Retailer Says Limited Edition Guitars Stolen at Suburban Indianapolis Truck Stop

Detail of the ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge on a Gibson Slash Les Paul Standard electric guitar with an Appetite Burst finish, taken on January 21, 2020. (Photo by Olly Curtis/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

An Indiana retailer of musical instruments is seeking the public’s help after a pallet of limited-edition guitars worth tens of thousands of dollars were stolen from a suburban Indianapolis truck stop.

Sweetwater Sound says the new Gibson Adam Jones 1979 Les Paul Custom Silverburst guitars worth an estimated $95,000 worth were stolen Oct. 30 from a semitruck stopped at the Flying J Travel Center in Whiteland.

Sweetwater is hoping the guitarist community can help locate the instruments and find those responsible. The Fort Wayne-based company is urging customers to ask third-party sellers for serial numbers before purchasing similar guitars.

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