Photo: Guitar House | By Matt Parker, Guitar World / Yahoo | “[We want] to recover the guitars and sell them to people who actually want to play them”: $80,000 worth of vintage guitars have been stolen from Guitar House of Tulsa. Now the owner – and Joe Bonamassa – are appealing for your help
Over $80,000 worth of vintage guitars have been stolen from a Tulsa, Oklahoma guitar store, and now the owner, Drew Winn, is appealing for help in retrieving the missing instruments.
The store in question, Guitar House of Tulsa, was raided around 10:50 p.m. on Saturday night (January 6) and thieves made off with a haul of 15 vintage and high-end instruments, including several valuable Gibson acoustic guitars and an array of rare electric guitars.
Winn has since taken to social media to share the full list and serial numbers of the missing guitars, among them a 1954 Gibson J-200, 1969 J-160E, a 1996 left-handed Gibson Les Paul Goldtop, 2012 PRS Private Stock McCarty, and a 1979 Hamer Standard Flame Top Sunburst.
You can view the full list, but suffice to say many of the stolen guitars are very distinctive – for instance, the lefty Goldtop reissue and Gibson Les Paul Custom in an unusual orange (aged ‘Kumquat’ Yellow) finish.
Guitars stolen from Guitar House of Tulsa, Oklahoma
● 2022 Gibson Dave Mustaine #DMV30
● 2012 Paul Reed Smith Private Stock Gray Semi Hollow #3584
● Paul Reed Smith McCarty Private Stock #3712
● Gibson Les Paul Custom “Kumquat” Yellow [aged to orange-ish] #CS2000014
● 1961 Rickenbacker 365 Capri Fireglo #AC296
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Joe Bonamassa is one of Winn’s customers and has also shared the list, encouraging his followers to help and, in the process, describing Drew as “one of the nicest most honest guys on the scene.”
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Read the full story with a full list of the stolen items here:
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/want-recover-guitars-sell-them-195002708.html
For more information and updates, check out Guitar House of Tulsa on Instagram.
We are asking our readers to keep their eyes open for anyone advertising or wanting to sell any of these guitars. We know that it will be tempting to buy one – and keep it hidden – but, be real, folks – if somehow you get caught, you’ll be charged with a crime, too, and that won’t be good for you or your family – or budget. Think of how much it will cost you for a lawyer. If you happen upon one of the stolen guitars, call the police right away.
Photo: Guitar House
Guitar House of Tulsa (OK) Burglarized: Watch Out for These Items – Help Recover Them
