Stolen Sonic Youth Mustang turns up

rcaz · 17-04-2009 03:18PM #1

Ten years ago Sonic Youth had a truck with ALL their gear in it stolen (SY use tons of odd tunings, so they had a lot of guitars between them), and one of them just turned up on eBay a few days ago! It sold dirt-cheap, somewhere around $600, I guess the seller knew and wanted to get rid of it ASAP.

A guy on Offset Guitars unknowingly bought it and then figured it out.

Back in the day:

Now:

That thread's a pretty interesting read if you have the time. The guy lives in The Netherlands, he's on the guest list for a SY show in Dusseldorf, where he'll return the guitar to Lee Ranaldo. SY said they'll pay him back with a bit extra for his troubles, pretty cool guys.

Frank Bullitt · 17-04-2009 07:25PM

Love stories like this.

Dord · 17-04-2009 07:45PM

Gintonious wrote: »

Love stories like this.

+1 Glad to hear he's gettin' it back.

It would really suck to have a guitar stolen, thankfully it's never happened to me.

Doctor J · 17-04-2009 10:08PM

Good story.

Unlike this one

http://houston.craigslist.org/msg/1121012607.html

which the buyer then decided to sell on shortly afterwards

http://houston.craigslist.org/msg/1121221062.html

Yer man posted ads offering $200 to get it back after he realised the value, saying his roomate was going to murder him etc but, unfortunately, they've been removed :pac:

Creamy Goodness · 17-04-2009 10:11PM

three posts in and someone hasn't commented at how absolutely gorgeous that guitar is?

for shame people.

fourmations · 17-04-2009 10:58PM

hey creamy

i'm with you! love it!

it is great news, that scabby aul mustang is a piece of history
for those who know anything about good music,
pity they swapped out the pups though

not on the same scale (SY were cleaned out)
but j mascis had all his 60's jazzmasters nicked a few years ago
i almost shed a tear for him!
j's gear loss

rgds

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rcaz · 18-04-2009 12:14PM

+1 Creamy, it's ****ing gorgeous!!

This was Lee's favourite Mustang, apparently. It's the one he always played Eric's Trip on, so it's a pretty big deal to the band.

Not the best routing work ever, though:

:P

I think the guitar kinda lost some of it's coolness when it was restored to original electronics (well, I think those black pickups are actually Seymour Duncan replacements), though it looks a ton better now, imho.

darrenw5094 · 18-04-2009 03:39PM

Does anybody have Joe Satriani's Ibanez Chrome Boy ?.......because i am interested in buying that one.....;)

18-04-2009 04:12PM

Doctor J wrote: »

Good story.

Unlike this one

http://houston.craigslist.org/msg/1121012607.html

which the buyer then decided to sell on shortly afterwards

http://houston.craigslist.org/msg/1121221062.html

Yer man posted ads offering $200 to get it back after he realised the value, saying his roomate was going to murder him etc but, unfortunately, they've been removed :pac:

Ouch!:rolleyes:

darrenw5094 · 18-04-2009 04:42PM

Doctor J wrote: »

Good story.

Unlike this one

http://houston.craigslist.org/msg/1121012607.html

which the buyer then decided to sell on shortly afterwards

http://houston.craigslist.org/msg/1121221062.html

Yer man posted ads offering $200 to get it back after he realised the value, saying his roomate was going to murder him etc but, unfortunately, they've been removed :pac:

That's called a bargin.......

boycey · 18-04-2009 06:10PM

El Pr0n wrote: »

Not the best routing work ever, though:

Hmmm, I can just see the Fender marketing spin on the Ranaldo Signature Mustang....
" Featuring our patented 'Tone Chambered' body that really brings out that vintage Mustang tone, a must have for all serious Sonic Youth fans out there...":pac:

dazberry · 18-04-2009 06:22PM

boycey wrote: »

Hmmm, I can just see the Fender marketing spin on the Ranaldo Signature Mustang....
" Featuring our patented 'Tone Chambered' body that really brings out that vintage Mustang tone, a must have for all serious Sonic Youth fans out there...":pac:

LOL - and I was thinking more in a Gibsonesque weight relief vain...

D.

rcaz · 18-04-2009 06:53PM

Whatever it takes to get it to do what you want it to :cool:

So he obviously routed out the neck for a humbucker, anyone fancy suggesting explanations for the routing under the vibrato?

Dord · 18-04-2009 07:55PM

It's not as bad as the job I did on my old strat. I "routed" out space for a bridge humbucker with a screwdriver.

:pac:

Stolen Sonic Youth Mustang turns up

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