Very hard "NOT" to see a guy bringing in a handful of guitars and amps at a time... Even if the joint doesn't have a physical person on site, The camera's are always watching. I'm with ya, "Inside Job"

and probably know the combination of his original lock. I would be asking about people doing maintenance to the storage units...

Obviously.

Cameras are a good idea, can maybe help with that

@@kylemoran4343 "they even took the rat trap...i guess it wasn't a very good place" if there were cameras, they'd already have the crooks. If there was insurance, we'd heard a blurb but no desperate pleas - collecting 200 guitars is going to be hard even with everyone helping. This is the stuff modern urban legend scavenger hunts are made of. Someone is going to start tracking all the guitars found just because there are so many that there's actual content for a series of videos. If anything, the whole thing is significant and interesting enough that there is some amount of revenue to be harvested from the event itself - make sure to get ALL that money you can because just like a person that gets their stolen car back kinda trashed you're probably not getting every single piece of gear back. If something bad happens in front of the internet, shamelessly monetize it because nobody is going to just up and replace your stuff or your quality of life; you gotta get that yourself. Thanks to Casino Guitars for giving him a good venue of a pretty well targeted audience of good number of viewers. Might be a good time to remind people there are a lot of pretty good counterfeits out there too, I bet Casino Guitars has some stories from Hell on getting fake goods, much less stolen legit that people are buying so cheap that they think the actual stolen deal is just a really good fake that they can scam someone even harder with. All channels on YT are adamant that if an instrument is really really genuine looking and you're getting way too good of a deal, check to see if it's stolen first. Nobody likes losing money but nobody is going to keep stolen property, especially if the gear has been put on a pretty wide blast in enthusiast circles.

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Yes Trogly will be on this like white on rice lol

For what it is worth reddit can be on the case, too. They often take on tasks as teams, and input findings as a compilation in threads. Start one, compile what is out there, and watch them rapid fire appear.

Pretty sure trogly has his hands full moving into his new house, and trying to get his business back up and running. But I’m pretty sure he’ll keep an eye out for them while he’s perusing his regular sources. He’s a good guy and will do the right thing if he happens across any of them.

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LAX kept a Vox Teardrop i bought in San Fran once. Got nothing from them or Northwest. I was PISSED! lol. 40 years still pissed.

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@@1RobbyZ I’m sick to my stomach. I’m so sorry, Robby.

I don't like when rich people just buy up guitars and put them in storage just because they can. No wonder vintage is so expensive. Hoarders.

@The Underhills - First thing I said also! It was a bad divorce

@@guitarlusteuphoria4507 I know right. Dude has rats in his storage unit but no insurance.

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This is so stupid because every dealer is aware of this situation now so the low life theif can’t sell them very easily. Here’s a guy that earned his money and collects out of love of the instrument and some low life piece of shit wants to rob him. There should be security video of the theft. It’s probably someone that works there or possibly the ex wife (although i kinda doubt that in this Situation) but they had to know they were in there so that narrows it down considerably. I’m sorry this happened to you buddy. I hope you get them all back. Get that insurance back at least on some of them. I had a house burn and i lost 20 guitars that i kept at home with me because it seemed safer that way and these 20 had special meaning to me. I went back into the fire and grabbed 2 les pauls and a martin but i just couldn’t go in again it was too hot by then. I had homeowners but they might as well been uninsured as far as that goes. You need insurance on any investment or anything you love. You could give guitar lessons and pay for that each year if you had to. It’s worth it.

Right on, he’s a cool cat and woth all of us looking , there’s a real chance to help now.

Maybe even someone you bought a guitar from is a suspect..they knew you were a collector and they found out just how big of a collection you had.

@@gr8tnowwhat that wouldn’t necessarily tell them where your collection is kept.

He didn't get the all stolen, only those in the storage unit. He says so in the video.

Exactly! It’s the damn worst!

@@jimwoodard64 well that's good. Either way I'd be devastated.

I had a beat -the-hell up black 1960-something Silvertone 1446 stolen 35 years ago, face-value approx. $50. It probably got taken to a pawn shop and exchanged for $15-20 bucks, a night's worth of buzz on whatever. Thing is, it was one of Alex Chilton's from his Panther Burns days. That wound still hasn't scabbed over. It's got a red, white & blue Air Force star on the back, and a Bigsby wanger, in case anybody sees it.

