, valued at $1,819; and a Kiefer Sutherland KS-336 model worth $2,599, Hoffman said.

The missing truck and trailer were prominently detailed with Gibson insignia, Hoffman said.

Police recovered the emptied truck and trailer 20 minutes later near Interstate 88 and Highland Avenue in Downers Grove, Hoffman said.

Carrothers became the prime suspect in the theft "through a tip developed through the (police) Crime Stoppers network," Hoffman said.

Carrothers is free on bail and awaiting an arraignment date in DuPage County Circuit Court in Wheaton

LesPRS · 10-26-2007, 07:46 AM

Well thats good news! Didnt make it far it seems.

Man, I dont know what I would do if I had any of my axes stolen.

Blues Power · 10-26-2007, 09:50 AM

youll find it all down in chinatown going for cheap. ahhh sweethome chicago.............

JoeShell1110 · 10-26-2007, 09:58 AM

How in the #$(&#^%$) can you steal a GIANT rig with GIBSON written all over it and drive inconspicuously down a highway and unload all the contents..!!!!!!??????

lp59aholicDon · 10-26-2007, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeoConMan

Is she sleeping with the fishes?

Neo I woulda made that happen, If I didnt respect and love my mom,
But I do believe it comes back, Shes been a mess for years, her bad kharma is comin home in spades, Somethings are worse than death , ya know
Welp Its good they cought the guy who heisted the truck , If he has priors he could be away along time in the pillow biters club ! Oh well, Anyone remember
" Dont do the crime , if ya cant do the time"?

axxeone · 10-26-2007, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BOBBO

I would think anyone with half a brain would ship those guitars out of the country otherwise they're very easy to track by serial number !! Also did you know there's a microchip in all custom shop guitars , I dont know if it can be used like a LoJack but it does identify the guitars as real Gibsons

that is an I.D. tag designed for pawnshops and music stores
the guitar has to be scanned for it to work.

Also thieves are fuc*in stupid... they will want cases for the guitars so they can sell the axe...

hope they nail their asses

axxeone · 10-26-2007, 04:01 PM

hang the fucker!
thats just me........

rd_artist · 10-26-2007, 09:48 PM

did you notice that several times in the news story the guitars were referred to as "Replicas" I didn't know a replica would be worth $13,000. I wonder why there was a deliberate effort to downplay the value of these instruments? other than to discourage other idiots from trying this type of heist.

coldsteal2 · 10-26-2007, 11:07 PM

Maybe thats for tax purposes hahah

lp59aholicDon · 10-26-2007, 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rd_artist

did you notice that several times in the news story the guitars were referred to as "Replicas" I didn't know a replica would be worth $13,000. I wonder why there was a deliberate effort to downplay the value of these instruments? other than to discourage other idiots from trying this type of heist.

That is what is called" Spin" News Organazations have been using it for dacades , its now a force of habit I guess , Downplay the facts, but sensationalize the crime I could name many such stories and cases , Forum rules though prevent political issues

Kuroyama · 10-27-2007, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by JoeShell1110

How in the #$(&#^%$) can you steal a GIANT rig with GIBSON written all over it and drive inconspicuously down a highway and unload all the contents..!!!!!!??????

This is why I was rooting for the criminals. To be a lowdown snake and swipe some guys guitar while backstage in the dark of night... thats some lowdown filth.

But to snatch a truck and trailer with GIBSON written across it in broad daylight... Thats either some methhead nonsense, or some David Copperfield action. I wouldvt liked it to have been some romanticized superhuman whatnot... but it was just a typical knucklehead

How are you gonna fence a truckload of stolen GIBSONS in the heartland??

Just when I start cheering for humanity and getting optimistic about what we can achieve in the future... I keep getting reminded WHY SKYNET will decide what it will.

NeoConMan · 10-27-2007, 12:40 PM

They busted the guy.
Saw somewhere they caught him, and most of the guitars were recovered.

Lazarus · 10-27-2007, 01:03 PM

Idiots! Stealing wallets and cellphones and stuff like that is bad, but stealing Gibson's is just sick.

