Stolen from an individual’s vehicle in Harvey, Illinois:

Harvey IL police report: #8778B-12

Red Glitter Ludwig 4pc Vintage Set

14in Chrome Ludwig Snare

12in Black Pork Pie Snare

10in Pearl Firecracker Snare

Sabian cymbals

-20in thick ride

-18in crash

-17in crash

-16in crash

-14in hats

-13in Vintage hats

-16in O-zone

Bag of Hardware

Ludwig Speed Dbl BD Pedal

Iron Cobra Dbl Chain BD pedal

8in Junior Ludwig Tom

10in Junior Ludwig Tom

This is a very iconic guitar, and you would think it can’t stay underground for long.

Here’s the Message from their Facebook post:
Hi — Thurston Moore had his 1966 (circa) Fender Jazzmaster stolen from the Best Western in Philadelphia (501 N 22nd St) last night 12-12-12 around 12 midnight. It’s Thurston’s iconic Sonic Youth black Jazzmaster with all the stickers on its body. Here’s a couple of photos. A police report has been filed. Please email us if anyone tries to sell this relic to yur store, it would be appreciated. Please forward to other guitar stores you may know in the area.

Thanks,

Thurston

Thurston Moore’s stolen 1966 Fender Jazzmaster

The Sonic Youth has had other gear stolen before. 

Stolen: 1968(ish) Goya electric guitar in suburst red (see photo)
Serial: N4644

Stolen 1968 Goya serial N4644

Also Stolen were a

Larrivee C09
serial: 20650.

Alvarez AC60SC nylon classical cutaway.

A Rickenbacker 4003 Bass in Cherry Sunburst was stolen from a car in Newport Beach, CA.

Serial Number: 04808

Newport Beach, CA Police Report number: 10-11676

Newport Beach Police Department
(949) 644-3717

Keep an eye out.

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This equipment has been reported stolen. If you see these items, think of your safety first. We advise you not to purchase the item from anyone claiming to be the owner. If you feel safe with pursuing it further, contact your local law enforcement, referencing the above case number.

A Taylor 914CE acoustic guitar was stolen from a retailer in Chicago’s West suburbs.

Serial Number: 20060110145

Villa Park, IL Police Report number: 101206023612

Villa Park Police Department
630-834-7447

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This equipment has been reported stolen. If you see these items, think of your safety first. We advise you not to purchase the item from anyone claiming to be the owner. If you feel safe with pursuing it further, contact your local law enforcement, referencing the above case number.

A Neumann U87 was stolen from a retailer in Chicago’s West suburbs.

Serial Number: Pending

Aurora IL Police Report number: 10-22920

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This equipment has been reported stolen. If you see these items, think of your safety first. We advise you not to purchase the item from anyone claiming to be the owner. If you feel safe with pursuing it further, contact your local law enforcement, referencing the above case number.

A Martin DC-AURA was stolen from the luggage carousel at O’Hare Airport in Chicago on Sunday, November 14, 2010.

Serial Number: 1215968

Police Report HS616347

Chicago PD (312) 746-6000

More complete description of guitar and case at http://bit.ly/guitarthief

Quoted:

THE GUITAR

The guitar itself doesn’t have any particular distinguishing markings, other than being a bit scratched up; it’s a Martin DC-AURA, and it looks like this. (Also see picture at the top of this post) There’s also a sticker visible through the sound hole that says “DC AURA”, along with its serial number. UPDATE: serial number is 1215968.

It would be far more recognizable by either its case or the guitar strap (although we’re betting both are long gone at this point). That said, here’s a description of each, in case it shows up at a pawnshop near you:

THE GUITAR CASE

• Black SKB 18 Deluxe molded dreadnaught molded acoustic hardcase, looks like this. NOTE: handle is missing!
• Case is 75% covered in stickers—here’s a picture of it (thanks, Heath!)—including (but not limited to) the following:
  • “I Stole Your Accordion” Kingdom of Loathing bumper sticker
  • Molly Lewis round sticker (near where the handle used to be)
  • “THE” oval sticker (Paul F. Tompkins)
  • “Paul and Storm” blue square sticker, faded (near top)
  • “Less Talk, More Monkey” Archie McPhee sticker
  • “Worm Quartet” small square black/red sticker
  • “Only Cowboys and Warriors can control the magic riding spider” AXECOP sticker, as well as a “plain” black AXECOP sticker
  • Marian Call sticker
  • w00tstock satin pass
  • several round “Rock Band” icon stickers
  • Ice Cream Man sticker
  • MC Frontalot sticker

THE GUITAR STRAP

If whoever took it is dumb enough to include the strap when they try to resell it, it’s a Fender Patchworks cotton 2″ strap with the “nuclear fallout” logo—like the third one from the left in this picture. It also has several small (1″) buttons on it, including one from PAX, a “Don’t be a dick” button, a red button with a picture of bacon on it, our white “Dejected Arrr” button, and possibly a WAMU pin. Here’s a (slightly blurry) shot of the strap with buttons.

Also, there was a silver capo, a couple Jonathan Coulton logo guitar picks, and a sheet of paper with Storm’s name and phone number in it; although if Guitar Thief includes *those* when reselling, then he’s SUPER-DUMB.

Anyway, thanks everyone for your well-wishes and messages of sympathy. Here’s hoping, if we don’t get the guitar back, that at least karma will treat Guitar Thief like a punching bag.

If you do find the guitar, we will lavish praise and whatever goodies we can muster (probably a USB stick, and possibly we’ll bake you some cookies). But even if it is indeed gone forever, it’s really cheered us up knowing that so many people give a damn. Thank you.

Keep an eye out.

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This equipment has been reported stolen. If you see these items, think of your safety first. We advise you not to purchase the item from anyone claiming to be the owner. If you feel safe with pursuing it further, contact your local law enforcement, referencing the above case number.