Stolen Rickenbackers and other guitars/basses
STOLEN GEAR ALERT
Location: Greensboro / Triad Region, North Carolina
Police Report #: 20260627124 (Greensboro Police Department)
Please check serial numbers and unique indicators before buying or trading any of the following instruments.
Gibson Electrics, Acoustics & Mandolins
1957 Gibson Les Paul Junior
Serial Number: 7 2961
Finish: TV Yellow Refinish
Unique Features: Features a black "stinger" painted on the back of the headstock (added during the TV yellow refinish).
2013 Gibson Hummingbird Custom
Serial Number: 12613016
Finish: Cherry Sunburst
Unique Features: Quilted maple back and sides. Has visible marks on the headstock from a clip-on tuner reacting with the nitrocellulose finish. Equipped with a custom inlaid pickguard that is slightly smaller than the factory default.
1954 Gibson J-50 Acoustic
Unique Features: Spruce top with mahogany back and sides; rosewood bridge and pegs.
Guild case (non original)
1924 Gibson F-4 Mandolin
Has refret and a new nut, with the original finish, and the original hardshell case
Rickenbacker Guitars & Basses
1962 Rickenbacker 625 (solid body with tremolo) Jet-Glo Finish
Serial Number: BI475
Ac’cent vibrato, Rick-o-Sound stereo jacks, CTS pots, Sprague Orange Drop tone caps (replacement), new wiring
1982 Rickenbacker 360 (12-String)
Serial Number: VA 079
Maple Glo finish, new nut installed
2005 Rickenbacker 360
Jet Glo finish, original hardshell case
2017 Rickenbacker 4003 Bass
Serial Number: 1737748
Finish: Mapleglo
Unique Features: Modified with a custom walnut pickguard instead of the standard factory white plastic guard.
1978 Rickenbacker 4001 Bass
Finish: Autumnglo
Unique Features: Features a repaired structural crack in the neck located just below the headstock.
Fender / Squier Guitars & Basses
1987 Fender '62 Reissue Stratocaster
Finish: Ocean Turquoise
Unique Features: US-manufactured body (Corona) sent to FujiGen for assembly. The neck heel is date-stamped August 1987 and carries the specific Fujigen "ST-DEX2" stamp. Highly figured neck wood; lightweight two-piece alder body with medium contouring.
1969 Fender Telecaster (Modified)
Unique Features: Original finish has been completely stripped down to bare wood. The neck pickup position was very roughly routed by hand to accommodate a vintage "patent sticker" Gibson humbucker. Professional refret; fitted with a newer, thick black bakelite pickguard.
Fender JMJ Road Worn Mustang Bass
Serial Number: MX18180003
Finish: Faded Daphne Blue
Unique Features: The stock pickup has been upgraded/swapped out for a custom Lollar Mustang bass pickup.
Custom-Built B-Bender Telecaster
Unique Features: Built using a white Squier Telecaster body with a B-Bender mechanical device installed. Features a Warmoth neck with a rosewood fingerboard, instantly recognizable by playing card motif stickers used as fret markers.
Custom-Built Thinline Telecaster
Unique Features: Orange sparkle semi-hollow thinline body with a unique "cat-eye" style sound hole cutout. Maple neck with a matching maple fingerboard.
Late 1990s Squier Stratocaster
Finish:Lake Placid Blue
Unique Features: Strung left-handed.
1950s Fender Champ Lap Steel
Cream finish, original hard shell case
Other Instruments
2020 Gretsch G5655TG Electromatic Center Block Jr.
Finish: Cadillac Green
Unique Features: Equipped with gold hardware and a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece.
Harmony H35 "Batwing" Mandolin
Unique Features: Fitted with a highly recognizable vintage gold foil pickup.
Eastman MD314 F-Style Mandolin
Unique Features: Classic finish, F-style body with an oval sound hole.
Sierra Pedal Steel Guitar
Unique Features: Configured with 3 pedals.