Master Thief...

methylethylrosenberg · 2012-09-23T19:12:58+00:00

As a former employee of a guitar retailer, this is not uncommon.

mowerracer · 2012-09-23T20:30:29+00:00

His G string is showing

njh219 · 2012-09-23T20:20:55+00:00

Ah, a Gibson Les Paul Studio with a beautiful wine finish. A fine instrument for ones crotch.

bored_if_im_posting · 2012-09-23T20:44:50+00:00

Looks like Roman from Party Down. Great show.

semantic_satiation · 2012-09-23T18:35:50+00:00

A guy in my high school made off with about three guitars that way.

ILL_Show_Myself_Out · 2012-09-23T17:20:17+00:00

The cop probably ordered him to "Drop the bass!"

BrittanyRenegade · 2012-09-23T21:24:22+00:00

At least he wasn't caught fingering a minor.

BaconChapstick · 2012-09-23T20:16:49+00:00

I could see this working if you had a big puffy coat on and baggy pants, just had to stick the guiter fat part (head?) into your shirt.

MagmaGuy · 2012-09-23T21:08:48+00:00

Source. Source's source.

Arngrim60D · 2012-09-23T20:59:03+00:00

He's gonna be playing a different tune now

captainwacky91 · 2012-09-23T20:56:40+00:00

Had someone do something similar to this in a local guitar shop, only difference was he waited until he was in a more isolated place in the store, then wedged it down the back of his baggy shirt. Got away with it multiple times.

TheNecromancer · 2012-09-23T20:57:26+00:00

Dat Ampeg.

havocforming · 2012-09-23T19:05:14+00:00

Not gonna lie, I originally read this title as if someone were saying "master chief" with a weird lisp. Was disappointed when there was no chief reference

Funktapus · 2012-09-23T20:08:23+00:00

STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM

zwooop6 · 2012-09-23T20:48:38+00:00

looks like kyle! http://www.youtube.com/user/kyle?feature=CAgQwRs%3D

LordElf · 2012-09-23T19:27:59+00:00

Is that a guitar in your pants or are you just happy to see me?

smilingkevin · 2012-09-23T19:38:46+00:00

Why, what'd he steal?

IRSoup · 2012-09-23T19:44:22+00:00

I don't see myself why this wasn't faill proof.

anonymous-coward · 2012-09-23T20:58:58+00:00

Can they still sell it? Are they required to admit it went down some skeevy guy's pants? Will it be discounted? Sold on ebay as 'new with flaws?' Or will they wipe it down with an alcohol pad and pretend nothing happened?

Master-Thief · 2012-09-23T21:21:21+00:00

That guy is a total amateur.

Tokent23 · 2012-09-23T21:06:34+00:00

Am I the only one who thought this post was Halo related?

just_some_gomer · 2012-09-23T20:58:46+00:00

"no, i'm just happy to see you."

DildoChrist · 2012-09-23T21:13:48+00:00

Lift your shirt and zip the hoodie up, and you'd be good, no?

ravelle · 2012-09-23T21:20:00+00:00

I read the title as Master Chief and was really weirded out when I clicked the link.

asldkfououhe · 2012-09-23T21:22:44+00:00

i respect the ambition

no_thks_havin_butter · 2012-09-23T21:24:49+00:00

Box of Frogs!

AndyPsycho · 2012-09-23T21:25:43+00:00

To be honest, it took me a few seconds to notice what he was stealing.

tonyslice · 2012-09-23T21:26:31+00:00

It's probably an epiphone. Someone that stupid wouldn't know to grab a Gibson.

viethoaiphan · 2012-09-23T21:26:59+00:00

... Shouldn't the cop take the guitar out of the guy's pants?

Ferniff · 2012-09-23T21:27:42+00:00

I really dislike those bass guitar designs. But that's just my personal taste.

Aegean · 2012-09-23T21:36:02+00:00

Danny Ocean: The Early Years

chargersflt · 2012-09-23T21:37:16+00:00

What theif? All i see is a guy and a cop.

alhuntsyou · 2012-09-23T21:37:42+00:00

i'm gonna install the thief series right now

Xmas456 · 2012-09-23T21:43:15+00:00

Fake. Cobain played a Mustang.

