Need help -- Stolen LP Special in Louisiana

[moonweasel]

Someone I don't know personally has had a TV LP Special stolen near Baton Rouge, LA. I know J45 is from around there, and I used to live there.

Anyway, it is a family instrument owned by the person's father.

The text from the victim:

I'm really upset at the moment and need your help.

Never thought I would ever have to deal with something like this. But Sunday (07/18/2010) a climate controlled facility was broken into (21 units total) and I had some very expensive and sentimental gear stolen. I'm passing this along to everybody I know in the hopes that it may help. Please pass it along to anybody who can help.

This happened in Walker, Louisiana. Near Baton Rouge/Denham Springs area and Hammond, Louisiana. Please keep your eyes and ears open.

I'm sure I don't have to say which of these guitars is the most important to me.

8 Guitars
1 Amp

1957 Gibson Les Paul Special (was my father's guitar)

TV Yellow, ding on lower horn/cutaway, chip on back of guitar neck
Aftermarket bridge, original in the case along with Black Diamond string boxes, no longer made
Brown Gibson case, pink interior color

I left out the other guitars ( TW ). I will also post this in the stolen equipment section, but this section gets more traffic.

Email me at my username at hotmail.com, and I will send you some contact info.

 

[moonweasel]

Wait, wasn't there a stolen gear section!?!? Can't find it.

 

[toxpert]

The stolen gear folder is at the end of the classified section...

Hope the guitar gets back to rightful owner and the bums get caught.

 

[Tom Wittrock]

Did they have the serial number? :hmm

 

[moonweasel]

Tom,

I just inquired about that. Sad story! Can't imagine having a family vintage LP stolen.

 

[BurstMeUp]

Living in Las Vegas, how many times I have heard this same story ...

The lesson here is that if anyone uses a storage facility that does NOT have 24/7 "ON-SITE" supervision and roaming patrols by humans, you might as well hang a sign on your storage space door that says "PLEASE BREAK IN HERE!"

All that the "high-security" cameras and "climate controlled" advertsing means is that the thieves will wear masks and smile at the camera, and won't break a sweat as they steal everyone's possessions.

Locking your storage area door with the biggest or most secure lock doesn't work either since the locks are usually cut off with bolt cutters, or the doors are just "backed-into" with a truck or torn off via cable.

How long and how tough must it have been where these guys could clean out 21 UNITS???

They probably just took their time and drove down the driveway in a huge U-Haul truck at 3:00 AM, opening and emptying units as the moved along.

Without 24 hour onsite "manned" security, it's not "if" your stuff will be stolen ... it's "when".