HolyGrail · 10-27-2007, 05:31 PM

Mark A. Carrothers, 34, of Highland, Ind.

Man to face music in theft of 24 guitars :: Naperville Sun :: News

***FLICKOFLASH*** · 10-27-2007, 06:24 PM

How did one guy pull that off 24 cases are hard to transport plus he can plea he had G.A.S

Lazarus · 10-27-2007, 07:29 PM

My god am I glad those guitars are recovered. What an idiot.

skydog · 10-27-2007, 09:55 PM

Perhaps Gibson should have a truck that's a little more "low-key"?

HolyGrail · 10-27-2007, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FLICKOFLASH

How did one guy pull that off 24 cases are hard to transport plus he can plea he had G.A.S

LOL

If he had a Jury full of guitar players , He just might walk.

But then if I were the prosecutor. I'd point out that he also took
the Kweefer Sutherland model which proves it wasn't a Case of Genuine G.A.S !

lp59aholicDon · 10-27-2007, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HolyGrail

LOL

If he had a Jury full of guitar players , He just might walk.

But then if I were the prosecutor. I'd point out that he also took
the Kweefer Sullivan model which proves it wasn't a Case of Genuine G.A.S !

Hmm Liberal or Conservative guitar players, I dunno, If I was on the jury, I'd say hang em !

Guitar thieves are lower than horse theives , Gibson better lojack the truck and trailor seperately

NeoConMan · 10-28-2007, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HolyGrail

If he had a Jury full of guitar players , He just might walk.

I dunno.
How about a jury full of guitar players that have had a guitar stolen from them?

They might strangle him if the judge looked away for a second....

Paul · 10-28-2007, 03:32 AM

god dam that sucks i know what its like i had one of my best guitars nicked (fender 62' reissue thinline telecaster).

doubt it'll be found but at least they got the trailer and all that back.

skydog · 10-28-2007, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul

god dam

that must be the dam on the river styx

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coltom Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Nashville native living near Philly Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Gibson guitar truck stolen - be on the look out wow, that's awful. On the other hand, how much you think they'd want for one of those 335's? Think you could get a good deal? Well, I was just ASKING.....

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coldsteal2 Rock Star Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chico, CA Posts: 16,829 Thanks: 187 Thanked 56 Times in 14 Posts	Re: Gibson guitar truck stolen - be on the look out Ive had a 71 Les Paul Deluxe Cherry Sunburst (brothers) 71 Ovation acoustic (also brothers) 74 Gibson acoustic 72 Black Rickenbacker 4001 71 Black Fender Jazz Bass (with pearl inlays) 80 Maple Rickenbacker 4001 Stolen throughout the years of playing. Only the Maple Rickenbacker was recovered most of those were probably stolen by other bands or thier roadies. __________________ Soundclick Songs ........ ColdSteal2's YouTubage Videos................MusicMight Secret Service Still Rockin' at 55 .

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Kuroyama V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,041 Thanks: 0 Thanked 22 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Gibson guitar truck stolen - be on the look out OK...Ill be the first to say it! BRILLIANT!!! Absolutely, positively, brilliant! To be clear, my own morals would prevent me from enjoying the benefits of any of that nectar, even if it makes it over here to Japan... *Itd be a struggle with that 56 Gold Top though... BUT! Anyone here see the movie "Heat"? Imagine if the armored car heist had gone down without "Waingrow". Guys go in, grab da goodz, nobody gets hurt, the legal owner gets reimbursed by his insurance. Everybody makes out. Now, in the movie... the guards got hurt, but lets talk about this rig heist! Generally when you steal a thing you want to flow like ninja. In, out, nobody knows you were there. Stealing a TRACTOR TRAILER PAINTED WITH BIG GUITARS??? Man, that took big big big brass ones. Of course, that could have been pulled off by any crackhead to stupid to think about how high profile such a theft would be. But to heist all those VELVETY guitars??? Genius. Now, if it comes out that they dinged up all and broke some of the gear by tossing em in the back of a pickup truck, then I retract every single word of this post. I also have to detract points for beating up the trailer. That was pointless. But, as far as potential profitability? Sheer audacity? Come ON...!!! Lastly, but most importantly, nobody got hurt. People in this world hurt other people to steal a lot less...