Specialjyo · 2012-09-23T21:45:10+00:00

Looks like the jacket the bad guy in the Beat It video wore.

wolfwolfwolfwolf · 2012-09-23T21:46:22+00:00

It's funny, but I worked in a guitar shop where this happened, and the guy GOT AWAY. The guy was wearing a long coat and simply held the guitar inside his coat so nobody could see it, and then he walked straight out the door. Nobody knew it happened until we saw the security footage.

It was also an extremely rare $5000 guitar. An employee took it out of the glass case, gave it to the guy to play for a minute, and when he came back the guy was gone.

brinkcitykilla · 2012-09-23T21:46:36+00:00

I knew a guy in high school who used to shoplift expensive golf clubs and lacrosse sticks like this, but also shoes, clothes, electronics. Pretty much anything he could shove down his pants. He was a kleptomaniac, and used to sell them to other kids really cheap. But I always hoped he would get caught just to see how stupid he would end up looking. I imagine it to be something like this guy.

Jack_McCoy · 2012-09-23T21:47:51+00:00

"It, uh... I brought it in with me."

partyonmybloc · 2012-09-23T21:49:10+00:00

Chad Kroeger?

freshsownmoonstone · 2012-09-23T21:49:54+00:00

I used to work at Best Buy. You would be surprised at the [stupid] lengths people will go to walk out without paying for something.

CorpsieBones · 2012-09-23T21:53:20+00:00

Gotta give credit for trying lol

maip23 · 2012-09-23T21:53:40+00:00

This is actually more common than you'd think. There have been cases where a guy will limp into a store wearing baggy pants so when he walks out with a guitar/bass, it doesn't look as suspicious. It's really the job of the staff to keep an eye out for them.

frycrunch96 · 2012-09-23T21:54:57+00:00

He would've gotten away with it to if it weren't for those meddling kids!

Bladerunner54 · 2012-09-23T22:00:27+00:00

When I worked at Guitar Center we had someone steal 4 really high end guitars this way. He shoved them down the back of his pants and wore a real large coat. He got caught when he sold them to a consignment store the next city over. Serial numbers will getcha!

worldalpha_com · 2012-09-23T22:02:32+00:00

Ok, so the police are there. At what point does one remove the incriminating evidence from the pants??

zack10house · 2012-09-23T22:05:30+00:00

Looks like a young, nerdier Randy Blythe

ForbiddenWonder · 2012-09-23T22:14:24+00:00

depending on the retail cost of the guitar, that's a pretty quick way to get a felony

briansvgaudio · 2012-09-23T22:19:01+00:00

Former Gibson employee here. The guitar in his pants is a Les Paul Studio in Wine Red with Gold Hardware. He's lucky he tried to steal a modern "weight relief" Studio. The older ones weighed a ton.

On another note, a standard would've been easier to steal.

rhinorocan · 2012-09-23T22:19:47+00:00

I don't think I'd want to buy that after it was recovered.

kernel_dernel_ · 2012-09-23T22:22:57+00:00

Taken down by the fuzz.

ubercanucksfan · 2012-09-23T22:25:01+00:00

is that a guitar in your pants or are you just happy to see me?

inheritor · 2012-09-23T22:27:31+00:00

So, I guess I found a way to get a new guitar quicker, without saving money for too long.

krjpcn_asia · 2012-09-23T22:30:41+00:00

He looks a bit alike Kurt Cobain

jkchrvt · 2012-09-23T22:30:46+00:00

Is this on Long Island by chance?

MrTokinEdz · 2012-09-23T22:30:54+00:00

"Uh, what this?"

bjb7621 · 2012-09-23T22:31:39+00:00

I thought this was going to be a halo joke. Wasn't dissapointed.

seoulicious · 2012-09-23T22:43:45+00:00

the title doesn't explain why he got caught then..

DatAshe00 · 2012-09-23T22:45:23+00:00

Is that kyle?

blade2000 · 2012-09-23T22:50:19+00:00

Let's assume the hoodie was zipped up as he tried to leave.

dkgrinnell · 2012-09-23T23:11:30+00:00

Is that a les paul in you pants or are you just happy to see me???

Cruminal · 2012-09-23T23:14:12+00:00

That guy kinda looks like Martin Starr.

ZionsAssassin25 · 2012-09-23T23:36:38+00:00

Did anyone think Master Chief? like he was stealing something from halo?

