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Have You Seen These Guitars? Cops Want To Know!
The snow may stop some schools from being in session, but criminals around Seattle haven’t slowed down.
About 4:20 a.m. Tuesday, the Georgetown Music Store was burglarized and thousands of dollars of equipment was stolen.
“Most of them were in the $2,000 range,” owner Michael A. Smith said of the guitars taken. “What I’m trying to do today is get the word out because they’re pretty distinct and some have serial numbers on there.”
Smith owned the Trading Musician in Ravenna for more than two decades and started Georgetown Music in 2009 at 6111 13th Ave. S., the former site of the Georgetown Pharmacy. Smith said he has caught people trying to sell stolen items before and once at his previous store he caught a guy trying to sell a $3,000 standup bass. Now he’s hoping someone in the Northwest music community will keep an eye out for him.
“Music stores inherently get broke into a lot,” Smith said. “But I’ve never been hit this hard.”
A list of the items that Smith and a co-worker said were taken is below. Anyone with information is asked call 911:
1. 2001 Gibson ES-135 (Black), 2 P-100’s, aftermarket Bigsby, aftermarket Kluson tuners, Serial #: 01531302
2. 1964 Silvertone 1446 Hollowbody (Black), Chris Issac 1446, cracked input jack, aftermarket tuners, Gibson mini-humbuckers, factory Bigsby tremolo
3. 1973 Fender Strat (Natural), stock pickups, maple neck
4. 1979 Fender Strat (Black) #S906474
5. 1989 Gibson Melody Maker (Black), white pickguard
6. 1981 Fender Lead III (Sunburst), Serial # E100710
7. 2009 Eric Johnson Strat (White) #EJ05118
8. 1996 50th Anniversary Fender Tele (Sunburst) #70584
9. Mid 90’s Korean Squire Bullet (White)
10. Mid 90’s Korean Squire Pro-Tone (White)
11. Wire Revolver (Sparkle Red)
12. Parts Strat (Red)
13. 90’s made in Japan Strat (Gold Body/Black Hardware/Neck)
14. Gretsch Corvette (Orange), original Filtertron pickup
15. 1999 Heavy Metal Strat (Black) w/Floyd Rose, HSS pickups.
16. Fender Frankencaster, natural w/tortoise pickguard, HSS pickups, tele neck, strat body.
17. 1970’s Univox Pro (Sunburst), two humbuckers.
18. 1986 Ibanez Roadstar II Bass (Black)
19. 1999 Fender Jazz Bass (Sunburst), “BACA” carved into body.
20. 1996 Fender P-Bass Fretless (Black)
21. Epiphone EB0 Shortscale Bass (Red
22. Alesis Multimix FX 8
23. Tascam MKII 414 Portastudio
The snow may stop some schools from being in session, but criminals around Seattle haven’t slowed down.
About 4:20 a.m. Tuesday, the Georgetown Music Store was burglarized and thousands of dollars of equipment was stolen.
“Most of them were in the $2,000 range,” owner Michael A. Smith said of the guitars taken. “What I’m trying to do today is get the word out because they’re pretty distinct and some have serial numbers on there.”
Smith owned the Trading Musician in Ravenna for more than two decades and started Georgetown Music in 2009 at 6111 13th Ave. S., the former site of the Georgetown Pharmacy. Smith said he has caught people trying to sell stolen items before and once at his previous store he caught a guy trying to sell a $3,000 standup bass. Now he’s hoping someone in the Northwest music community will keep an eye out for him.
“Music stores inherently get broke into a lot,” Smith said. “But I’ve never been hit this hard.”
A list of the items that Smith and a co-worker said were taken is below. Anyone with information is asked call 911:
1. 2001 Gibson ES-135 (Black), 2 P-100’s, aftermarket Bigsby, aftermarket Kluson tuners, Serial #: 01531302
2. 1964 Silvertone 1446 Hollowbody (Black), Chris Issac 1446, cracked input jack, aftermarket tuners, Gibson mini-humbuckers, factory Bigsby tremolo
3. 1973 Fender Strat (Natural), stock pickups, maple neck
4. 1979 Fender Strat (Black) #S906474
5. 1989 Gibson Melody Maker (Black), white pickguard
6. 1981 Fender Lead III (Sunburst), Serial # E100710
7. 2009 Eric Johnson Strat (White) #EJ05118
8. 1996 50th Anniversary Fender Tele (Sunburst) #70584
9. Mid 90’s Korean Squire Bullet (White)
10. Mid 90’s Korean Squire Pro-Tone (White)
11. Wire Revolver (Sparkle Red)
12. Parts Strat (Red)
13. 90’s made in Japan Strat (Gold Body/Black Hardware/Neck)
14. Gretsch Corvette (Orange), original Filtertron pickup
15. 1999 Heavy Metal Strat (Black) w/Floyd Rose, HSS pickups.
16. Fender Frankencaster, natural w/tortoise pickguard, HSS pickups, tele neck, strat body.
17. 1970’s Univox Pro (Sunburst), two humbuckers.
18. 1986 Ibanez Roadstar II Bass (Black)
19. 1999 Fender Jazz Bass (Sunburst), “BACA” carved into body.
20. 1996 Fender P-Bass Fretless (Black)
21. Epiphone EB0 Shortscale Bass (Red
22. Alesis Multimix FX 8
23. Tascam MKII 414 Portastudio
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