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https://www.wane.com/news/crime/pallet- ... off-truck/

(Serial numbers listed in article)

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A batch of limited edition Gibson guitars valued at $95,000 that was headed for Sweetwater of Fort Wayne was stolen off a delivery truck outside Indianapolis last week.

Sweetwater said Thursday that a pallet of 13 new Gibson Adam Jones 1979 Les Paul Custom Silverburst guitars was stolen from a truck at the Flying J Travel Center in Whiteland on Oct. 30. The truck was headed to Fort Wayne.

The highly sought-after guitars were likely targeted and not randomly stolen.

“Somehow out of a truck full of guitars, this ONE pallet was singled out and stolen at a truck stop,” Sweetwater Chief Supply Chain and Merchandising Officer Phil Rich said. “With a retail value of $95,000 in guitars, we feel this person/s knew exactly what to look for and when.”

Gibson and Adam Jones of the band Tool collaborated to build the guitars, which were exact recreations of the original Silverburst 1979 Gibson Les Paul. Gibson offered 79 that were aged, signed and number, then 179 others that featured silkscreen artwork, and the guitars immediately sold out worldwide when they were released, Sweetwater said.

“These guitars were the dream guitars of 13 Gibson and Adam Jones fans, who had been patiently waiting for them to be delivered,” said Cesar Gueikian of Gibson. “We have decided to publish the serial numbers of the 13 stolen guitars and are appealing to all of Gibson’s fans to keep an eye out for them and let us know if they surface. Our fans should ask any third-party sellers for a serial number before purchasing to be sure they are not being sold one of the stolen guitars.”

Inside job?

Gear_Junky wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 8:44 am viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1305&p=17775&hilit=stolen#p17775

ehhh...I've been out of the loop....

I thought for sure the title of this thread was meant to distract people from noticing that there were a boatload of silver bursts for sale in here.

Milkman wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 9:10 am I thought for sure the title of this thread was meant to distract people from noticing that there were a boatload of silver bursts for sale in here.

Boatload?
Don't you mean palletload?

Everybody makes fun of Norlin era Gibsons, but I guess the joke is on us seeing how expensive this reproduction of a guitar from that era is.

But how authentic is it really? I read that the neck on the Adam Jones repro is three piece maple, as they were at that time. But how about the infamous "pancake" body, does it have one of those? And is the maple top three pieces?

Gibson made guitars the way they did during the Norlin era to cut cost, economizing on wood and in the process violating the traditional LP formula. Now they turn around and sell one of these "cost cutting" Norlin guitars, all dinged up, missing the selector switch, marketed as period "authentic," and they charge a super premium price for it. I think it's funny as hell!

Actually, lefty's do NOT make fun of Norlin era Gibson lefty guitars.
They were made by the Kalamazoo Custom shop thus their quality was second to none!
Thankfully, rightys badmouth Norlin era Gibsons so much that we get similar pricing on the leftys!
Only after Henry bought Gibson did he try to move the Custom Shop to Nashville thus causing Heritage to be formed.
But don't tell anyone how good the Norlin era lefty Gibsons are lest you drive the prices up on leftys!

The quality of lefty Gibsons fell after Henry bought the company and tried (without success) to move the Custom Shop to Nashville.
Once Heritage came to be, leftys were made on the production line.
I learned this the hard way when I tried (without success) to order a lefty Gibson Chet Atkins CE.
I do have one today, but that is another story.