STOLEN GUITAR ALERT !!

[jono1uk]

Yesterday (11/12/20) some scumbag walked out of Guitar village ( in Farnham) "forgetting" to pay for the £8,000 Martin he had in his hand .
 below is their Facebook post.

"We need your help! At approximately 3:15pm today, this Martin D-45 2018 Reimagined was stolen from the shop and we would love to get it back. The serial number is 2349942 and it does not have the original Martin hard case or supporting documents with it. If you see or hear anything, please get in touch with us.
[e-mail]

01252 726821
Apparently he was in neighboring Guilford later that day at Andertons asking about a Martin case.

 

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[bonzo]

Don't we just hate thieves! 🤨💣💀

[thebluesbear( al)]

Hmmm
yes we do hate thieves , to the hanging tree !!!!!!!! .....wonder where this is its seems to me like a targeted theft stolen to order , possibly that the thief knew what they were looking for , this is just a hunch nothing more

best wishes in getting this one back to the rightful owners

al

[Michael Messer]

A job like that is most likely planned, especially in a specialist high end guitar shop. I'm amazed he didn't hide from the camera!

A Martin D45 is so easy to move on, because the serial number can be removed and then it's a great bargain for a third of the price or less. Quick cash sale for a few hundred quid, job done.

I hope the Police catch him, but I doubt they will, unless he is a habitual thief.

I will alert Dave King as he is the UK's main official Martin repairer.

Piece of sh*t. Catch him and use a Martin top E string to castrate him with.

Shine On
Michael

[leeophonic]

Maybe the next step is to advertise a martin guitar case for sale on facebook marketplace and see who comes round !!!

Lee

[resonatadog]

You go in Boots or the like and look at sun glasses or shampoo and get watched like a hawk, guitar shops sometime let you have the run of the place, especially on a Sunday less staff. Looks like he's got the first floor to himself, they should't let people take cases upstairs. But i recon he's a real thief, its a bold move

[BigThumbPicker]

Unfortunately Strung Out Guitars local to me in Glasgow had a big break in recently as well, including some beautiful guitars.

www.strungoutguitars.com/component/content/article/1-news/78-break-in-at-strung-out?fbclid=IwAR2xkRv9gpkEl8_I_VapkjZawBeUrEkOTExPnZPXlu1yQCXriRFgPItVIaY

[Michael Messer]

Incident at our shop

Hello Everybody

As most of you all know, we had a major break in on Saturday night - at approx 11pm - the robbers came in through our steel reinforced upper railway arch and got away with 12 guitars from our stock that were on show.
ALL GUITARS IN FOR REPAIR ARE OK! And rest assured, we are fully insured and the customers who lost a guitar in this incident will get every penny of money that is owed to them as soon as humanly possible!

They didn't access any other part of the shop or workshop - they didn't have time - our alarm was blaring.
The police were so quick to respond and attended 10 mins after the alarm triggered and we were here ourselves 5 mins after that - we must have 'just' missed them.
The robbers have gotten away along our roof and up on to the railway line - we have just confirmed from Network Rail CCTV - and they have headed south over the Clyde with the stolen guitars - we don't know where they came off the line yet, but the police are doing their damnedest to trace them!!
There has been a 'team' of them to achieve this and this was highly planned and well organised - 'organised crime' you could say - this wasn't an opportunistic robbery! The guitars they took are expensive but rare and going to be very hard to sell and hopefully easily spotted!

Please be re-assured we have secured the shop again and today are getting more reinforcement work done with the help of Network Rail and will be even more fortified than before - the police had said that our security is top notch as it is and there was nothing more we could have done but we are determined to reinforce everything and get them at every turn.
Although this is very difficult and we are still in shock with what has happened we are a strong team and we are going to do everything we can to get through this - we won't let them win!

If anyone who reads this has any information or anything you think may be relevant please get in touch via phone or email - thank you so much all for your messages of support - we are soooo appreciative!

Please could you share this list and hopefully social media will do its job! All the pictures of the stolen guitars are on this website!

If you have any info the best way to contact us is email to [e-mail] or phone us on 0141 552 4848
or please contact the police on 101 and quote Crime Reference Number AB01841220

Saturday, December 12 2020.




Take Care and look after yourselves and thank you all again for your support

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Shine On
Michael