Cabbagetable · 2012-09-23T23:46:14+00:00

Is that A minor in his pants?

calivessel · 2012-09-23T23:51:39+00:00

Thought it was Martin Starr as Roman DeBeers from Party Down

Mah_Derpah · 2012-09-23T23:51:49+00:00

I was expecting some sort of halo joke.

TakeMyMoneyPlz · 2012-09-23T23:57:39+00:00

Sly cooper has a new accomplice.

Choralone · 2012-09-24T00:08:34+00:00

I think I know that guy? Anyone know who it is?

dj_boy-Wonder · 2012-09-24T00:18:45+00:00

You cant fender them off for ever. Have to pick them up asap as guitar theft costs something to the tune of 10s of thousands a year

deadskiesbro · 2012-09-24T00:34:24+00:00

The officers face looks so defeated.

YonderMTN · 2012-09-24T00:34:40+00:00

Ugh, that must be a shitty Guitar Center if your choice was a wine red Gibson studio....

Protonoia · 2012-09-24T00:42:30+00:00

I'm often accused of having a banjo in my pants.

StratJax · 2012-09-24T00:44:04+00:00

If he wants the guitar that bad let him have it.

markyLEpirate · 2012-09-24T01:01:38+00:00

Is it me or does the police officer look like uncle Rico from Napoleon dynamite?

whats_up_doc · 2012-09-24T01:06:42+00:00

They only noticed because he kept pulling on his whammy bar.

FarewellAnchors · 2012-09-24T01:09:42+00:00

My buddy Mauricio took this picture! It was at Guitar Center in Arvada, CO. The dude apparently had two other guitars in his car from other stores nearby.

6Sungods · 2012-09-24T01:13:51+00:00

what did he steal?

Pillow50 · 2012-09-24T01:25:33+00:00

Look! Basses in the background!

Be_King · 2012-09-24T01:50:26+00:00

It's Box of Frogs!

Guessmewho · 2012-09-24T01:54:26+00:00

What if you get caught? I won't

dizzi800 · 2012-09-24T02:01:39+00:00

He looks like the "And GAMING!" guy from the Sakuracon 2009 commercial. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP5lz2CYNR4

Notloc24 · 2012-09-24T02:04:10+00:00

hey that guy kinda looks like my old drug dealer lol

lovemeharder · 2012-09-24T02:09:23+00:00

Is that a guitar in your pants or are you just excited to see me?

cosme_fulanito · 2012-09-24T02:13:21+00:00

I honestly feel that this is about the 5th time this picture hits the frontpage, Whats up with that guys?

UnfortunatelyClicked · 2012-09-24T02:17:18+00:00

I was expecting a halo joke.

I am Dissapoint.

JimJam28 · 2012-09-24T02:17:36+00:00

A friend of mine worked at a Canadian Tire and a couple guys walked out with a canoe. I guess it was just so bold nobody thought to question whether they had actually paid for it or not.

quickster_J · 2012-09-24T02:23:02+00:00

Didn't Nikki sixx go into a guitar store with an empty guitar case and steal a guitar?

epicplatypus · 2012-09-24T02:38:35+00:00

"Is that a guitar in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?"

PigeonBoy · 2012-09-24T02:47:30+00:00

From the look of the body it is a Gibson SG. Nice choice.

macindoc · 2012-09-24T02:56:03+00:00

When I clicked this link, I expected it to be a play on words of Master chief

makeyougomeh · 2012-09-24T03:09:29+00:00

Am I the only one who expected this?

moody31 · 2012-09-24T03:37:35+00:00

Wait. Is that not a belt buckle?

bormax52 · 2012-09-24T03:39:10+00:00

This happened near DC because a local radio station posted this a few days ago on fb

hotfuzzen · 2012-09-24T04:13:35+00:00

Is that a guitar in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?

TheSkaQueen · 2012-09-24T04:21:26+00:00

Where was this taken?? That dude looks eerily similar to someone....

irishink · 2012-09-24T05:45:45+00:00

Ya think he was a first time o' Fender......bahahahaha!

CreepyCarbs · 2012-09-24T07:34:39+00:00

Is that a guitar in your pants or are you just happy to see me?

dustydime · 2012-09-24T07:53:11+00:00

Hey copper get to hands off my Axe!

dropitonhishead · 2012-09-23T21:01:12+00:00

Officer Petyr Baelish saves the day.

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