Tom Petty's Guitars Recovered!

[twocorgis]

Score one for the good guys. 8)

 

[markus]

That was a headline of a major Austrian newspaper (online); what caught my eye was not the news but it was illustrated with some Guild 12-stringer (chesterfield, dread?) :mrgreen:

Markus

 

[Thunderface]

"The instruments were Petty's blond 1967 maple 12-string Rickenbacker and his Gibson SGTVJunior, Mike Campbell's blue Dusenberg, Ron Blair's Fender Broadcaster and Scott Thurston's 1967 Epiphone Sheridan."

I wonder which one the moron tried to pawn for $250. :evil:

 

[davismanLV]

I can only hope that ends that guy's career in "security".... sheesh. I always want to ask people like this after the fact, knowing that they'll probably not be able to get a job now, "Was it really worth it?" For $250?

 

[Default]

He should have taken the $7500, lol!

What a maroon!

 

[Alan_M]

What an idiot! Didn't he think for one second that a pawnshop, if reputable, would check if the instrument was listed stolen, and furthermore, isn't there a hold on pawned items for 30 days? Not to mention it was all over the news and internet.... geez, how dumb can you be?
Glad Tom and the HB's got their gear back. Too many of us don't!

 

[GuildFS4612CE]

This...is your brain on drugs... :wink:

 

[spiderman]

They were electrics, so who cares. What can I say, I'm an acoustic snob :twisted:

Harmony H-173 bought in 1960 (retired), Alvarez AC60S 2008, Eastman AC320ce 2009 "Hybrid", Guild D25M 1974, Martin Grand J35E 2009, Martin D12-20 1970, Martin OM-21 2009, Martin 00-15M Custom (full body gloss, wide neck) 2011, Voyage-air VAOM-06 2010
"I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me."
Richard Thompson