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exactly!!!!

This guy seems to live a pretty lavish lifestyle based on his stories and his collection. Just seems idiotic not to have them insured. Either way I still feel bad for him

Well he had the super padlock on bro, that’s all you need.

@@johngonzalez7967 Fire and natural disasters are also things to insure against.

Blaming the victim of a crime also seems pretty insane.

@@MrPhins I don't see that comment as him blaming the victim. It's just pointing out the objective fact that _is_ insane to not have a million dollar vintage guitar and amp collection insured. Things other than theft could have taken the instruments from his possession as well.

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Be on the lookout over there in case anything did get out of country already

@@craigshewchuk9018 sure thing, I'm checking the Austrian listings on a daily basis, cheers bud!

@@KrenarCilkuGuitar I just checked around me also, doesn't seem to hang anything of his, I am in antique capital tho so it's hard to tell what is what lol I see some odd shit but nothing that stands out or from the list

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lol... I talked to him about all of this

That’s the funny. Imagine the number of guitars that are out of circulation because of these collectors

@@chuckhurlocker2180 - Imagine how many guitars are preserved because of collectors. lol

Where did you see that? I have not heard, but know that some where sold to a gut in Santa Cruz.

Yes thank you for pointing that out!

Those were stolen in Southern CA a year ago. It gives me hope that mine will show up sooner or later.

@@1RobbyZ I recall seeing a reposting CL add regarding a theft of guitars in LA area. A number of Fender Custom Shops. I hate seeing this type of crime. I'm glad the LA person will recoup his guitars. Rob, I sure hope you get back all of your guitars ASAP. I'll keep a lookout down in San Diego.

@@CasinoGuitars call Norman Harris if ya can guys, no answer on the email. He is definitely where these thrives are going at some point. You don't hold vintage and not come to Norm with it before anybody, if you're near him.

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What's that Lassie? Lil Timmy got a dope habit and stole a mans guitars???? Lol I hope that was not lost on you.

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His buddy who checked the guitars for him had a bolt cutter…just saying.

That’s the worst part, it’s hard to replace the special ones.

the more hours you put into a guitar, the harder it is to replace. especially if there was something special about how you got it, like it was a gift, or it was the first guitar you bought yourself etc. there can be far more sentimental value in a guitar than dollar value.

Sad thing is We all end up paying for it one way or another

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Man, what a fukin bummer. im so sorry, i hope you get your guitars back. please keep us all updated as you get them back.

@@philluck1956 - Thank you brother

@@1RobbyZI'm so sorry. Putting in prayers that you get you collection back!!!

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Yo Andertons my g I bought a fender player strat from you not long ago

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that's cool from across the pond for lookin out😎👍.

Andertons is GOAT. Thanks Lee and Pete x

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That is most politicians....

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Why would you but all your gems 💎 in A dump thought 🤔🤔🤔

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bank didn't take your house yet

We live on a ship of thieves..... Agree. Peace

They'd take the nails as well !

Native SMC, 64. Local town since '81. Move to an apt. heard some chatter. Doc'd all my guitars. Amps,,,ordered a Spark. stolen off my door. Towns going to hell in a hand basket.

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Unless you have a rider attached to your HO or renters insurance your guitars will not be covered. Same goes for jewelry. Usually standard policies have a basic minimum they will cover for jewelry and other precious or collectors items and most of the time will be $500

Yep. And we wondered why all of a sudden the offset guitars prices have been going nuts when up to a year ago they were still obtainable. Well you got guitar hoarders like this sucking them all up off the market.

These guitars deserve to be played.

@@MinivanMegafun100 vintage offset prices don't dictate prices of modern guitars

It’s his guitars. He does whatever he likes with them.

@@MinivanMegafun100 have any of you dudes even played a jag or jazzmaster? their crap. leave this dude alone. what if he collects old rambler cars you gonna give him grief for that too? your so bad of a player you cant make a new one sound good?

