A pallet of new Gibson Adam Jones 1979 Les Paul Custom Silverburst guitars was stolen from a truck at the Flying J Travel Center in Whiteland, Indiana on October 30, 2020. The truck was en route to Fort Wayne, Indiana, the headquarters of Sweetwater Sound.
“Somehow out of a truck full of guitars, this one pallet was singled out and stolen at a truck stop,” says Sweetwater chief supply chain and merchandising officer Phil Rich. “With a retail value of $95,000 in guitars, we feel this person/s knew exactly what to look for and when.”
“These guitars were the dream guitars of 13 Gibson and Adam Jones fans, who had been patiently waiting for them to be delivered,” says Cesar Gueikian of Gibson. “We have decided to publish the serial numbers of the 13 stolen guitars and are appealing to all of Gibson’s fans to keep an eye out for them and let us know if they surface. Our fans should ask any third-party sellers for a serial number before purchasing to be sure they are not being sold one of the stolen guitars.”
Anyone with information regarding the guitars should contact detective Kenny Polley of the Whiteland Police Department at kpolley@whitelandpd.us or (317) 535-8100.
“Our loyal customers have been waiting a long time to receive these guitars and will be devastated,” says David Fuhr, SVP of The Sweetwater Experience. “We hope Gibson’s and Sweetwater’s tight-knit community of guitarists will be able to help us recover the stolen items and that the people responsible for the theft are caught.”
As announced last week, Gibson and Adam Jones of the band Tool launched a multi-year partnership and collaboration which premiered on Wednesday (Oct 27) with the new Adam Jones 1979 Les Paul Custom guitar, a limited-edition guitar from Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab that exactly recreates Adam’s #1 guitar, his prized original Silverburst 1979 Gibson Les Paul. All of the guitars immediately sold out worldwide.
Below are the serial numbers for the Adam Jones 1979 Les Paul Custom guitars affected:
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