my roommate just found a paul reed smith guitar in the dumpster..

[frylock]

maple burl top, the thing is immaculate. We're talking about a $2000 rig, at the very least. It was in a hard case, along with a gig bag with some DSP. We're trying to figure out if it was stolen and dumped, or if it was thrown out by someone's pissed-off SO.

[Cooley Hurd]

1. Holy Shit!

Probably stolen & dumped. Whatta find!!!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

2. Call the police

They'll help you find the owner.

If an angry SO dumped it, it's as much a crime as if a stranger stole it.

[Love Bug]

3. Call the cops in case it was reported missing/stolen

Might be a reward in it for you or if no one claims it after a certain amount of time, it's yours.

[Ezlivin]

4. Six strings? Electric? Then...

...it's mine.

I had wondered where that guitar had gotten off to...

[Beware the Beast Man]

5. Oh, definitely stolen & dumped

Unless someone had a strange religious conversion and decided electric guitars are the tool of Satan, they're sitting on hot property.

[bobthedrummer]

6. Check with your local music stores that buy instruments-most musicians

that have been ripped off usually have a warning system to the stores in case someone tries to sell stolen stuff.

Other than that-what a find!

[frylock]

8. good idea..

and this thing is SICK!!! I had originally thought it was maple burl, but it is the rosewood top, and not a mark on it!

[frylock]

7. the police..

I agree, that would be the proper thing to do. I'm going to try and convince him to do that very thing. I would imagine that if isn't reported as lost or stolen, he will get to keep it.

I think for now that he is going to check the bulletin board down by the mailbox to see if anything is posted.

On a side note: I'm am disgusted that he found this, and not me!! I always take the damn trash down, and I don't find jack krap. I can even play.. a little.

[Bat Boy]

9. Where are you ...

And what's the serial number, if it's still there..

[frylock]

10. there is a serial on the back of the head stock

[Bat Boy]

12. Good...

I work at Guitar Center in Chicago. PRS hand writes their serial numbers on the headstock, which makes them easy to remove. That makes them a very popular theft item.

If there is a Guitar Center in your area, give them a ring and tell them the serial number. We have people call us about stolen guitars from all over the country, and if it was sold at a Guitar Center we know who bought it.

Might be able to track down the owner that way...


on edit: God, I hate guitar thieves...

[frylock]

14. thanks!!

There is a GC right near my place. I'll relay your suggestion.

[Hubert Flottz]

11. It's Sunday so just chalk it up to a "miracle"!

If people believe that Bush is a "miracle" the cops ought to believe that story! Damn I'm going to check my dumpster I've been praying for a Parker Night Fly!

EDIT} Nada in my dumpster! Maybe I was a Passover!

[frylock]

16. i'm gonna go check and see if someone left their trap kit down there!!

[AngryAmish]

23. Are guitar elves a common occurrence in your life?

[Hubert Flottz]

26. No, I haven't seen one since my Dad died!

But I got a couple when I was a kid by going to sleep and waking up next morning!

[kodi]

13. check and see if yoyo ma recently used a taxicab?

jesus. that axe was stolen.

[tech3149]

15. Somebody's g/f was really really mad

I don't think anybody would be stupid enough to do that. Rage could bypass brain function to allow such a waste.

[frylock]

18. that was my first thought..

why would sombody steal something like that and dump it? It could easily fetch an 8-ball of some of the local handcrafted crank.

[Don_G]

17. Call Jimmy Brown

My brother and I grew up with him and he knows his shit aside from being honest.

http://www.guitar-emporium.com/

[frylock]

19. update: police just picked up the guitar

I hope whoever *lost* it, gets it back.

[Cooley Hurd]

21. You did the right thing...

What's the name of the Police Dept? My PRS was stolen a few days ago...

[RetroLounge]

20. Damn! A PRS in the Dumpster?

I can see tossing a Fender, they're trash anyway, but a PRS?

Ducking and running...

RL

[Panono]

22. I need to know where that dumpster is

[frylock]

24. forgot to mention that the dsp was a pod 2.0 with pedal board..

I checked.. no Marshalls down there.

[gmoney]

25. Oh yeah, that's mine...

I knew I'd misplaced it. Thanks for letting me know.

[Bat Boy]

27. I hope every stolen guitar is treated with that much integrity.

Nice to know people like you are out there.