If companies started putting tracking chips next to the body and under the paint it could be a feasible option on new instruments

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Milwuakee One Key would work if you know youve been robbed within a few days of it happening. I know a contractor in Texas that got a bunch of tools back that were in Florida 3 days after they were stolen. The cops just had to wait for the stolen trailer to stop moving for an hour.

you are right on all counts

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Hey Rob, this was like a gut punch to hear about this. I’m NYC but will spread the word and the link just the same.

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Exactly, not a smart choice for storage.

Man I agree 100 percent

Dude, don't rag on the guy!? Sheesh. Everything is super clear with hindsight.

The facility had camera's and 24 hour onsite personnel. I felt it was safer that leaving the collection in my home while on the road 9 months out of the year.

@@1RobbyZ right, and when someone has 1 job and it's their core business, it's natural to trust they will do what they say they will. Especially when you're paying for it. I'm so sorry this happened. I've had a few, much smaller things stolen and the feeling of violation is just awful.

working on that

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Terribly sorry for that loss! It really does sting and sincere thanks for joining here!

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@@Bob-Whiting cut off all the fingers and the with the dullest knife known to man, cut of their nuts…

@@clicks59 hahaha

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In the time it took for him to find out, plenty of them would have been moved off the market into houses where the people didn't know they were stolen. Only after that, did the list get compiled. Once compiled, the serial numbers would have been on record for stores like Guitar Center, and legitimate pawn shops, to see.

I would hope that’s what the police are doing. Places like GC have cameras so all they should need is someone who can ID the person from photos etc.

YES. The police and PI are doing exactly that.

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Same!

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exactly... money cannot replace love

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The storage part preserves them, if they hadn’t been stolen. So eventually they’d be passed on and there’d still be these vintage mint examples existing. So I have to respectfully disagree. They’d be played again eventually ✌️. Having said that I play mine and don’t collect. But hope this guy gets em back.

@@lassesuurmunne8340 They get preserved. For what purpose? They are instruments. They may as well be logs if they are stuck away. Preserved for who...the one collector to check them out every so many years. It is a waste. He can do what he wants with them...but no great tragedy to the guitar community. Because they are locked away being logs.

@@lassesuurmunne8340 but, I do hope he gets them back. They are his. And I hate a thief.

It’s called right to private property and it’s safeguarded by the Constitution.

@@vayabroder729 maybe you didn’t read all of it.

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I have a folder with photos of every guitar I’ve ever owned - now around 60 , still have 15. Hoe this never happens to me

Take closeups of the serial numbers too! I have photos of all of my guitars, and serial numbers, in my phone, and backed up in several locations. I hope no one else ever feels the pain of having guitars stolen!

The wife of a good friend of mine takes a picture of almost EVERYTHING they buy. Furniture, appliances, jewelry, tools, electronics, etc, then she puts the photo with the receipt in a fire proof safe. Everyone thought she was being way too anal and wondered why she took the time to do it. Then they had a fire that destroyed everything. The safe survived although they had to take it to a locksmith to open it. Other than soft brown corners, the pics and receipts survived. They gave it all to the insurance people. They were thrilled and said it was the quickest and easiest claim they have ever paid. Now we know why she was being so anal.

I talked to Norm on the phone a few days ago. He has the list.

Love the name!!! Norman's Arse!

@@1RobbyZ Good!

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@Michael Scott there was a few jazzmasters they was around five or six thousand dollars but it wouldn't let me go into the details of them because they was already sold they was on the Lexington KY Craigslist and there was a few other vintage guitars

I'm on it

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THANK YOU!!!!! That is exactly correct!!!! So happy you get that

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exactly! I was certainly mislead about the facility security

Yea, like who knew that they were there? Where is the video footage? Who would store that much $$ worth of anything that wasn't under constant archived video recoding. Rats? Again, why would you store that much money in a facility that has rats...

@@mjsthx1138 Sure but what are you inferring? He didn’t have insurance. He would make more selling them so what are you suspecting exactly?

Yeah. It takes a long time to sell that many guitars. Especially expensive guitars.

@@jimmyparris9892 No it doesn't. It only takes a long time if you insist on getting top dollar. If you sell a twenty thousand dollar guitar for two thousand dollars, you'll find a buyer within the day.

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