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*FLICKOFLASH* Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hagerstown,MD USA Posts: 14,366 Thanks: 333 Thanked 530 Times in 113 Posts	Re: Gibson guitar truck stolen - be on the look out NAPERVILLE (STNG) -- He was nowhere near the scene of the crime, which itself was hardly as dark or intense as any of the fictional crises featured in his television series "24," but actor Kiefer Sutherland played a peripheral role in things just the same. Twenty-four also turned out to be the number of vintage and collectible guitar replicas recovered by Naperville police after the recent hijacking of a motorized music museum, one that includes a six-string guitar bearing Sutherland's name. Mark A. Carrothers, 34, of Highland, Ind., surrendered to Naperville police on a charge of felony theft in connection with the incident late last month on the city's far northwest side. Police eventually recovered all of the replicas from several locations in northwestern Indiana, Hoffman said. They remain in the police department's evidence storage. Police Cmdr. Dave Hoffman said patrol officers were summoned at 12:30 a.m. Sept. 26 to the Cracker Barrel restaurant on W. Diehl Road. The curator of the Traveling Gibson Guitar Museum had called 911 to report his black 2000 Dodge pickup truck and pull trailer had been stolen from the restaurant's parking lot, Hoffman said. Hoffman said the truck and trailer were laden with 24 Gibson Guitar Corp. replicas. They ranged in price from $200 to $13,000 and had a total estimated value of just less than $60,000, he said. The guitars included a Byrdland Vintage Sunburst model worth $4,450; a B.B. King Signature replica, valued at $1,819; and a Kiefer Sutherland KS-336 model worth $2,599, Hoffman said. The missing truck and trailer were prominently detailed with Gibson insignia, Hoffman said. Police recovered the emptied truck and trailer 20 minutes later near Interstate 88 and Highland Avenue in Downers Grove, Hoffman said. Carrothers became the prime suspect in the theft "through a tip developed through the (police) Crime Stoppers network," Hoffman said. Carrothers is free on bail and awaiting an arraignment date in DuPage County Circuit Court in Wheaton __________________ http://grou.ps/flickoflash/home

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LesPRS Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Redding, CA Posts: 101 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Gibson guitar truck stolen - be on the look out Well thats good news! Didnt make it far it seems. Man, I dont know what I would do if I had any of my axes stolen. __________________ "So often our hands get caught up in ruts of muscle memory. 'Muscle memory' is an accurate term. We get used to doing certain things, without even being aware of them. This ultimately not only shapes and therefore limits our technique, it also shapes what we compose, what we write. We end up thinking still unknowingly trapped in that box." -Adam Nitti No Special Hypes.... Just Straight Tone! www.WBPickups.com www.myspace.com/wbcustompickups www.youtube.com/wbguitarpickups

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JoeShell1110 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Lawn Guyland, Noo Yawk (use appropriate accent here) Posts: 289 Thanks: 3 Thanked 13 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Gibson guitar truck stolen - be on the look out How in the #$(&#^%$) can you steal a GIANT rig with GIBSON written all over it and drive inconspicuously down a highway and unload all the contents..!!!!!!??????

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rd_artist Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 46 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Gibson guitar truck stolen - be on the look out did you notice that several times in the news story the guitars were referred to as "Replicas" I didn't know a replica would be worth $13,000. I wonder why there was a deliberate effort to downplay the value of these instruments? other than to discourage other idiots from trying this type of heist.

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Lazarus Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Gibson guitar truck stolen - be on the look out Idiots! Stealing wallets and cellphones and stuff like that is bad, but stealing Gibson's is just sick.

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*FLICKOFLASH* Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hagerstown,MD USA Posts: 14,366 Thanks: 333 Thanked 530 Times in 113 Posts	Re: Gibson guitar truck stolen - be on the look out How did one guy pull that off 24 cases are hard to transport plus he can plea he had G.A.S __________________ http://grou.ps/flickoflash/home

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Lazarus Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Gibson guitar truck stolen - be on the look out My god am I glad those guitars are recovered. What an idiot.

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